The Law Council of Australia has welcomed the announcement by the minister for immigration and border protection, the Hon Scott Morrison, that children under the age of 10 and their families will be...
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Attorney General Brad Hazzard has released data which shows that a new system has cut jury registration processing times at the state’s busiest court, the Downing Centre, from 3.5 hours down to 30...
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The Australian Bar Association (ABA) has added its voice to the growing opposition within the profession to mandatory sentencing following the announcement in Victoria of proposed statutory minimum...
Read more >Attorney General Brad Hazzard today announced the appointment of Crown prosecutor Julia Baly SC as a judge of the District Court of NSW. Learn more here.
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Every year there are barristers who require some form of assistance from the Barristers' Benevolent Association in order to overcome a major problem. The Benevolent Association can respond to calls...
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CCTV material for trial is often difficult to interpret. However, with a little enhancement, cases can be more easily substantiated. Most vision can be enhanced...
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The next National Commercial Law Seminar will be 'Commercial Transactions in an Insolvency Context: ASIC and the Commonwealth DPP - What to Expect and How to Deal with Them'. It will take place on...
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Following tonight's Maurice Byers Lecture, certificates of life membership to the New South Wales Bar Association will be presented to the Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC and to Phil Boulten SC. All...
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The 2014 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture will be held in the Common Room tonight at 5.15pm, 'Appellate Review of the Facts' will be presented by the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC and chaired by Jane...
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There's a new seller of legal attire in Sydney: the Co-Op Bookshop on Phillip St, located directly opposite the Law Society. A list of firms selling legal attire can be found on the Bar Association's...
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The 2014 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm on Wednesday, 20 August. 'Appellate Review of the Facts' will be presented by the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC and...
Read more >The International Trade Law Symposium 2014 being held at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra on 18-19 September. Chief Justice French AC will deliver the keynote address. For more information...
Read more >The funeral for Chandra Sandrasegara will be held at St Mark's Anglican Church, Darling Point, on Friday, 22 August at 10.00am.
Read more >The Hon Peter Dent QC, former District Court judge and a member of University Chambers and Third Floor Wentworth Chambers, died yesterday. A funeral will be held on Friday, 22 August 2014 at 10.30am...
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Tonight at 5.15pm in the common room, Julian Burnside AO QC & Professor Jane McAdam will present "The Refugee Debate in Australia: Alternative Perspectives". This seminar will be chaired by Dr Sarah...
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Victoria looks set to emulate harsh mandatory sentencing legislation for "coward punch" assaults, which were passed by the New South Wales Parliament earlier this year. Premier Denis Napthine and...
Read more >Plans are well advanced for the 7th Annual Football State of Origin and Sports Law Conference to be held in Brisbane on 20 September 2014.
The Sports Law Conference will be at the Inns of Court, 107...
Read more >Mervyn Ward, formerly a barrister at 44 Edmund Barton Chambers, has died. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, 20 August 2014 at 2.00pm in Christ Church St Laurence, 812 George Street,...
Read more >Chandra Sandrasegara, barrister at Fifteenth Floor Wardell Chambers, died on Saturday night. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are known.
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Tonight at 5.15pm, we have a seminar being held in the Common Room:
"Aspects of Judicial Review", presented by Mark Robinson SC and chaired by the Honourable Justice S Rothman AM. For full details...
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On Tuesday, 19 August Julian Burnside AO QC & Professor Jane McAdam will present "The Refugee Debate in Australia: Alternative Perspectives". This seminar will be chaired by Dr Sarah Pritchard SC....
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On Monday 18 August at 5.15pm, we have a seminar being held in the Common Room:
"Aspects of Judicial Review", presented by Mark Robinson SC and chaired by the Honourable Justice S Rothman AM. For...
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On Tuesday, 19 August Julian Burnside AO QC & Professor Jane McAdam will present "The Refugee Debate in Australia: Alternative Perspectives". This seminar will be chaired by Dr Sarah Pritchard SC....
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The president of the Workers Compensation Commission recently drew attention to the problem of counsel taking multiple briefs for matters listed at the same time. In e-Bulletin No 57, July 2014 the...
Read more >The Family Law Council has released its Report on Parentage and the Family Law Act. According to the Attorney General's Department web site, this report "provides advice to the attorney-general on a...
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