The Law Council’s Centre for Asia Pacific Pro Bono (CAPPB) has received a request for assistance to review legislation for the Tongan Public Relations Office on a pro bono basis. The Acting...
Read more >Early bird extended for Family Law Conference 7-10 October 2014
International Trade Law Symposium 18-19 October 2014
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A number of seminars have been scheduled in the Common Room for the coming months:
Thursday 3 July: Unpacking Insurance. Presented by Amanda Levine from North City Group and chaired by Pat Knowles....
Read more >The New South Wales Parliament's Standing Committee on Law and Justice has today released [Report No....
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The New South Wales Government has tabled its statutory review of the 2012 Workers Compensation amendments. The review does acknowledge that a number of changes should be considered to improve the...
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Expressions of interest are being sought for the position of native title registrar at the National Native Title Tribunal. The tribunal is established under the Native Title Act 1993 (the Act). The...
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The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law will hold the 34th ANZAPPL Annual Congress at the Menzies Hotel, Sydney between 19 and 22 November 2014. Learn more here.
Read more >The Hon Mervyn Finlay QC, former Supreme Court judge and chairman of the NSW Innocence Panel, died yesterday. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are known.
Read more >The president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Justice Duncan Kerr, has issued the Practice Direction for the Expedited Review of Certain Decisions. It came into effect on 1 July 2014. View...
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The Bar Association has made a submission in response to the New South Wales Law Reform Commission's Consultation Paper 16 - Dispute Resolution: Frameworks in NSW. View this and other Bar...
Read more >On 27 June 2014 Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC re-issued Practice Note SC CL 2, which applies to committals for trial or sentence and ex-officio indictments in the Criminal List of the Common Law...
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In a speech to the Local Courts of NSW annual conference today, Attorney General Brad Hazzard has said that in some cases the families of deceased victims of crime weren't given the opportunity to...
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The Law Council of Australia has condemned the verdicts and penalties imposed upon Peter Greste and his fellow Al Jazeera journalists, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. Law Council President Michael...
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The Sydney Morning Herald has reported on the Bar Association's opposition to the New South Wales Government's review of the Bail Act 2013. Learn more here.
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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...
Read more >The Royal Commission into the Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse yesterday released its interim report in two volumes. Obtain copies here.
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Minister for Finance and Services Dominic Perrottet yesterday announced the results of an independent review of the 2012 amendments to workers compensation. The minister cautioned that two thirds of...
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Legal Aid NSW has made two changes to the Commonwealth family law fee scales. The fees payable to single experts have been increased and the Commonwealth family law fee scales for solicitors and...
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