Inbrief
Bar FC strikes a blow for mortgagors
NSW Bar FC recorded its first win of the DSL season with a convincing 2-0 win over Reserve Bank "C". Not long after the game, the RBA board decided to keep interest rates on hold. In what could only...
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Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich to deliver AHRC annual lecture
Members are invited to The Australian Human Rights Centre's Annual Public Lecture on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 at 6.00pm (for 6.30pm start), to be delivered this year by United States Ambassador Jeffrey...
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Bar Association Tax Conference: call for papers
The New South Wales Bar Association will hold a conference on tax law in July / August 2011 and is calling for papers. Expressions of interest should be sent to the director of professional...
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A review of judicial review
The Administrative Review Council has invited comment on the operation of judicial review across the federal administrative law system. Information on the consultation paper, including how to make a...
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The Future of Private International Law in Australia
Globalisation has broadened opportunities for Australians to travel and for businesses to trade and engage in cross-border ventures. One result is a growth in the number of disputes before Australian...
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Vic Bar to change silk appointment process
The Victorian Bar is set to change its senior counsel appointment process in 2012, with the role moving from the chief justice of Victoria to a bar-based system. Models for the new process will be...
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15 Bobber: her Hon Judge Elizabeth Olsson SC
Collegiality
The 15 Bobber to celebrate the appointment of her Hon Judge Elizabeth Olsson SC to the District Court of NSW, will be held on Friday, 3 June 2011. Speaking for Judge Olsson will be...
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Thursday Breakfast CPD talk series - Living Under Two Laws At Once (ADVERTISEMENT)
Members are invited to the Thursday Breakfast�CPD�talk series - Living Under Two Laws At Once - exploring Western culture's desire to challenge the status quo and have an open and diverse...
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Half-Marathon Bar Association meet-up breakfast
Attention all those keen runners who have registered for the half marathon or who intend to register.� Arthur Moses SC from the Health, Sport and Recreation Committee would like to get the NSW...
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Virtual Practice Fact Sheet for barristers
The Practice Development Committee has created a fact sheet on virtual practice designed to alert barristers to the potential problems that may arise if they provide legal advice through internet...
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High Court of Australia Public Lecture
Members are invited to the High Court of Australia Public Lecture, to be delivered by Professor John Williams in Canberra on 8 June 2011 at 6.00pm. Titled 'Swelling the ranks of the peripatetic...
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Walker SC to monitor national security legislation
Bret Walker SC has been appointed as Australia's inaugural independent national security legislation monitor. Mr Walker will review the operation, effectiveness and implications of Australia's...
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Bar FC bloodied but unbowed
NSW Bar FC played its first game of the DSL season last Thursday, 21 April 2011 against Corrs, but lost 2-0. The team had three new players and was without either of its regular goal keepers, which...
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Law Council's report card on human rights in Australia: more to do but heading in the right direction
Just over one year ago the Australian Government released its response to the findings of the 2009 National Consultation on Human Rights. The president of the Law Council of Australia, Mr Alexander...
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TONIGHT: Practice and Advocacy in the Court of Appeal
This first session in the Appellate Advocacy Series will be presented by the Hon Justice Beazley AO. The seminar will be chaired by Alexander Street SC and will cover essential requirements for...
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Women in Law Commemorative Dinner
Members are invited to attend Macquarie University Law Society's annual Commemorative Law Dinner on Wednesday, 4 May 2011 at 6.30pm at the Parkroyal Hotel, Darling Harbour. This year will mark the...
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Martin Place homeless thanks
Philanthropy
Greg Curtin SC would like to thank all who have volunteered to assist the Martin Place homeless on Easter Sunday. As happened for our barbecue last year, numbers have well exceeded the...
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Date for your diary - National Indigenous Legal Conference, 12-13 August 2011
The New South Wales Bar Association and Ngalaya, the NSW Association of Indigenous lawyers and law students, invite you to attend the National Indigenous Legal Conference, which will take place in...
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CIArbs Asia Pacific Conference 2011 - special rates for members of the NSW Bar Association
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators is offering members of the New South Wales Bar Association a discounted rate to register for the Asia Pacific Conference 2011, which will be held on 27-28 May...
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Swearing-in ceremony for Federal Magistrate Garry Foster
Garry Foster will be sworn-in as a federal magistrate during a ceremonial sitting in Newcastle on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 at 9.30am. The ceremony will be held in Courtroom 3 of the Federal Magistrates...
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TONIGHT: Commercial Arbitration Act (Part 2)
Tonight,** **Ian Bailey SC will be presenting the second session of a two-part seminar series on the Commercial Arbitration Act. The seminar will be chaired by Angela Bowne SC. For further details,...
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A Charter of Rights review and other news from Victoria
The attorney-general of Victoria, Robert Clark, today announced the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry into the operation of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006....
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BOCSAR releases a feast of crime data
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released the_ 2010 Recorded Crime Statistics Annual Report_. According to the report, most categories of crime, such as motor vehicle theft,...
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Migration Law User Group Meeting - practice and procedure
The Federal Magistrates Court (General Federal Law)�Sydney�invites�legal practitioners appearing before the court in migration law matters to a professional user group meeting� to...
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Australian Observance of The United Nations Day of Vesak 2011 (ADVERTISEMENT)
An invitation is extended to members of the Bar Association to commemorate Vesak Day on Sunday, 29 May 2011. This year marks the 2600th anniversary of the Buddhaâs enlightenment, and the...
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