The Bar Association is delighted to announce that its Reconciliation Action Plan, which commenced on 1 January 2013, has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. The Bar Association has worked for...
Read more >The State Government's Victims Rights and Support Bill 2013 passed the Legislative Council overnight. The Bill was amended in the Upper House to remove the proposed time limitation on claims by...
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The Women Barristers Forum (âWBFâ) is a section of the NSW Bar Association. All women members of the NSW Bar Association are members of the WBF and are invited to participate as members of...
Read more >The Hon Charles L Cullen QC, former member and deputy president of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, died last Friday. A funeral will be held this Friday, 31 May 2013 at 11.00am, in the Boland...
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You are invited to celebrate the winners of the âShoot for the Barâ Judgesâ Award and the Peopleâs Choice Awards on Friday, 31 May in the Bar Association Common Room. We received...
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Members are again reminded that the swearing-in ceremony for Mark Leeming SC will be held at 9.00am on Monday, 3 June 2013 in the Banco Court, Queens Square. The attorney general will speak on behalf...
Read more >The Hon RF Smart, former judge of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, died on Sunday, 26 May 2013. A funeral will be held on **Monday, 3 June 2013 at 10.00am **at St Stephen's Uniting Church,...
Read more >The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has released Practice Update 27, with a case note on striking out of evidence.
28 May 2013
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After extensive discussions with interested parties, including the Bar Association, the Supreme Court CEO and principal registrar has announced new procedures for CCA filings.
Drop off box for...
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Bar Council met on 11 April and 2 May in the boardroom of the New South Wales Bar Association. Matters reported elsewhere in In Brief are omitted from this summary of Bar Council business. Bar...
Read more >The Hon Charles L Cullen QC, former member and deputy president of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, died on Friday, 24 May 2013. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as...
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This seminar will be presented in the Bar Association Common Room, tonight at 5.15pm. The seminar will focus on recent changes to superannuation and how they will affect you. It will discuss what you...
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Ties, cufflinks and keychains with ABA motifs are available for purchase from the Bar Association's reception. Ties $65; cufflinks $65; and keychains for $45.
24 May 2013
Read more >The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has released Practice Update 26, with case notes on ss 3A(1)(a) and 62 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999.
24 May 2013
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The Bail Bill 2013 was passed yesterday by the NSW Parliament and will commence in 12 months. Attorney General Greg Smith SC said in a media release that the new law replaces "a complicated system of...
Read more >Debate on the Motor Accident Injuries Amendment Bill 2013 (NSW) concluded in the Legislative Assembly last night. Both the government and the opposition moved amendments and, again, there were...
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The NSW Government's Motor Accident Injuries Amendment Bill 2013 is being debated in the Legislative Assembly. Submissions made by the Bar Association, among others, are mentioned in the debate....
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The ABA is running its eighth advanced trial advocacy course in Brisbane in early 2014. The dates for the course were incorrect in the last In brief notice. The course will take place between the 20...
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The Australian Bar Association is conducting its second appellate advocacy course, Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, in Sydney between 13-15 September 2013 at the Federal Court of Australia. There...
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PILCH NSW will not be accepting new referrals to its Offshore Asylum Seeker Project after 31 May 2013. The project was set up to ensure that offshore asylum seekers who had received a negative...
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Members now have access to affordable online legal research, following an agreement between the New South Wales Bar Association and Thomson Reuters. The NSW Barrister Essentials Package provides...
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On 6 May 2013 an article appeared in In Brief with respect to the Law Council of Australiaâs National Attrition and Re-engagement Survey.
The survey has been prepared in order to obtain...
Read more >The president of the New South Wales Bar Association, Phillip Boulten SC, today expressed concerns regarding the recent announcement by Legal Aid NSW confirming their policies do not cover...
Read more >The Co-op Book Shop in Phillip Street is holding a book signing between 12.00 - 2.00pm tomorrow, 21 May, for Andrew Tink's new publication, Air Disaster Canberra: The plane crash that destroyed a...
Read more >Michael Jenkins SC died on 20 May. Michael's funeral will be held** tomorrow, 23 May 2013 **at St John's Anglican Church, corner of Birchgrove Road and Spring Street, Balmain at 2.00pm. In lieu of...
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