Inbrief

Bench and Bar Lunch 17 July 2012

A Bench and Bar Lunch will be held at 1.00pm on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 at the Hyde Park Barracks Restaurant, Macquarie Street, Sydney. A selection of main courses will be offered with tea or coffee...

Invitation To Federal Court Admiralty & Maritime Users’ Group Meeting - Tuesday 14 August, 5pm

The Federal Court of Australia with the Federal Magistrates Court will hold a Users’ Group meeting for the Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 **at **5.00 pm in...

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Legalwise Seminars has over 20 timely seminars to help you complete your CPD requirements in the areas of Ethics and Regulation of the Profession, Management and Substantive Law.

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Supreme Court Sittings in the Law Courts Building

Further to yesterday's note in In Brief, the Supreme Court has this morning advised that The Law Courts Building will be OPEN today and all courts will be sitting in accordance with current listings....

Possible Disruption of Supreme Court Sittings in the Law Courts Building - TOMORROW, Tuesday 10 July

The Acting Chief Justice has requested that the following note be brought to the attention of all members.

As a matter of urgency the Law Courts Building has had an interruption all day to the water...

CPD - July and August Dates for your Diary

The following seminars have been confirmed for July and August. For full up-to-date details, please visit the NSW Bar Association website.

Tuesday, 24 July: Meeting to consider proposed amendments...

Tonight: International Commercial Litigation: the London Experience

The International Law (Australian Branch), the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and the UNSW Law Faculty's International Law and Policy Group invite you to a lecture by...

Tonight: 15 Bobber for his Honour Judge Philip Taylor SC

The 15 Bobber to celebrate the appointment of his Honour Judge Philip Taylor SC to the District Court of New South Wales will be held on Friday, 3 August 2012. Speaking for his Honour will be Peter...

Call for offers of assistance from senior counsel, judges and retired judges

The Association is planning to host a series of 4 seminars over the second half of the year entitled “Preparation for silk – the necessary steps”.� The seminars will be convened...

ABA Appellate Advocacy Course

Course Coordinator, Chris Shanahan SC, is pleased to introduce and welcome you to the inaugural Appellate Advocacy Course, Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, to be held in Sydney between 5 and 7...

Bench and Bar Lunch - Hyde Park Barracks Cafe, Tuesday 17 July, 1-2pm

Collegiality

The next bench and bar lunch will be held at the Hyde Park Barracks Cafe from 1-2pm on Tuesday 17 July. Download a flyer for more information. **9 July 2012 **

Notice to Workers Compensation Regular Practitioners - Costs amendment meeting 5pm this afternoon

The Common Law Committee of the Bar Association would like to meet with members of the Workers Compensation Commission Bar. The meeting concerns the proposed costs changes.

It is short notice but...

Judicial and statutory vacancies

Expressions of interest are currently being sought by 20 July for the following positions:

•�� �District Court judge •����deputy senior public...

Fee related regulation amendments (NSW)

The Department of the Attorney General and Justice has advised of the following regulatory amendments to increase fees commencing on 1 July:

• Civil Procedure Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2012

• ...

Fishing for a good time starts with throwing in your line!

Collegiality

The Health, Sport and Recreation Committee is calling for expressions of interest in relation to the proposed establishment of a NSW Bar Association Fishing Club. The purpose of the...

Women Lawyers Association function - Celebrating Women in the Judiciary

The Women Lawyers’ Association of New South Wales invite you to join them and distinguished guests for their biennial signature event “Celebrating Women in the Judiciary” to be held at...

Reminder: silk applications close tomorrow

President Bernard Coles QC invites applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2012. The deadline for applications is 5.00pm tomorrow, 27 July 2012. The principles governing selection and...

NSWLRC calls for submissions on sentencing procedure

The NSW Law Reform Commission (LRC) has released for public comment the second group of question papers relating to the review of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW). Further information...

Expressions of interest in new chambers

Final expressions of interest are sought for new chambers (yet to be named) in the Colonial Centre, 52 Martin Place (above Channel Seven) by cob Friday, 6 July 2012. Heads of Agreement are about to...

Cases selected for reporting in NSWLR by the editor, Bret Walker SC

The following case/s will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Blackwell v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 93 Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v McGrath [2011] NSWCA 153 Hunt v The Queen [2011]...

Biennial increase in High Court and Federal Court fees

The biennial increases to fees in the Federal Court and the Hight Court have been gazetted and�will take effect from 1 July 2012.

27 June 2012

Workers Compensation Costs

As many members would be aware, the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 which passed the New South Wales Parliament last week included an amendment moved by the Christian Democrats...

Tonight: Consolidating Wealth

Tonight, Tuesday 26 June, there will be a CPD seminar on [Pre 30 June Financial Planning][1]: [Consolidating Wealth][2]. This seminar is the third of three sessions structured around a pre 30 June...

Bar Book Club meets on 31 July

The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be on Tuesday, 31 July 2012. The book is Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers,...

Parliamentary report into federal judicial complaints

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has tabled the report of its inquiry into the Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Bill...