Inbrief

Boulten SC discusses foreign fighters legislation

Phil Boulten SC took part in yesterday's Radio National Breakfast panel discussion on the Australian Governments "Foreign Fighters Bill". Meanwhile, the Law Council of Australia has welcomed the...

Tonight in CPD

Tonight we have a seminar in the Common Room at 5.15pm: "Marketing the Bar", presented by Ian Hemmings SC, Andrew Laughlin, Tean Kerr and chaired by Richard McHugh SC. For full details please...

Survey on the use of the NSW Government Gazette

The National Library of Australia, in conjunction with the State Library of New South Wales, is working towards making a digitised version of the New South Wales Government Gazette from 1832-2001...

Celebrate the appointment of three female silks

The Women Barristers Forum, in association with the Women Lawyers Association of NSW, invites you to join them for cocktails and canapes to celebrate the appointment of female senior counsel for...

ICAC annual report for 2013-14

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has published its 2013-14 Annual Report. The Hon Megan Latham noted in the commissioner's foreword that it was a year in which the ICAC cemented its...

Australian Academy of Law Patron's Address - seats still available

Last minute spots are still available to attend the third annual Patron’s Address of the Academy of Law, to be delivered by the Hon Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, of the Supreme Court of Singapore,...

Coming up in CPD

A seminar will be held in the Common Room at 5.15pm on Tuesday 28 October: "Chapter II of the Constitution" presented by Justin Gleeson SC and Anna Mitchelmore and chaired by Neil Williams SC. For...

Swearing-in ceremony for Justice Wilson

Judge Helen Wilson SC has been appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of NSW and a formal ceremony to mark the occasion will be held in the Banco Court on Monday, 3 November 2014 at 9.00am....

Reduced price for the Queensland Reports

The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for the State of Queensland has announced a significant reduction in the cost of subscription to the Queensland Reports and a one-off opportunity for...

Justice McColl accepts award on behalf of all groundbreaking women in the law

The Hon Justice Ruth McColl AO was presented with the Lasting Legacy Award at the third annual Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards. Justice McColl accepted the award on behalf of all female advocates,...

Statutory Interpretation in Australia

The eighth edition of Pearce and Geddes Statutory Interpretation in Australia is out now and LexisNexis has announced a special offer for members of the Bar Association. Simply complete this order...

2014 Great Bar Boat Race

The 31st Great Bar Boat Race will be held on Monday, 22 December 2014 at 11.00am. Members are invited to compete in a friendly competition with solicitors. The Organising Authority is the RAN Sailing...

Coming up in CPD: Best Practice Guidelines

On Monday 27 October a seminar will be held in the common room at 5.15pm:"Regulation 176 and Best Practice Guidelines". Presented by Penny Thew and chaired by Trish McDonald SC. For full details...

Vale the Hon Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (1916-2014)

The Hon Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC, former barrister and prime minister, died this morning. He was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in February 1947 and took silk in 1962. On 17 May 1999, during...

Tomorrow in CPD

Tomorrow evening we have a seminar being held in the Common Room at 5.15pm:"Marketing the Bar", presented by Ian Hemmings SC, Andrew Laughlin, Tean Kerr and chaired by Richard McHugh SC. For full...

Bar Council business for September 2014

Bar Council met on 25 September 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...

ATO releases revised Code of Settlement

The Australian Taxation Office has released its revised Code of Settlement, which it claims will result in "a better settlement experience" for clients, practitioners and ATO staff. The new plain...

Robe and wig swap

The District Court has advised InBrief that a barrister who attended the morning tea following the swearing-in of Judge Hatzistergos on Thursday, 16 October accidentally collected the wrong wig and...

Upcoming CPD Course: 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, commencing on...

LCA welcomes Legal Services Council appointment

The Law Council of Australia has issued a media release welcoming the appointment of the former chief justice of the Federal Court, Michael Black AC QC, as the inaugural chair of the Legal Services...

One for the diary: MIA Australian Immigration Conference 2014

The Migration Institute of Australia will hold its Immigration Conference 2014 in Canberra on 29 October – 1 November. Assistant minister for immigration and border protection, Senator the Hon...

Walker SC appointed to Uniform Legal Services Council

Bret Walker SC has been appointed to the Uniform Legal Services Council, the body tasked with applying uniform laws and rules for lawyers in Victoria and NSW. The Hon Michael Black AC QC, former...

ABA Advanced Trial Advocacy - Melbourne

The ABA will run its ninth Advanced Trial Advocacy Course on 19-23 January 2015 at the Federal Court Complex in Melbourne. This is a residential five day course that will develop your skills as an...

Information in relation to readers’ rooms

Information in relation to readers’ rooms is now available on the Bar Association’s website: http://www.nswbar.asn.au/coming-to-the-bar/readership

The website includes responses from individual...

MPC Wanderers to go on a Bloody Long Walk

Mike Staunton, Andrew Isaacs, Natasha Hammond, Michele Kearns and friends from Martin Place Chambers have formed a team, The MPC Wanderers, and set their sights on this Sunday's "Bloody Long Walk": a...