President Phillip Boulten SC wrote an article for last Friday's edition of The Australian, summing up for the benefit of readers the arguments against incorporation of barristers' practices. The...
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The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has released Practice Update 40 which features case notes on sections 33,34,62,63 and 73 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), sections 3B and...
Read more >The chief justice of South Australia, the Hon Chris Kourakis, today announced Tom Cox and Mark Norman had been appointed senior counsel. Learn more here.
**20 September 2013 **
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The 15 Bobber to celebrate the appointment of his Honour Judge Stephen Hanley SC to the District Court of New South Wales will now be held on Friday, 6 December 2013. Speaking for his Honour will be...
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The Local Court of NSW has released Practice Note Crim 1, as amended from 16 September 2013. Paragraph 12.4(a)(ii) has been amended following a change in the eligibility criteria for the...
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The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has made changes to its practice and procedure which are of particular relevance to the review of decisions under Commonwealth workers' compensation legislation....
Read more >The Office of the Chief Magistrate has written to the president concerning alterations to Local Court sittings for 2014 as a result of funding reductions for a number of magistrate positions on the...
Read more >The NSW Law Reform Commission is reviewing the parole system and it invites members of the Bar Association to make a submission by the closing date, which is Friday, 1 November 2013. The question...
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Members are invited to a presentation of TimeBase services **TONIGHT, 25 September 2013 at 4.30pm in NSW Bar Common Room. **Nickie Zammit, TimeBase's national sales director, will conduct the...
Read more >The Federal Executive Council has published the Administrative Arrangements Order for the incoming Coalition government and the new Australian Government ministry was sworn in this morning.
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Read more >Mark Williams SC will be sworn in as a District Court judge on Monday, 23 September 2013 at 9.30am in Court 21A of John Maddison Tower. President Phillip Boulten SC will speak on behalf of the New...
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The Bar Council election process will commence on Friday, 20 September 2013 when AGM notices and nomination forms will be posted out to all members. Learn more here.
18 September 2013
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Dr Melissa Perry QC will be sworn-in as a judge of the Federal Court at a ceremonial sitting on Monday, 23 September 2013 at 9.30am in Court 1, L21, Queens Square. Jane Needham SC will speak on...
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At the General Meeting of the Bar Association held on 17 September 2013 a ballot was held on the following motion:
This meeting expresses its support for changes that would permit barristers who...
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The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a 15-month inquiry into Australiaâs system of civil dispute resolution, with a focus on constraining costs and...
Read more >Seats are still available for the Supreme Court Concert 2013. The concert will be held in the Banco Court on Monday, 21 October 2013. Drinks will be served in the foyer at 5.15 and the concert will...
Read more >Members are invited to join a trial guided tour of the NSW Art Gallery 6.30pm, Wednesday, 25 September 2013, to see the Sydney Moderns Exhibition. That night is the 10th anniversary of the gallery...
Read more >Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has announced his first federal ministry. You can view the list of portfolios here.
16 September 2013
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As indicated in the Notice of Meeting dated 2 August 2013, a general meeting of the Association will be held in the New South Wales Bar Association Common Room, commencing at 5.15pm, on Tuesday 17...
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On Saturday, 16 November, Professor Stephen Woods will be presenting a workshop entitled Stress and Vicarious Trauma for Legal Professionals. The workshop has been designed to assist legal...
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The 6th Annual Bar Football Challenge (against teams from the bars of Victoria and Qld) and the 3rd Annual Sports Law Conference will be held in Sydney on 21 September 2013. The theme for this...
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Beginning 1 October 2013 the High Court of Australia will make available to the public audio-visual recordings of its hearings. Recordings will be made available from an archive on the courtâs...
Read more >Attorney General Greg Smith SC today tabled the NSW Law Reform Commissionâs report on sentencing and released the governmentâs interim response.
**12 September 2013 **
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The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released its latest quarterly crime report. It shows, among other things, that significant downward trends for break and enter non-dwelling (down...
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The New South Wales Government has announced that the Industrial Relations Commission will be "transformed" when four of its judges retire without replacement early next year. In response, Greens...
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