Inbrief

Common Law Practice Update 20

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

Government right to silence and defence disclosure legislation passes

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...

eCase Search has AAT applications online

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...

Do Americans still have the right to defence counsel?

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....

Cases selected for reporting in NSWLR by the editor, Bret Walker SC

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...

Yoga interrupted

Tomorrow's yoga sessions (7:15 – 8:15am and 1:00 – 2:00pm) have been re-scheduled to Thursday, 21 March. **18 March 2013 **

Exploring mental health and law in regional Australia (ADVERTISEMENT)

The NSW Branch of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL), in collaboration with the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health present a one day...

Vale Christopher Charles Branson QC (1944-2013)

Chris Branson QC died on Friday, 15 March 2013. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are made available.

18 March 2013

Clean Slate Without Prejudice needs your help

Clean Slate Without Prejudice is a program run by the Redfern Local Area Police Command, which is affecting positive change in the local community. Mentors teach boxing to Indigenous youth in Redfern...

National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference

A world-renowned program of international and Australian speakers will headline the fourth biennial National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference in Melbourne on March 21–22. The...

Connect at the Law Society Legal Support Staff Networking Cocktail

The Law Society of NSW cordially invites barristers to attend the Legal Support Training Program's Networking Cocktail on Tuesday, 9 April 2013 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Spend time networking with...

Voiceless Animal Law Lecture Series

Every year, Voiceless, the animal protection institute, runs an animal law lecture series. The 2013 series will discuss different approaches of animal law including constitutions and treaties that...

Amendments to the UCPR

The Uniform Rules Commitee has approved an amendment to the UCPR that will add a new part to the rules to deal with judicial review proceedings. These amendments were published on the NSW legislation...

Bar Council business for February - March 2013

Bar Council met on 21 February and 7 March **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...

Right to silence and pre-trial disclosure legislation in parliament

The NSW Government's right to silence and defence disclosure bills, the Evidence Amendment (Evidence of Silence) Bill 2013 and the Criminal Procedure Amendment (Mandatory Pre-trial Defence...

Review of costs assessments: deadline for comment extended

The report on the Review of the Costs Assessment Scheme was posted on the Supreme Court Website in March. The chief justice has now extended to Friday, 17 May 2013 the deadline for comment upon any...

New appointment to the District Court

Attorney General Greg Smith SC today announced the appointment of Magistrate Antony Townsden as a judge of the District Court of NSW. He will be sworn in on 6 May 2013. Learn more here.

13 March 2013

Shoot for the Bar photography competition - entries due on Friday, 10 May

All members of the New South Wales Bar Association and Ngalaya are invited to participate in the ‘Shoot for the Bar’ competition as the photographer or as the subject of the photo to...

ALHR free seminar on the right to silence

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights invites members to a free seminar on the proposed changes to the right to silence in NSW. The event will commence at 5.30 pm at NSW Parliament House, Macquarie...

Common Law Practice Update No.19

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has released Practice Update 19, with case notes on ss 5B and 5D of the Civil Liability Act 2002 regarding duty of care for acts of third parties and...

Bar Book Club meets tomorrow

The Bar Book Club will hold its next meeting tomorrow**, 19 March at 6pm** in the Bar Library. The selection for the next meeting is The Censor’s Library by Nicole Moore.

18 March 2013

Justice Mathews AO to speak at the Career Intentions Survey cocktail event

Members are invited to the Career Intentions Survey Launch, co-sponsored by the Bar Association, the Women Lawyers Association of NSW and Herbert Smith Freehills on Thursday, 11 April 2013 between...

2013 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner

Selected papers and webcasts from the 2013 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner, held at the UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre For Public Law on 15 February 2013, can now be accessed online.

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Judgments from NSW courts

The Bar Library wishes to advise members to expect a time lag of nearly two weeks before decisions of NSW courts become available through both free (e.g. AustLii) and commercial web sites (e.g....

Online case law training for barristers

Improve your online search skills and learn how to find cases from England and Wales using JustCite and the Justis legal library. The session will be held in the Bar Association Common Room on...