Inbrief

TONIGHT: The 2011 Forbes Lecture

This year’s Forbes Lecture will be held tonight in the Bar Association Common Room at 5.15 PM. The lecture will be presented by Associate Professor Shaunnagh Dorsett, with an introduction by...

WLA Golden Girls Annual Lunch

The Women Lawyers Association of NSW will hold its Golden Girls Annual Lunch on Friday 18 November 2011 at 12.30pm at the The Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney.�Join�them at...

Vale Lionel Robert Harry Lord QC (1923-2011)

The�funeral for Lionel Robert Harry Lord QC will be held on�Saturday, 19 November at 11am at All Saints Anglican Church, 25 Church Street (Corner of Tomardee and Church Streets), Nelson...

Papers to note: AAT guidelines

On 9 November the president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Hon Justice Garry Downes AM, issued Guidelines for Persons Giving Evidence and Opinion Evidence and�Guidelines for the Use...

Weekly notification of instruments officially notified and other legislative events for week beginning 7 November 2011 is attached.

New Bills feature - Legislation Website

NSW Bills (including...

Volunteering for the Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library

The Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library has allocated one Saturday every second month to Clayton Utz and the NSW Bar� to attend the storage unit at Kennard's Storage in Brookvale.� A...

This week in CPD

**WEDNESDAY 16 November - The Forbes Lecture 2011

**This year’s Forbes Lecture will be presented by Associate Professor Shaunnagh Dorsett. Shaunnagh’s topic is “Adapting Law to the...

The Paul Byrne Lecture

Members are invited to the Paul Byrne Lecture, to be held�on�Monday, 28 November 2011 at 6-7.30pm. This lecture, dedicated to the late Paul Byrne in honour of his life long work and...

Amended and new forms under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

The Uniform Rules Committee has approved the following amended and new forms under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.

Changes to approved Forms 3A and 3B

A minor amendment to the Statement of...

President

Last night the President of the New South Wales Bar Association, Bernard Coles QC, hosted a function in the Bar Common Room to recognise the work done by the New South Wales Bar for the various legal...

Papers to note: NSWLRC report on compensation to relatives in dust diseases cases

Attorney General Greg Smtih�has tabled the NSW�Law Reform Commission’s report on compensation to relatives in dust diseases cases. The report makes recommendations to achieve fairness...

Appointments to the Police Integrity Commission

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell today announced the Hon Justice Bruce James QC as the�next commissioner of the Police Integrity Commission, and the Hon David Kirby QC as inspector of the Police...

Appointments to note

David James Freeman has been appointed as an acting judge of the District Court of New South Wales for the period commencing on 10 November 2011 and expiring on 30 June 2012.

In addition, the...

NSW Legislation subscription services to cease

The NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Service has announced that�its subscription service for paper copies of legislation and information publications will cease at the end of 2011. The annual bound...

Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences conference

The Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences will hold�its conference, “Impressions & Expressions: Expert Evidence in Reports & Courts”, on 3-4 December 2011 in Sydney. This conference...

Next Week in CPD

WEDNESDAY 16 November - The Forbes Lecture 2011

This year’s Forbes Lecture will be presented by Associate Professor Shaunnagh Dorsett. Shaunnagh’s topic is “Adapting Law to the...

Vale Francis Seymour Stevens (1930-2011)

The funeral for Frank Stevens will be held on **Wednesday, 23 November 2011�at 11.00 am **at the�South Chapel, Woronora Crematorium, 121 Linden Street, Sutherland.

10 November 2011

NSW Government announces therapeutic justice measures

Attorney General Greg Smith SC has announced that the government will set up a second drug court in Sydney and establish 300 beds for the treatment of drug-addicted prisoners. Mr Smith said the John...

Listing and registry arrangements for bankruptcy matters in FMC

The Federal Magistrates Court has issued a notice setting out the listing and registry arrangements for bankruptcy matters within the Sydney Registry from 2012. Learn more>

9 November 2011

Victoria set to amend double jeopardy

The Victorian Government is set to introduce legislation to reform the law of double jeopardy. The new law will apply in cases such as where there is fresh and compelling DNA evidence, where the...

Bar Council election and annual general meeting

The ballot for Bar Council elections closes at 1.00pm on Friday 11 November 2012. The Bar Association's annual general meeting will be held at 1.00pm in the Common Room. Ballot papers for the...

Farewell dinner for Magistrate Tony Marsden

Members are invited to a dinner to farewell from the bench his Honour Magistrate Tony Marsden, at the Port Bar Restaurant in Parramatta, on�Wednesday, 21 December 2011 at 7.00pm. Learn more>

Cocktails and canapés to celebrate the appointment of two women senior counsel in 2011

The Women Barristers Forum, in association with The Women Lawyers Association of NSW, invites members of the NSW Bar Association to join them at a cocktail function to celebrate the appointment of...

Next meeting of the Legal History Discussion Group

All members are invited to attend this evening's meeting of the Legal History Discussion Group at 5.30pm to 7pm in the Bar Association Common Room.�John McLaughlin will be making a presentation...

Reforming Australian charity law (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by Anne Robinson TEP FAICD solicitor director, Prolegis Lawyers and John King, Prolegis Lawyers, on "Protecting the...