Inbrief

Bar Council business for April

Governance

Bar Council held a meeting on Thursday 26�April 2012 in the boardroom of the New South Wales Bar Association at 4.30 pm. Matters reported elsewhere in In Brief are omitted from this...

Updated closing date for Legal Aid NSW barrister panel

The closing date for applications for the Legal Aid NSW Specialist Barrister Panel (Criminal Appellate Matters) has been extended to 25 May 2012. The panel is open to junior counsel...

Amendments to the silk protocol and guide

The Bar Council recently approved suitable amendments to the Senior Counsel Protocol and the Guide to Practical Aspects of Senior Counsel Applications.

17 May 2012

Bar FC suffer shock loss to AusGrid

Bar FC suffered its first loss of the 2012 Domain Soccer League season, going down�2-0 to a much younger�team from AusGrid.�Some gaps in�the bar's�line up�were filled by...

A BarCare announcement

Wellbeing

The director of BarCare, Penny Johnston, will be on leave�from today,�22 May until 26 June 2012. During her absence Gillian Marcoolyn, clinical psychologist will act in...

Barristers in Schools featured in the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph web site features a story on the Barristers in Schools program, which took place in the Central Criminal Court�on Tuesday, as part of Law Week 2012.

16 May 2012

Appointment to note

Daniel Howard SC has been appointed as president of the Mental Health Tribunal and as an acting judge of the District Court of New South Wales for the period commencing on 4 June 2012 and expiring on...

15 Bobber – The Hon Justice R Beech-Jones

The 15 Bobber to celebrate the appointment of the Hon Justice Robert Beech-Jones�to the Supreme Court of New South Wales will be held on Friday, 15 June 2012. Speaking for the Hon Justice R...

Speeches to note: Sentencing in the 21st Century

It's been a century since the criminal appeal structure in New South Wales was formalised by the� Criminal Appeal Act 1912.�Currently, the New South Wales Law Reform Commission is looking...

2012 Forbes Lecture

The 2012�Forbes Lecture will be delivered by Tony Cunneen on 31 October. The working title for the lecture is "A Man for All Seasons: The Life and Times of Chief Justice Sir William Portus...

CPD tonight - Jurisdictional Error

Tonight, the Constitutional and Administrative Law Section will conduct a seminar on Jurisdictional Error. The session will be presented by Jeremy Kirk SC, with comments by Kate Richardson, and will...

Barristers freed on bail

Philip Strickland SC, Tunc Ozen, Sarah Bradley and Nicholas Broadbent� thank all members of the judiciary and bar for their generosity and support in raising $8680 for charity.�They spent...

2012 Annual Penfolds Grange and Super Premium Wine Release

The ABA Wine club has�secured an allocation of the 2012 Penfolds new release wines for a period of 10 days only - so get in early. Stock will be allocated on a first come basis. For more great...

Australian Bar Association Conference, Rome, July 2013

Expressions of interest are now being taken for the Australian Bar Association Conference to be held in Rome between 2 July and 5 July 2013. Learn more>

14 May 2012

STEP presents an address by the Hon Justice Nye Perram (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by the Hon Justice�Nye Perram�on "The Origins and Present Operation of the Action in Devastavit". The...

Vale Malcolm Rodger Hardwick QC (1925-2012)

Malcolm Hardwick QC died on Wednesday, 9 May 2012. A�private funeral service�will be held. An obituary will be published in the Winter edition of Bar News.

14 May 2012

Legalwise Seminars May/June CPD Programme (ADVERTISEMENT)

Legalwise Seminars has over nine 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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Reminder: Button SC swearing-in

Deputy Senior Public Defender Richard Button SC has�been appointed�as a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW. Button SC�will be sworn in�on 12 June 2012 in Federal Court 1, on Level...

Expressions of interest sought: Family Law Settlement Initiative

During the months of July, August and possibly September, it is anticipated that the NSW Bar Association will be participating with the Law Society, the Family Court of Australia and the Federal...

City of Sydney Law Society Law Week Breakfast

The City of Sydney Law Society invites members to their 2012 Law Week Breakfast between 7:15am - 8:45am on Wednesday, 16 May 2012�at the Swissotel, 68 Market Street Sydney. Guest of Honour and...

Law Council responds to the Budget

The Law Council of Australia has expressed disappointment at the Commonwealth Government’s failure to do more in this year’s Budget to improve access to legal services for disadvantaged...

Amendments to Supreme Court and Criminal Appeal rules

The Supreme Court Rule Committee has approved the following amendment to the Supreme Court Rules and the Criminal Appeal Rules. Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 419) 2012 (2012-172)�| Criminal...

Are your details on ‘Find a Barrister’ correct?

The Bar Association’s web-based directory ‘Find a Barrister’ was upgraded late last year to include additional information about members, including their academic qualifications, other...

NSW Bar FC top of its division in the DSL

With�the world distracted by the�race between Man U and Man City for supremacy in the English Premier League,�NSW Bar FC's rise to�top spot�in�its division of the Domain...

Learned Friends Legal Conference, Cambodia (ADVERTISEMENT)

Learned Friends Professional Education is holding a conference in Siem Reap Cambodia from 5 - 11 January 2013. Following the tremendous success of our Vietnam conference in January 2012, we have...