Inbrief

Queen's Birthday Honours List

The following people have received Queen's Birthday honours in the Order of Australia:

Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC)

The Hon Justice Patrick Keane

For eminent...

STEP address: The ATO View on Trusts

Promoted by STEP

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by Jeremy Hirschhorn, deputy commissioner of taxation, on "The ATO View on Trusts". The event will...

ABA Training Council Appellate Advocacy Course - 18-20 September 2015

The Australian Bar Association would like to invite 24 barristers, with a minimum of 8 years’ experience at the private Bar, to join 30 Federal Court and Supreme Court judges and senior members of...

Coming up in CPD this week

A seminar will be held in the Common Room on Thursday, 11 May at 5.15pm: "Right to silence". It will be presented by Trish McDonald SC and chaired by Jane Paingakulam. For full details please...

Backup childcare when you need it most

Member Services and Benefits

The winter cold and flu season is approaching. If your regular family or in-home childcare arrangements are disrupted by a carer falling ill, then the Bar Association's...

Charlie Anderson's General Theory of Lying

Richard McHugh SC has just published his first novel, Charlie Anderson's General Theory of Lying (Penguin Viking). Richard is already doing promotional interviews. Yesterday he was a guest on ABC...

National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference

The National Access to Justice & Pro Bono Conference will be held in Sydney on 18-19 June 2015. The list of distinguished speakers includes, among others: Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC, the Hon...

Bar FC beaten in top of the table clash

Bar FC came up against a determined Treasury United side today and came out second best, suffering a 2-0 loss. Despite a solid defensive effort by Fordham SC, d’Arville, de Meyrick and Covell, the...

Common Law Practice Update 83

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 83, with case notes on aviation injuries and admissibility of psychiatric evidence. Download CLPU 83.

15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology

Victims Support Australia in partnership with angelhands Inc. invites members to the 15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology (WSV), which will be held at the Perth Convention...

Come to a Mediator Chat on 23 June

The Mediation Practice Group, a sub-committee of the NSW Bar Association ADR committee, invites you to "mediator chat" and twilight drinks at Silks Coffee Lounge, 70 Phillip Street, Sydney, Tuesday,...

LCA supports the junior Bar – free registration to ABA conference

The Law Council of Australia has generously agreed to sponsor the registration of two members of the junior bar (under 5 years call) to attend the Australian Bar Association conference in Boston on...

Coming up in CPD this month

A number of seminars will be held in the Common Room this month at 5.15pm:

Thursday 11th June:"Right to Silence". Presented by Trish McDonald SC and chaired by Jane Paingakulam. For full details...

Next Week in CPD

A seminar will be held in the Common Room on Thursday, 11 May at 5.15pm: "Right to silence". It will be presented by Trish McDonald SC and chaired by Jane Paingakulam. For full details please...

Uniform Law update

The Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Legislation Amendment Bill has passed both houses of the New South Wales Parliament without amendment. The text of the bill and minister's second reading...

Mediator training and accreditation

The Australian Commercial Disputes Centre has organised mediation courses throughout 2015 in Sydney. There are three courses during the month of June: the Mediation Course on 22-26 June; a Refresher...

Part-time employment opportunities wanted for Indigenous law students

Do you need some clerical, administrative or research assistance to run your practice? If the answer is yes - why not employ an Indigenous law student? There are a number of students currently...

Changes to federal court fees take effect on 1 July

Changes to court fees in the Federal Court of Australia, Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia commence on 1 July 2015. The Federal Courts Legislation Amendment (Fees)...

Web watch: Federal MPs' media releases

The National Library of Australia and the Parliamentary Library have placed more than 200,000 press releases from members of the Australian Federal Parliament onto the Trove website. Most date from...

Vale the Hon Sir Kenneth Sydney Jacobs KBE (1917-2015)

The Hon Sir Kenneth Jacobs KBE, life member of the Bar Association, former judge of the NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and the High Court of Australia, has died. Learn more here.

Bell Group legislation a cause for concern

The Western Australian Bar Association and the Australian Bar Association have issued a joint media release expressing their concern about aspects of the Bell Group Companies (Finalisation of Matters...

Legal Aid News for June

Legal Aid News for June 2015 is out now, featuring articles on the consequences of the $16.7m real reduction in funding for Legal Aid NSW contained in the May Commonwealth Budget; panel lawyers news;...

Bar Council business for May 2015

Bar Council met on 14 May 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 regularly...

Practising Certificate Renewals 2015-16 Update No.5

You only have a couple of days to avoid the statutory late fee

All practising certificate renewal documentation and payment must be received by the association by 7 June 2015 otherwise a late fee...

NSW AG announces two judicial appointments

New South Wales Attorney General Gabrielle Upton has announced the appointment of Desmond Fagan SC as a judge of the Supreme Court, and the elevation of the Hon Justice Carolyn Simpson to the bench...