Inbrief

STEP address: Trusts and Australian Conflicts of Law

Promoted by STEP

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by David Russell QC on "Trusts and Australian Conflicts of Law". The address will take place on...

Reminder: Local Court swearing-in on Monday

Claire Girotto will be sworn-in as a magistrate at a ceremonial sitting of the Local Court of New South Wales on Monday, 25 August 2014 at 9.00am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre. Garry McGrath...

AMTAC annual address 2014

On Thursday, 4 September 2014 the Federal Court's Sydney Registry will host the Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission's annual address. Entitled "LNG - Driving Gas Globalisation:...

Australian Bar Association conference in Boston, 2015

The Australian Bar Association's 2015 conference will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 to 10 July 2015. The ABA is pleased to confirm the venue will be the Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston. The...

AWL 2014 National Conference: 3-5 October

The Australian Women Lawyers will hold their 5th National Conference in Adelaide on 3-5 October 2014 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The keynote speaker will be Rabia Siddique. Learn more here.

For the diary: silk bows at the High Court of Australia

All new silks for 2014 will be invited to take their bows before the High Court of Australia at 3.30pm on Monday, 2 February 2015 in Courtroom 1.

The chief justice and justices of the High Court...

LCA welcomes change regarding children in immigration detention facilities

The Law Council of Australia has welcomed the announcement by the minister for immigration and border protection, the Hon Scott Morrison, that children under the age of 10 and their families will be...

Online profiles for jurors cuts processing time

Attorney General Brad Hazzard has released data which shows that a new system has cut jury registration processing times at the state’s busiest court, the Downing Centre, from 3.5 hours down to 30...

ABA opposes Victoria’s proposed ‘one punch’ laws with mandatory sentences

The Australian Bar Association (ABA) has added its voice to the growing opposition within the profession to mandatory sentencing following the announcement in Victoria of proposed statutory minimum...

New appointment to the District Court

Attorney General Brad Hazzard today announced the appointment of Crown prosecutor Julia Baly SC as a judge of the District Court of NSW. Learn more here.

The Barristers' Benevolent Association

Every year there are barristers who require some form of assistance from the Barristers' Benevolent Association in order to overcome a major problem. The Benevolent Association can respond to calls...

Enhancement of CCTV Vision

Promoted by Storyboard Pty Ltd

CCTV material for trial is often difficult to interpret. However, with a little enhancement, cases can be more easily substantiated. Most vision can be enhanced...

National Commercial Law Seminar Series

The next National Commercial Law Seminar will be 'Commercial Transactions in an Insolvency Context: ASIC and the Commonwealth DPP - What to Expect and How to Deal with Them'. It will take place on...

Two life members and a lecture

Following tonight's Maurice Byers Lecture, certificates of life membership to the New South Wales Bar Association will be presented to the Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC and to Phil Boulten SC. All...

2014 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture is on tonight

The 2014 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture will be held in the Common Room tonight at 5.15pm, 'Appellate Review of the Facts' will be presented by the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC and chaired by Jane...

Co-Op court attire

There's a new seller of legal attire in Sydney: the Co-Op Bookshop on Phillip St, located directly opposite the Law Society. A list of firms selling legal attire can be found on the Bar Association's...

2014 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture is on tomorrow

The 2014 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm on Wednesday, 20 August. 'Appellate Review of the Facts' will be presented by the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC and...

For the diary: International Trade Law Symposium

The International Trade Law Symposium 2014 being held at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra on 18-19 September. Chief Justice French AC will deliver the keynote address. For more information...

Funeral arrangements for Chandra Sandrasegara

The funeral for Chandra Sandrasegara will be held at St Mark's Anglican Church, Darling Point, on Friday, 22 August at 10.00am.

Vale the Hon Peter Dent QC (1932-2014)

The Hon Peter Dent QC, former District Court judge and a member of University Chambers and Third Floor Wentworth Chambers, died yesterday. A funeral will be held on Friday, 22 August 2014 at 10.30am...

Tonight in CPD

Tonight at 5.15pm in the common room, Julian Burnside AO QC & Professor Jane McAdam will present "The Refugee Debate in Australia: Alternative Perspectives". This seminar will be chaired by Dr Sarah...

Victoria following NSW "coward punch" laws

Victoria looks set to emulate harsh mandatory sentencing legislation for "coward punch" assaults, which were passed by the New South Wales Parliament earlier this year. Premier Denis Napthine and...

7th Annual Football State of Origin and Sports Law Conference

Plans are well advanced for the 7th Annual Football State of Origin and Sports Law Conference to be held in Brisbane on 20 September 2014.

The Sports Law Conference will be at the Inns of Court, 107...

Vale Mervyn John Ward (1958-2014)

Mervyn Ward, formerly a barrister at 44 Edmund Barton Chambers, has died. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, 20 August 2014 at 2.00pm in Christ Church St Laurence, 812 George Street,...

Vale Chandra Chithravelu Sandrasegara (1936-2014)

Chandra Sandrasegara, barrister at Fifteenth Floor Wardell Chambers, died on Saturday night. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are known.