The next Francis Forbes Legal History Discussion Group will be held on Wednesday, 24 September 2014, commencing at 5.30pm in the Bar Common Room at the New South Wales Bar Association. The guest...
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On Tuesday 23 September, we have a seminar being held in the Common Room at 5.15pm.
"Effective Neogiation Skills for Commercial Disputes" will be presented by Harold Werksman, and chaired by Angela...
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The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published research which examines a range of factors, such as demographic details, the number and type of offences and previous experience with the...
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The Bail Amendment Bill 2014 has passed both houses of the NSW Parliament and is awaiting assent. A copy of the bill as passed, together with second reading speeches, can be found here. View Attorney...
Read more >Craig Smith was appointed as a deputy senior public defender, effective 18 September 2014.
Read more >The acting chief magistrate has announced sitting arrangements for the Local Court of NSW between Wednesday, 24 December 2014 and Friday, 2 January 2015 inclusive. Learn more here.
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The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australia) invites members to an evening seminar on Friday, 31 October 2014, to be presented by the Hon Murray Gleeson AC QC on "Award Writing in International...
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Next week a seminar will be held in the Common Room on Tuesday, 23 September at 5.15pm.
"Effective Neogiation Skills for Commercial Disputes" will be presented by Harold Werksman, and chaired by...
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The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 65, with case notes on sections 81 and 92 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), sections 5D, 5R and 5O of the...
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The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties will hold its annual fundraising dinner on Friday, 26 September 2014 at 6:30pm for 7.00pm in the Sky Phoenix Restaurant. The key note civil liberties...
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Applications are now open for barristers seeking mediation accreditation or re-accreditation with the New South Wales Bar Association as well as appointment to the District Court mediation list and...
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The Federal Court will hold an information session for taxation law practitioners, to be hosted by Justice Edmonds on Thursday, 2 October 2014 between 1:00pm — 1:45pm in Court 18D, Queens Square.
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The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held in the Bar Library at 6.00pm on Tuesday, 21 October. Reading matter will be The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys (Pierre Ryckmans). A...
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The Bar Association's annual general meeting will be held at 5.00pm on Thursday, 6 November 2014. Nomination forms for those wishing to be elected to Bar Council will be mailed to all members...
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In Council of the Law Society of NSW V Andreone (No2) [2014] NSWCATOD 81, the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal Occupational Division found that a failure of a solicitor to pay...
Read more >A Requiem Mass for Paul Flannery QC will be held tomorrow, 18 September 2014, at 1.30pm at St Mary’s Church, corner of Miller and Ridge Streets, North Sydney.
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The Legislative Council's Standing Committee on Law and Justice has tabled its report, Review of the Exercise of the Functions of the WorkCover Authority. The report, together with transcripts,...
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Bar Council met on 28 August 2014 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. Bar Council...
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The High Court rule appointing the places and days of sittings for 2015 is now available from ComLaw. Download a copy of the rule here.
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Tomorrow, 17 September 2014, the Francis Forbes Society will host a tutorial on "A History of Corporations Law in Two Parts", presented by Hugh Morison (scholar) and David Ash (gentleman). The...
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Our neighbours in the Law Society have given their popular, eponymous diary a makeover. It contains easy to find information on courts and tribunals, government agencies and more. For barristers, it...
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Members and their friends are invited to the 2014 Pink & Blue Ribbon Breakfast on Friday, 24 October at Hyde Park Barracks Café. Come and enjoy a two-course breakfast and help raise money for two...
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The Human Rights Law Centre has warned that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are being imprisoned at an increasing rate and now constitute one of the more incarcerated groups in the world....
Read more >Tomorrow I am excited to be a part of a 24-hour challenge called Pave the Way.
Pave the Way is a one-day campaign by the University of Sydney to raise funds and awareness to help the most promising...
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On Tuesday 7th October at 5.15pm, we have a seminar being held in the Common Room:
"How to win more cases : What and How Judges Think", presented by Greg Curtin SC and chaired by Justice Lucy...
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