Jackie Moser, former clerk to Sir James Martin Chambers, died on Tuesday from melanoma. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, 3 December 2013 at 1pm at St Canice's Church, 28 Roslyn St Elizabeth...
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The Australian Bar Association will hold its annual dinner on the night of the new silks taking their bows in the High Court. The dinner will be held in the Great Hall of the High Court in Canberra...
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On Wednesday, 4 December, Mark Robinson SC will present a seminar on The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal, due to commence operation in 2014. The Honourable Justice Robertson Wright,...
Read more >On Thursday, 14 November 2013 the annual Bench and Bar v Solicitors chess tournament took place, hosted by Allens. On this occasion the solicitors team was successful but there were a number of very...
Read more >The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) will begin operating on 1 January 2014 as the "new one-stop-shop for specialist tribunal services in NSW". NCAT has published a flyer to inform the...
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The Law Council of Australia has joined the International Bar Association and other national bar associations in expressing concerns about the state of the rule of law in Sri Lanka. Learn more here.... Read more >
The Federal Court of Australia has opened a US currency account with Westpac Bank as a litigantsâ fund under Division 2.5 of the Federal Court Rules. The court has also entered into an MOU with...
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Thurs****day, 28 November: Same-Sex Marriage Legislation: constitutional law perspectives. To be presented by Professor Anne Twomey and Perry Herzfeld and chaired by The Honourable Justice Pepper....
Read more >The Hon John Ludeke QC, former judge of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, died on 25 November 2013. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in St Peter Chanel Church, Futuna...
Read more >Jackie Moser, former clerk of Second Floor Selborne Chambers, died this morning. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are known.
26 November 2013
Read more >Panel featuring Alexandra Rose (Benevolent Society), Ian Hemmings SC and Nick Tiffen and discussion led by Richard McHugh SC. For full details, please click here. 27 November 2013
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Beginning December 2013 legal practitioners will be required to register on the Biometrics system to gain access to a correctional centre fitted with this equipment. Registration is open today and on...
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The Federal Court of Australia will transition to electronic court files within the next 18 months. By the end of 2014, the court will no longer create a paper file for each proceeding started. This...
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The Workers Compensation Commission is seeking expressions of interest from qualified persons for appointment as registrar of the Workers Compensation Commission for a fixed statutory term of up to...
Read more >The Victorian Bar has announced the appointment of 15 new senior counsel. View the list here.
25 November 2013
Read more >The 2014 Bench & Bar Dinner will be held on Friday, 2 May at the Hilton Sydney. The guest of honour is the Hon J L B Allsop AO, chief justice of the Federal Court of Australia. Further details and...
Read more >The_ Crimes Amendment (Zoe's Law) Bill (No. 2) 2013_ (NSW) has passed the Legislative Assembly. The Hansard record of the second reading debate and division can be viewed here.
22 November 2013
Read more >LawAccess NSW provided a record amount of free legal advice to disadvantaged people in 2012-13 following strong demand for its services among Aboriginal communities and in rural, regional and remote...
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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...
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On 1 December Nick Polin of 4th Floor Wentworth Chambers will take part in the âSydney Big Red Ride 2013â to help raise money to send some of the kids living with Muscular...
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The Hon James Wood AO QC has been appointed as the new chair of the New South Wales Parole Authority. Learn more here.
21 November 2013
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The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has released Practice Update 44, which features case notes on duties of landlords, legal professional privilege and employment.
November 2013
Read more >The Honourable Justice Walton has been appointed as president of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales commencing on and from 3 February 2014.
Attorney General Greg Smith SC today...
Read more >The Bar Association survey on childcare closed yesterday at 5 pm. Forty-eight members indicated that they are currently interested in obtaining access to a childcare centre in the Sydney CBD, however...
Read more >The High Court of Australia�now publishes on its website audio-visual recordings of full court hearings heard in Canberra. Learn more here.
19 November 2013
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