Inbrief

Vale Terence Joseph Ryman (1930-2013)

Terence Ryman, barrister, died on Friday, 8 February 2013. A requiem mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Avoca Street, Randwick, on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 at 10.00am....

Lawyers Mediation Certificate

The Victorian Bar invites you to enrol in the Lawyers Mediation Certificate course, to be held in Melbourne in March 2013. The course will be presented by Dr Peter Condliffe, Dr Elizabeth Brophy and...

North Bondi Classic Ocean Swim

The Health, Sport and Recreation Committee encourages members to participate in the North Bondi Classic Ocean Swim this Sunday, 10 February 2013. Join in on the action and help celebrate the 30th...

Submissions welcome on NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal

The NSW Government will integrate more than 20 tribunals into a newly formed NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). To oversee the establishment of NCAT, a reference group was established and...

This Saturday: Newcastle CPD Conference

The Newcastle CPD Conference is scheduled for this coming** Saturday, 16 February**. Speakers include The Hon T F Bathurst, Chief Justice of NSW, The Hon Justice G Bellew; The Hon Greg James AM QC,...

Mentors wanted for the Indigenous Law Students Program

The Indigenous Barristers Trust is now seeking mentors for its Indigenous Law Students Mentoring Program. The program provides barristers with the opportunity to share their professional expertise...

Common Law Practice Update 16

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has released Practice Update 16, with case notes on, among other things, choice of law, expert evidence, occupier's liability and duty of care and liability...

Appointments to the New South Wales Local Court

South Coast solicitor Mark Douglass and Dubbo barrister Karen Robinson have been appointed as magistrates of the Local Court of NSW. They will be sworn-in on 25 February 2013 at 9.00am in Courtroom...

Launch of the French Australian Lawyers Society

The launch cocktail party for the French Australian Lawyers Society will be held on Thursday, 21 February 2013, at 5.30pm, in the presence of its two patrons, the Honourable Murray Gleeson AC and Mr...

Tonight: Chris Masters on International Law and the Modern Australian Soldier

Tonight, Tuesday 12 February at 5.15, Chris Masters, journalist, Gold Walkley award winner and author of Uncommon Soldier, will be delivering a seminar in the NSW Bar Association Common Room on the...

Farewell to Justice Allsop

The Hon Justice James Allsop AO will retire as president of the NSW Court of Appeal on Thursday, 28 February 2013. A formal ceremony will be held in Banco Court, L13, at 9.30am on Friday, 22 February...

Bar Association office bearers for 2014

Governance

At a meeting of the Bar Council on the evening of 14 November 2013, the following were elected as office bearers of the Bar Association: President: **Phillip Boulten SC **Senior Vice...

STEP address: Breach of Trust and the Significance of a New Trustee (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by Paul Tracey on "Breach of Trust and the Significance of a New Trustee". The address will take place **on Wednesday,...

Australian Association of Constitutional Law seminar

On Wednesday, 6 February 2013 the Australian Association of Constitutional Law will conduct a seminar on "State Jurisdictional Residue: What Remains to a State Court When its Chapter III Functions...

Opening of Law Term address by Chief Justice Bathurst

On 30 January 2013 the chief justice of New South Wales, the Hon T F Bathurst, spoke at the Law Society's Opening of Law Term Dinner. "The Folly of Prediction" revisits a speech made in 1995 by...

Yoga back in rhythm

Yogis are reminded that with the Bar Practice Course and other distractions out of the way, yoga classes have returned to their normal timeslots: that is to say, **Tuesdays **at 7:15 – 8:15am...