Inbrief

TONIGHT - Ethics in Practice

Tonight's night's seminar will be presented by Graig Leggat SC and chaired by Pat Griffin. The seminar will deal with the most recent changes to the Bar Rules and their implications for practice....

Wills Register due to expire

The Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages has advised that its search facility for the Wills Register will be closed on Friday, 28 March 2014. Future enquiries may be directed to the NSW Trustee and...

Crime and corporate punishment

How should regulatory bodies respond to the damaging conduct of corporations? Is the big end of town getting an easy ride or are tougher penalties needed to curb white collar crime? The St James...

Book launch in the Common Room

Wellbeing

Members are invited to the launch on Friday, 4 April of Justice in Arms: Military Lawyers in the Australian Army's First Hundred Years, by Bruce Oswald and Jim Waddell. The book will be...

Melbourne Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre launched

Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark and the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Hon Marilyn Warren AC QC yesterday joined the Victorian Bar and Law Institute of Victoria...

TONIGHT: Advocacy in Mediation

This evening's seminar will be presented by Michael Cranitch SC and Max Kimber SC and chaired by Angela Bowne SC. For full details, please click here.

Health Check and 'flu shot

The Health, Sport & Recreation Committee has organised for members to receive a '€˜flu shot and get their cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure tested between 4:00 and 5.30 pm on Thursday, 10...

TONIGHT: Administrative Law and Accountability: The Bias Rule and Avenues for Merits Review of Commercial Decisions

Tonight's seminar will be presented by Margaret Allars SC and Brenda Tronson and chaired by Kate Richardson. For full details, please click here.

New Victorian bill to control vexatious litigants

The attorney-general of Victoria, Robert Clark, has announced the introduction of "litigation restraint orders" and a new test for being declared a vexatious litigant. Learn more here.

Common Law Practice Update 51

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 51, with case notes on sections 50 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act and 5R of the Civil Liability Act, and more. Learn...

STEP address: bankruptcy and superannuation

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The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by Peter Bobbin, managing principal (Sydney), Rockwell Olivier on bankruptcy and superannuation. The...

Yoga hiatus

Bar Association yogis are reminded that the 1.00pm class held on Tuesdays has five more sessions before a month long hiatus while the readers have use of the Common Room. The last class will take...

2014 Bench & Bar Dinner – Friday, 2 May

Collegiality

The president and the Bar Council have the pleasure of inviting all members of the New South Wales Bar Association to the 2014 Bench and Bar Dinner. The dinner will take place on...

Legal representation before the Fair Work Commission

In December 2013, a single member of the Fair Work Commission refused to grant permission for the Australian Taxation Office to be represented by a barrister but permitted it to be represented by a...

Submissions on the office of senior counsel

As members would be aware, the Bar Council has requested comment from members on the desirability of reinstating the use of the term "Queen's Counsel" in NSW. Comments are due by next Monday, 17...

ABA comments on the rule of law in Nauru

The vice-president of the Australian Bar Association, Fiona McLeod SC, was interviewed yesterday by Radio Australia regarding the resignation of the former chief justice of Nauru and the rule of law...

Positions vacant: public defenders and Crown prosecutors

The attorney general of NSW, the Honourable Greg Smith SC MP, is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as Crown prosecutors and public defenders. Learn more here.

Bar Council business for February 2014

Governance

Bar Council met on 20 February 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....

Want to know more about the Bar Association’s childcare arrangements?

Member services and benefits

Members are invited to attend the launch of the new childcare scheme, which will be held in the Common Room from 5.15 pm on 3 April 2014. Representatives from McArthur...

World Bar Conference 2014

The New Zealand Bar Association, together with the International Council of Advocates and Barristers, will host the next World Bar Conference in Queenstown on 4-6 September 2014. For more information...

Next meeting of the Bar Book Club

Wellbeing

The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday, 25 March at 6.00pm in the Bar Library. The book is Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung...

Evolution or Revolution? The 16th Biennial National Family Law Conference

Registration is now open for the 16th Biennial National Family Law Conference, to be held in Sydney from 7-10 October 2014. With more than 90 international and local presenters, the professional...

Farewell for the Hon Justice Cowdroy

REMINDER

A ceremonial sitting of the Federal Court of Australia will be held on Friday, 14 March 2014 to mark the retirement of the Hon Justice Dennis Cowdroy OAM. The ceremony will be held at...

Legal Classics Library for sale

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For sale: a retired judge's "The Legal Classics Library". A varied collection of great books in the law. Fully leather bound, gilt edged, gold embossed, ribbed backs, French joints,...

World Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference

The World Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference will be held on 8-10 December 2014 at the Cairns Pullman International Hotel in Queensland. The 2014 World Indigenous Domestic Violence Conference is...