Appointments to note: Fair Work Commission
Clayton Utz partner Joe Catanzariti and barrister Adam Hatcher SC have been appointed as vice presidents of the Fair Work Commission. Learn more here.
28 March 2013
Read more >Clayton Utz partner Joe Catanzariti and barrister Adam Hatcher SC have been appointed as vice presidents of the Fair Work Commission. Learn more here.
28 March 2013
Read more >The Civil Dispute Resolution Act 2011 commenced on 1 August 2011. The Attorney-Generalâs Department of the Australian Government is evaluating the operation of the Act. The department has...
Read more >Members are invited to take part in the Suprme Court's Registry Services Survey. Its purpose is to help understand clients' perceptions of the services the registry provides, and identify areas for...
Read more >The New South Wales Law Reform Commission has released two publications: Jury Directions and Security for Costs and Associated Orders.
**27 March 2013 **
Read more >The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Provisional Sentencing for Children) Act 2013 received assent and commenced on 25 March 2013. The Act allows a court sentencing a person aged under 18...
Read more >Mr Kunc will be sworn in on 8 April 2013 at 9.30am in the Banco Court. Barristers are to wear wigs and gowns. Senior counsel wear full-bottomed wigs.
**5 April 2013 **
Read more >A magnificent 31 sq m room is available for sale at Jack Shand Chambers, Level 55 MLC Centre. Would suite silk or senior junior. It has panoramic views of Sydney Harbour Bridge, CBD and to the heads....
Read more >In tonight's seminar, at 5.15pm in the Bar Association Common Room, The Hon Justice Hallen and Jane Needham SC will address the new Family Provision Practice Note that entered into effect on the 1...
Read more >_Point Requirements _ 1. How can I count seminars viewed through CPD Online? As per the CPD Policy as resolved by Bar Council in August 2012, seminars viewed through the online streaming system...
Read more >The Health, Sport & Recreation Committee has organised for members to receive âflu shots and get their cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure tested between 4:00 and 6.00 pm tomorrow, 9 April...
Read more >Dear colleagues
It is the practice that after each Silk selection round the Bar Council considers whether any improvements might be made to the Protocol and administrative process.
This yearâs...
Read more >This evening's seminar will be presented by Arthur Moses SC and chaired by The Hon Justice Schmidt. The seminar will provide members with a guide to the key provisions of the Commonwealth and NSW...
Read more >The NSW Government has introduced a bill to the parliament modelled on Queensland's anti-bikie legislation. View the government's announcement here and the attorney general's second reading speech...
Read more >The president of the Law Council of Australia, Mr Joseph Catanzariti, opened the National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference in Melbourne yesterday morning. In his address, Mr Catanzariti...
Read more >The next meeting the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 at 6pm in the Bar Library. The book will be Notorious Nineteen, by Janet Evanovich. Those members reading the book, or any...
Read more >Chris Branson QC died on 15 March 2013 and there will be a private funeral. Friends and colleagues will be invited to a memorial service at a time and location to be announced.
22 March 2013
Read more >The Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand and the University of Newcastle invite members to a joint lunch time lecture by John Levingston on "Admiralty jurisdiction below the low...
Read more >**Monday 25 March: **A Guide to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. Presented by Arthur Moses SC and chaired by the Hon Justice Schmidt. Please click here for more details.
Wednesday 27 March:...
Read more >The president and the Bar Council have the pleasure of inviting all members of the New South Wales Bar Association to the 2013 Bench and Bar Dinner. The dinner will take place on Friday, 10 May in...
Read more >The Civil and Administrative Act 2013 received royal assent on 4 March 2013. The Act establishes the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) from 1 January 2014. The NCAT Project Team is and...
Read more >The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has released Practice Update 20, with a case note on section 109 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999. Learn more>
20 March 2013
Read more >The Legislative Council last night passed the The Evidence (Evidence of Silence) and Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre-Trial Defence Disclosure) bills by a narrow margin over opposition from Labor...
Read more >The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has launched eCase Search, which provides online access to select information about most applications lodged with the AAT from 18 March 2013. Applications subject...
Read more >Fifty years ago the United States Supreme Court unanimously announced in Gideon v Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment guarantees to every criminal defendant in a felony trial the right to a lawyer....
Read more >The following case/s will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Rennie Golledge Pty Ltd v Ballard [2012] NSWCA 376 Citigroup Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2012] NSWCA 381 R v Aubrey...
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