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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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...
Read more >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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
Topics...
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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...
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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...
Read more >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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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