The Bar Association’s new childcare scheme will be formally launched from 5.15 pm on 3 April 2014 in the Common Room, by the president, Phillip Boulten SC. Among those...
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Late last year the MAA announced revisions to various guidelines following the NSW Court of Appeal decision in Smalley. The primary change was to keep all cases where breach of duty of care was...
Read more >The Australian Senate has formally chastised Queensland Premier Campbell Newman for his disparaging comments on the legal profession. Read Senator Wright's motion here and her media release here.
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Comments made by Premier Barry O’Farrell last night about the quality of our judicial officers are ill-thought out and erode public confidence in our courts, the president of the New South Wales...
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NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has announced the appointment of the Hon David Levine AO RFD QC as the new inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Learn more here.
Read more >Attorney General Greg Smith SC today launched a series of "how to" videos for self-represented litigants that are available on the LawAssist website.
“While...
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Ian Bourke will present a seminar tonight on coronial inquests. The seminar will be held in the Bar Association Common Room and will commence at 5.15pm. This seminar has been organised by the New...
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The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is seeking applications for appointment as full-time or part-time principal members, senior members and general members. Information...
Read more >South Australian Mark Livesey QC has been appointed president of the Australian Bar Association (ABA), the organisation which represents more than 6000 Australian barristers. Other appointments...
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Newly appointed ABA President Mark Livesey QC has urged Queensland Premier Campbell Newman to brush up his understanding of the role lawyers in the Australian legal system following comments that...
Read more >Australian Lawyers for Human Rights will be holding a panel discussion on the proposed changes to the racial hatred provisions of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).
Litigants, legal representatives and people acting on behalf of companies involved in civil suits can now use The Online Registry to file 42 commonly used civil forms online, receive court-sealed...
Read more >Macquarie University Law Society (MULS) is seeking volunteers to assist with the judging of internal competitions, such as mooting and client interviewing, to be held at the North Ryde and...
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The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) began operations on 1 January 2014. The Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 were published on the NSW Legislation website on Friday, 7...
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Members need no reminding that there has been a proliferation of pro bono schemes. The Bar Association has repeatedly stated that such schemes are not intended to...
Read more >The Electronic Transactions (ECM Courts) Amendment (Civil Matters) Order 2014, made under the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 was published on the NSW Legislation website (and commenced) on Friday,...
Read more >Bar Council met on 12 December 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....
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The NSW Bar Association is supporting the Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library with a magazine drive until Friday, 21 February 2014. This drive is aimed at providing magazines for clients...
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The Bar Book Club will next meet at 6pm on Wednesday, 12 February 2014. The book to be reading is this year's Booker prize winner, The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. Interview with the...
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On 29 November 2013 the Uniform Rules Committee approved amendments to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules replacing the current Part 3 that deals with Electronic Case Management. The amendments to the...
Read more >Peter Cummings SC, president of the Newcastle Bar Association, has made an incisive criticism of mandatory sentencing and attracted radio and print media coverage in the Hunter region. An edited...
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The 2014 Personal Injury and Common Law Conference will be held at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on Saturday 15 March. The conference provides 6 CPD points and will cover the advocacy and substantive...
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The Hon Justice Patrick Keane was guest of honour at the annual Australian Bar Association Dinner, held at High Court of Australia, Canberra, on 3 February 2014. A copy of his "Toast to New Silks"...
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The president of the New South Wales Bar Association, Phillip Boulten SC, has issued a media release expressing his strong support for the existing system of senior counsel in NSW.
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Legal Aid News for February 2014 is out now, featuring articles on new developments for independent children's lawyers; advice services for appeals to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal; mortgage...
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