Inbrief
Silk applications close today
President Jane Needham SC invites applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2014. The deadline is 5.00pm today. No applications received after that time will be processed. Please ensure that...
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2014 Common Law Drinks
Judges, barristers and clerks are warmly invited to the 2014 Common Law Drinks to be held on Friday, 22 August at The Hide, upstairs at the Bull & Bear, 16 Phillip Lane, Sydney. The guest speaker...
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Court user satisfaction survey
The Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court will conduct a user satisfaction survey
throughout August 2014. The information gathered during such exercises assists with the delivery...
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Next week: 2014 Annual Corporate Law Conference
The Supreme Court Annual Corporate Law Conference, "Shareholder Protection", will be held from 1.15pm - 6.00pm on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 in the Banco Court, Queens Square. The conference will be...
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Call for volunteers for judging university competitions
Macquarie University Law Society (MULS) is seeking volunteers to assist with the judging of internal competitions, namely negotiations, client interviewing and trial advocacy / witness examination....
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Vale Patrick Raymond Moran (1930-2014)
Patrick Moran, former barrister and Workers Compensation Court judge, died yesterday. A funeral will be held on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 at 3.00pm in the South Chapel, Woronora Crematorium. A wake will...
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Law Council of Australia Sunset Seminar Series - an evening with Nicholas Cowdery AM QC
The Law Council of Australia's International Law Section Executive invites you to attend a cocktail function featuring a keynote address by Professor Nicholas Cowdery AM QC on "Australia’s Criminal...
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Law Council of Australia Sunset Seminar Series - an evening with Nicholas Cowdery AM QC, Thursday 31 July, 5.30pm
The Law Council of Australia's International Law Section Executive invites you to attend a cocktail function featuring a keynote address by Professor Nicholas Cowdery AM QC on "Australia’s Criminal...
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2014 BarADR Mediation Masterclass
BarADR presents the 2014 Mediation Masterclass on Saturday, 16 August 2014.
This year's BarADR event is designed as an interactive masterclass to explore the practicalities of mediation in-depth...
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R v Milat: A Case Study in Cross-Examination
Promoted by LexisNexis
Members of the Bar Association will receive a 15 per cent discount when they purchase Dan Howard SC's new book R v Milat: A Case Study in Cross-Examination. This book presents...
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Next week in CPD
A number of seminars have been scheduled in the Common Room for next week:
Monday 28 July: The Future of Disability Advocacy. Presented by Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes and...
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Tonight in CPD: The Smiler
This seminar will be presented tonight by Michael Pelly and chaired by Carol Webster SC. The Smiler, published earlier this year, draws on more than 100 interviews with Murray Gleeson and his...
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Applications for appointment as senior counsel
President Jane Needham SC invites applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2014. The deadline for applications is this Friday, 25 July 2014 at 5.00pm. The principles governing selection and...
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"#BringBackOurGirls" - Fundraising screening of "I Am A Girl" - Monday, 28 July
A number of members of the New South Wales Bar and other lawyers have organised a fundraising evening for Amnesty International in response to the plight of schoolgirls who have been kidnapped in...
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An anthology of classic cross-examination
Hugh Selby is an ACT barrister, author of practical legal works and teacher at the University of Wollongong's LLM Criminal Practice program. Hugh wants to compile and publish a collection of good...
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For the diary: Public Law in the Age of Statutes
On Friday, 24 October the Australian National University's College of Law will hold a one day conference in honour of Emeritus Professor Dennis Pearce, entitled Public Law in the Age of Statutes....
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Trusts and Trustees - a Journal of Equity and CLA conference
Promoted by Commercial Law Association
The Commercial Law Association of Australia will organise a one day conference on Trusts and Trustees in conjunction with the Journal of Equity on Friday, 29...
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Tonight in CPD: The Psychology of Influence
This seminar will be presented tonight by Pancho Mehrotra from Frontier Sales Performance and chaired by Chris Whitelaw. This seminar will focus on developing awareness in the lawyer to understand...
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Tomorrow in CPD: The Smiler
This seminar scheduled for Wednesday 23 July will be presented by Michael Pelly and chaired by Carol Webster SC. The Smiler, published earlier this year, draws on more than 100 interviews with...
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4th Annual International Family Law Conference
Promoted by Legalwise Seminars
Join us at the 4th Annual International Family Law Conference, taking place in Shanghai, China between 17 and 19 September 2014. Throughout the three days of this...
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National Initiative to Develop Female Leaders in the Legal Sector - Advanced Leadership Program Scholarships
Two $11,000 scholarships will be awarded by Women and Leadership Australia (WLA) to New South Wales Bar Association members to assist their participation in the Advanced Leadership Program (ALP)....
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Tomorrow in CPD
This seminar scheduled for Tuesday 22 July will be presented by Pancho Mehrotra from Frontier Sales Performance and chaired by Chris Whitelaw. For full details download a flyer here
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Appointment of acting public defenders
Peter Krisenthal and Antony Evers have been appointed as acting public defenders commencing 14 July 2014 and expiring on 13 July 2015.
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World Indigenous Legal Conference
Between 24 and 27 June 2014 the Indigenous Lawyers Association of Queensland (ILAQ) hosted the biennial World Indigenous Legal Conference (WILC 2014) at the Queensland University of Technology in...
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Bar FC suffers only its second loss of the DSL season
Notwithstanding Patchildinho’s new found love of possession football and all things Brazilian, Bar FC found itself down at half time 3-0 today against Announcer FC, a younger, fitter and faster...
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