On Wednesday, 27 March the Hon Ronald Sackville will deliver the first of the Justice Talks public lectures for 2013. Titled "Law and Justice: Do They Meet? Reflections From A Confused Career",...
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On Thursday, 14 March, UNSW will host an important seminar by Professor John Flood on the cab rank rule, followed by a panel discussion. The event will take place at 6-7:30pm in the Law Building,...
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Attorney General Greg Smith SC announced today he has asked the NSW Law Reform Commission to undertake four new investigations over the coming 12 to 18 months. Mr Smith asked the commission to...
Read more >The Uniform Rules Committee has approved an amendment to Rule 14.13. The amendment took effect today, Friday 8 March 2013.
The first objective of the amendment is to allow statements of claim in...
Read more >Elizabeth Street Chambers will be holding a CPD night on 10 April 2013 at 5.00pm. All are welcome to attend. **The presentation attracts 1.5 CPD points and dinner and refreshments will be served on...
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Learned friends Professional Education is holding a Medico-Legal conference in Boston and New York from 10 to 18 September 2013. Speakers will include Judge Helen Murrell SC, Dina Yehir SC, Mark...
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The Footpath Library has announced an exciting new short story competition. The Footpath Library aims to make books more accessible to the homeless and disadvantaged members of our society, change...
Read more >Douglas Barry, of Frederick Jordan Chambers, died in the early hours of yesterday morning, 6 March 2013. A funeral will be held on Monday, 11 March 2013 at 10.30am in the South Chapel of the Eastern...
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Legal Aid News for March 2013 is out now, featuring articles on a new network of services for migrants, the new board of Legal Aid NSW, legal services and the NDIS, care and protection reforms, news...
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The Bar Library receives numerous requests for copies of NSW District & Local Court judgments, which are not available on the NSW Caselaw website or on AustLii. Not content to wait for someone else...
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The Bar Association is pleased to advise members that its Professional Standards Scheme has now been prescribed under the Australian Securities and Investments...
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The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting has launched a web site which provides access to a number of resources including the key decisions database; practice decisions database; and probate notice...
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The Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library needs volunteers from the NSW Bar to spend a couple of hours packing books for various hostels in New South Wales at the libraryâs storage unit at Kennard's...
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This evening's seminar will feature a panel of speakers including John Wakefield, Michelle Sindler and Rashda Rana and will focus on the development of an ADR practice. For full details, please click...
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Did you know that English Reports 1220-1873�are available online in PDF format? The quickest way to get there is via the **Bar Libraryâs **web links page. Once there, just click on Caselaw,...
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This evening's seminar will be presented by Nigel Carson (Partner, Korda Mentha; Forensic Technology & E-discovery) and will be chaired by Nigel Cotman SC. The presentation will attempt to be both...
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This evening's seminar, presented by Angela Catterns, has been organised by the Equal Opportunity Committee as part of their Successful Speakers series. Angela Catterns is a well-known and much...
Read more >The chief magistrate has issued Local Court Practice Note Civ 1 - Case Management of Civil Proceedings in the Local Court, which will commence on Monday, 4 March 2013.
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Queens Square Chambers has recently acquired more space in the Beanbah Building located next door to the Supreme Court and has a number of rooms available for licence. Please contact Mark Wilson on...
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The Australian Bar Association will hold its 2013 conference in Rome on 2-5 July. Among the Australian speakers will be the Hon Robert French AC, the Hon Justice Kiefel AC and topics will range from...
Read more >Mr Grant Thomas Britton SC, a retired District Court judge from Queensland, has been appointed as an acting judge of the District Court of New South Wales for the period commencing on 28 February...
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People found guilty of a summary offence in the NSW Local Court will be charged a levy to help pay for the cost of their court case, Attorney General Greg Smith SC announced today. It will apply to...
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Bar Council met on 7 February 2013 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 Council...
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David Hodgsonâs final book,_ Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will_ (Oxford University Press 2012), published in the year of his death, focuses on two of his most significant philosophical...
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The closing date for applications for the Legal Aid NSW Specialist Barrister Panel (Complex Criminal Law) has been extended to 11 March 2013. The panel is open to junior counsel only. Information...
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