Inbrief

Changes to conditions of entry to courthouses

The NSW Sheriff's Office has reviewed security arrangements at courts throughout the state, after the Australian National Terror Threat Alert level was raised to "high" on 12 September. Beginning 20...

EDO NSW is seeking experienced counsel for pro bono program

EDO NSW (formerly Environmental Defender’s Office) is an independent community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law. It was established in 1985 and today provides a full...

2014 Paul Byrne SC Memorial Lecture - tomorrow at 6.00pm

The 2014 Paul Byrne SC Memorial Lecture will be delivered by The Hon J D Heydon QC AC at the University of Sydney Law School from 6.00pm on Wednesday, 15 October. Attendance is complementary, however...

Time For Justice

Throughout October, International Justice Mission Australia is running the Time For Justice campaign. The Barrister's Clerks Association, along with 9 Windeyer Chambers and Trust Chambers, are...

Tonight in CPD

The 2014 Plunkett Lecture, will be held tonight at 5.15pm in the Bar Association Common Room. It will be presented by Professor Anne Twomey and chaired by Chief Justice Allsop AO. The topic for this...

Election of the 2015 Bar Council - Nominations have closed

Nominations for the 2015 Bar Council closed at 4.00pm today.

Thirty-nine senior counsel and 71 members of the junior bar (including nineteen under 5s) have nominated.

An acknowledgment of the...

Web watch: the Osgoode Digital Commons

The Osgoode Hall Law School Library in Canada has announced the official launch of the Osgoode Digital Commons, providing free, online access to its legal scholarship.

Osgoode is the first law...

STEP address: Equitable Remedies Against a Bribed Fiduciary

Promoted by STEP

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by the Hon Joe Campbell QC FAAL, adjunct professor, Sydney Law School on "Equitable Remedies Against a...

Common Law Practice Update 68

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 68, with case notes on sections 63, 95 and 126 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 and employment / extension of...

Tomorrow in CPD

The 2014 Plunkett Lecture, will be held tomorrow at 5.15pm in the Bar Association Common Room. It will be presented by Professor Anne Twomey and chaired by Chief Justice Allsop AO. The topic for this...

The Hon John Hatzistergos appointed to the District Court of NSW

The Hon John Hatzistergos has been appointed as a judge of the District Court of New South Wales. A formal ceremony to honour this occasion will be held in the John Maddison Tower on Level 21, at...

Mediator Chat

The Mediation Practice Group, a sub-committee of the Bar Association's ADR committee, will be hosting a "Mediator Chat" on "Med-Arb - it's the unloved mongrel of ADR" on Tuesday, 28 October 5.30pm in...

The 2014 Plunkett Lecture

The 2014 Plunkett Lecture, scheduled for Tuesday, 14 October at 5.15pm in the Bar Association Common Room, will be presented by Professor Anne Twomey and chaired by Chief Justice Allsop AO. The topic...

Nominations for 2015 Bar Council - final reminder

Members are reminded that nominations for election to the 2015 Bar Council close at 4.00pm on Monday, 13 October 2014.

Any member who has not received a nomination form can obtain one from the Bar...

Reflections on the origins of the parens patriae jurisdiction

On Wednesday, 15 October 2014 Justice Francois Kunc and Kathleen Heath will present a Francis Forbes Society legal history tutorial entitled: "Dented and rusty like a suit of armour? Reflections on...

For the diary: the compatibility of religion and modern bioethics

On Monday, 13 October 2014 Rabbi Professor Daniel Sinclair, the Great Synagogue's rabbi in residence, will deliver a lecture entitled: "Are Religion and Modern Bioethics Compatible? The Case of...

Law Council Family Law Section supports calls for surrogacy inquiry

The chairman of the Law Council's Family Law Section, Rick O’Brien, has issued a media release supporting Chief Judge Pascoe’s call for a "proper national inquiry" into international commercial...

Victorian Court of Appeal decision on conditional costs agreements

In Mainieri & Anor v Cirillo [2014] VSCA 227, the Victorian Court of Appeal has confirmed that the indemnity principle is satisfied by a conditional costs agreement where the client who is...

Hearts for Arts Law inaugural band night

To support the work of the Arts Law Centre of Australia, Hearts for Arts Law invites you to its inaugural band night "Band Together" on Wednesday, 22 October 2014 featuring a stellar line-up of...

AAL Patron's Address

The Australian Academy of Law (AAL) will be holding the third of its annual Patron’s Addresses on Thursday, 23 October 2014 at 5.30pm in the Banco Court, to be delivered by the Hon Chief Justice...

Coming up in CPD

On Monday 27 October a seminar will be held in the common room at 5.15pm:"Regulation 176 and Best Practice Guidelines". Presented by Penny Thew and chaired by Trish McDonald SC. For full details...

Tonight in CPD

A seminar will be held in the Common Room tonight at 5.15pm. "An introduction to Financial Statements and Accounting Misdemeanours" will be presented by Simon Skelton and Quentin Olde from FTI...

NSW anti-bikie laws upheld by High Court

Attorney General Brad Hazzard and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres have issued a joint media release welcoming the High Court’s finding that NSW’s anti-consorting laws are...

"Hail to the Chiefs": The 2014 Salvos Legal Lecture Series

The 2014 Salvos Legal Lecture Series will be held on Saturday, 8 November 2014, between 9.30am and 4.00pm at 140 Elizabeth Street (opposite the Downing Centre). Entitled "Hail to the Chiefs", the...

For the diary: ADR in a Changing World

The ADR Committee of the Bar Association of Queensland invites members to the annual ADR Conference to be held at the Sheraton Noosa Resort on Saturday, 8 and Sunday, 9 November 2014. The theme is...