Inbrief

TURC: Reasons for Ruling on Disqualification Applications

The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption has released the Reasons for Ruling on Disqualification Applications. Learn more here.

Bar Council business for July-August 2015

Bar Council met on 16 July, 30 July and 13 August in the boardroom of the New South Wales Bar Association. Matters reported elsewhere in In Brief are omitted from this summary of Bar Council...

Local Court must be properly resourced

The Bar Association has issued a media release, calling on the New South Wales Government to ensure that the Local Court has sufficient resources to deal with its increasing workload. View the media...

Two CLA seminars in September and October

Promoted by the Commercial Law Association

The Commercial Law Association of Australia is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2015 and to mark the occasion, the CLA has organised a half-day...

Bar FC make the finals

Bar FC will commence its finals campaign on 31 August 2015 at 12.00 pm. The game will be played in high spirits when Bar FC take on Sydney Business School for the right to defend its Championship...

Local Court sitting arrangements in the Christmas-New Year period

Like Christmas decorations in shops and the appearance of hot cross buns in supermarkets, announcements to do with court sitting arrangements in the holiday season seem to get earlier each year. The...

Judicial resources the key to solving criminal trial delays

The Bar Association's call for the appointment of additional District Court judges to address chronic delays in the disposal of criminal trials has been reported in today's Australasian Lawyer....

Help Abdul - crowd funding sought for pro bono case

Salvos Legal Humanitarian is seeking help from members of the Bar Association to crowd fund an important pro bono case. The object is to raise $11,500 to "help Abdul" pay off his outstanding debt to...

Appointment to the District Court of NSW

Gregory Farmer SC has been appointed as a judge of the District Court of NSW. He will replace Judge Colin Charteris, who is retiring on 3 September after 12 years on the bench. Further and better...

For the diary: arbitration in Africa

The French Australian Lawyers Society (FALS) and Australia Africa Business Council (AABC) invite members to a seminar on The OHADA Unified Business Code and Arbitration System in Africa, to be held...

Coming up in CPD next month

A seminar will be held on Wednesday, 9 September 2015 at 5.15pm in the Common Room. "Tendency and Coincidence Evidence" will be presented by Professor Peter Mirfield (Oxford University) and chaired...

Are you using the right bookkeeping software?

Promoted by BarBooks

Are you using the right bookkeeping software? If it isn't ticking all the boxes then it's time to switch:

• Is your software reliable and stable?
• Can multiple users access your...

Reminder: Forbes Society legal history tutorial tonight

The Forbes Society's legal history tutorial, "The History of Contract Law", by Acting Justice Peter Young, will take place tonight between 5.10pm and 6.10pm in the Banco Court on Level 13 of the Law...

Bar News (Winter 2015) is out now

The Winter 2015 edition of Bar News is out now, in print and online. If you have not received your copy in the mail, it's possible that you haven't notified the Bar Association about your change of...

Fees in advance

Did you know that the legislation regulating barristers receiving fees in advance in direct access matters changed on 1 July 2015? The new provisions are clauses 15 and 16 of the Legal Profession...

Appellate Advocacy Intensive

There are a few places available to join some of Australia’s most senior judges and barristers at the ABA’s Appellate Advocacy Intensive in Sydney, 18-20 September 2015. This is a rare and...

The Janet Coombs Lunch for New Female Barristers

Hosted by the Women Barristers Forum & WLANSW

Members are invited to join distinguished guests for the WBF / WLANSW biannual lunch and meet the new women at the bar. The event will be held on...

For the diary: Aviation Criminal Recklessness

Thursday, 17 September 2015 - 12.30pm lunch for 1.00pm seminar

The Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (ALAANZ) is hosting a lunch seminar with a presentation from Tom Janson of...

Judicial resources the key to solving criminal trial delays

President Jane Needham SC has called for the appointment of additional District Court judges to address chronic delays in the disposal of criminal trials. The president issued a media release in...

Latest data on delays in the District Court

The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published new data showing the time taken to finalise criminal cases in the NSW District Court is growing. The August edition of Crime and Justice...

Bar FC victorious in the big wet

Bar FC saw off the second placed Sydney Business School in a hard fought 3-2 win on a wet and soggy pitch. Notwithstanding the opening of the heavens, a brave 11 battled in trying conditions to...

Amendments to UCPR forms

The Uniform Rules Committee has approved amendments to Form 105 - Notice of Appeal (now version 6), and Form 119 - Affidavit of Applicant for Administration (now version 4). The amendments to Form...

For the diary: Forbes Society legal history tutorials

The Forbes Society will host the following legal history tutorials, between 5.10pm and 6.10pm in the Banco Court on Level 13 of the Law Courts Building:

• The History of Contract Law by Acting...

Vale the Hon Richard William Job QC

Bill Job QC, former senior Crown prosecutor, inaugural commissioner of the State Drug Crime Commission and judge of the District Court, has died. A funeral will be held at the Northern Suburbs...

Parliamentary committee review on worldwide abolition of the death penalty

The Human Rights Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade announced today that it will review how Australia engages internationally to promote abolition of...