Inbrief

Australian Young Lawyer of the Year Award

The Law Council of Australia has announced the winners of its annual Australian Young Lawyer of the Year Award. The individual category was won by Queensland Solicitor, Ms Kara Cook, and the...

Independent Children's Lawyers Conference 2014: Honouring the Role

The Children's Committee of the Family Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia, in conjunction with National Legal Aid, with the support...

Coming up in CPD next week

Next week we have a seminar being held in the Common Room on Tuesday 23 September at 5.15pm.

"Effective Negotiation Skills for Commercial Disputes" will be presented by Harold Werksman, and chaired...

Applications sought: arbitrators on exploration licences and assessment leases

The NSW Government recently commissioned an independent review of the land access arbitration framework under the Mining Act 1992 and Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991. Following that review, a new Panel...

eServices for Corporations Law Practitioners

The Federal Court will hold an information session for practitioners, to be hosted by Justice Jacobson on Friday, 26 September 2014 between 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm in Court 18D, Queens Square.

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Revised Legal Aid NSW General Criminal Law Practice Standards

Panel lawyers are advised that the General Criminal Law Practice Standards have been revised. The new practice standards take effect from 15 September 2014. Panel lawyers are required to comply with...

Legal Aid NSW General Criminal Law Panel

The Legal Aid NSW General Criminal Law Panel (the panel) will be reopening on Monday 15 September 2014 for new applications and applications for reappointment by current panel lawyers, following a...

Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre gets a boost

The Drug Court Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 was passed by the Legislative Council last night and is awaiting royal assent. The bill implements recommendations arising from a review of the...

Emergency detention orders - for imminent risk of serious offences

The New South Wales Government has introduced the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Amendment Bill 2014, which provides (among other things) new provisions establishing "emergency detention orders" or...

Cameras in court

The New South Wales Parliament has passed the Courts Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Judgments) Bill 2014, which creates a presumption in favour of allowing filming and broadcasting of final...

Parole a valuable tool to reduce re-offending

The New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published two reports, both of which provide strong evidence that parole system is effective in reducing the rate of re-offending....

The InBrief archive

InBrief is the daily news and current awareness bulletin from the New South Wales Bar Association. It's a Boulliabaise of appointments, upcoming CPD seminars, book launches, media releases and more....

Requiem Mass for Ron Mulock

Ronald Joseph Mulock, former NSW attorney general and minister of justice, died on 4 September. His Requiem Mass will be celebrated at St Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, High Street Penrith, on...

Advances in Open Justice in England and Wales

Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC invites members to an address by the Right Honourable Lord Dyson, entitled "Advances in Open Justice in England and Wales" to be held in Banco Court, Level 13, Law...

Memorial service for Bill Purves

The memorial service for Bill Purves will be held at the South Chapel, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Botany Cemetery on 12 September 2014 at 2.30pm.

Coming up in CPD this month

This month we have a seminar being held in the Common Room on Tuesday 23 September at 5.15pm.

"Effective Negotiation Skills for Commercial Disputes" will be presented by Harold Werksman, and chaired...

AACL seminar on 'shadow criminal laws'

The next Australian Association of Constitutional Law seminar is on Tuesday, 9 September 2014 at 5:30 pm in Federal Court, Court 18B. Professor Jeremy Gans (Melbourne Law School) will present a paper...

Advances in Open Justice in England and Wales

Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC invites members to an address by the Right Honourable Lord Dyson, entitled "Advances in Open Justice in England and Wales" to be held in Banco Court, Level 13, Law...

LTCS E-News Issue 79

The Lifetime Care & Support Authority publishes a newsletter, LTCS E-News. Issue 79 (September) is now available and includes articles on LTCS Advisory groups, resources and further reading on...

Funeral service for Chris Holt

Chris Holt, executive director and co-founder of Federation Press, died suddenly last week. His contribution to legal publishing in Australia was enormous and many members of the bar and bench worked...

What to expect when in dispute with the ATO

On Thursday, 2 October 2014 the Federal Court, together with the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, the Tax Bar Association and the Law Institute of Victoria, will host a free...

Bar FC reign supreme

Bar FC proved too strong for minor premiers Treasury FC winning the coveted trophy in its maiden appearance in the Domain Soccer League 1-0 earlier today.

The squad consisted of Anais D’Arville,...

Upcoming CPD Courses: Accounting & Valuation

This practical four week course has been organised in collaboration with KordaMentha Forensic. The course will run over four consecutive Thursdays (5pm to 7pm) in October/November 2014. It is...

Bar FC - Here We Go!

A reminder that the NSW Bar Association Football Club is playing in its inaugural Domain Soccer League Grand Final against Treasury United in the Domain from 12 noon today. The squad consists of...

eServices for Corporations Law Practitioners

The Federal Court will hold an information session for practitioners, to be hosted by Justice Jacobson on Friday, 26 September 2014 between 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm in Court 18D, Queens Square.

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