Inbrief
New Barristers' Committee September breakfast
The New Barristers’ Committee would like to invite you to attend the September breakfast catch-up at Silks Coffee Shop tomorrow. Drop in for a short (or long) period of time from 8:00am – 9:30am....
Read more >
"Ice" amendment to the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985
The Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Methylamphetamine) Regualtion 2015 (NSW) has been published on the Legislation NSW website. The object of this regulation is to decrease, from one kilogram...
Read more >
Junior Drinks Tonight
Junior Drinks is a monthly social function organised by the New Barristers Committee to provide new and junior barristers with a casual opportunity to catch up and socialise. Drop in and have a quick...
Read more >
Time to nominate for the 2015 Law Award
Sponsored by the Law Council of Australia
The Australian Human Rights Commission is seeking nominations for this year’s Legal Award (sponsored by the Law Council of Australia), to be presented at...
Read more >
Allegiance to Australia bill gets bipartisan support from joint committee
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has published the Advisory Report on the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015. The "bipartisan" report...
Read more >
Common Law Practice Update 87
The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 87, with case notes on sections 63 and 141B(3) of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) and sections 5B and 5R of...
Read more >
Upcoming CPD Courses: 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 2015. It is designed to...
Read more >
New Barristers' Committee September breakfast
The New Barristers’ Committee would like to invite you to attend the September breakfast catch-up at Silks Coffee Shop next Tuesday morning, 8 September. Drop in for a short (or long) period of...
Read more >
Junior Drinks Tomorrow night
Tomorrow night is the Junior Drinks, a monthly social function organised by the New Barristers Committee to provide new and junior barristers with a casual opportunity to catch up and socialise....
Read more >
South Australia to revisit the QC issue
The South Australian Government will "engage" with the legal profession and the judiciary
concerning allowing senior counsel to apply to be queen’s counsel. Learn more here.
Read more >
NSW Hansards online
Legal historians will be pleased to learn that a continuous run of NSW Hansard transcripts and Reports of Debates published in the Sydney Morning Herald as far back as 1843, is now available in...
Read more >
Property crime down, drug offences up - BOCSAR Quarterly Update for June 2015
The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has released the NSW Recorded Crime Statistics Quarterly Update for June 2015. The War on Drugs continues apace - or is failing, depending on what...
Read more >
Distinguished Gentleman's Ride
Message from Michael McHugh SC
On Sunday 27 September, I am going to don my finest threads and motor along in the 2015 Distinguished Gentleman's Ride to help find a cure for prostate cancer. Why?...
Read more >
The Judge Bob Bellear Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship for Law
Message from the Indigenous Barristers’ Trust
The University of NSW Law Faculty wishes to honour and remember the late Judge Bob Bellear with a scholarship in his name, for an Aboriginal law...
Read more >
New Barristers' Committee September breakfast
The New Barristers’ Committee would like to invite you to attend the September breakfast catch-up at Silks Coffee Shop next Tuesday morning, 8 September. Drop in for a short (or long) period of...
Read more >
Meditation for Lawyers
A five week Meditation Course for lawyers will be starting on Friday 4th September at 4.30pm in the Bar Association Common Room. The course has been organised by the New South Wales Bar Association...
Read more >
Legal Aid News for September
Legal Aid News for September 2015 is out now, featuring articles on a new website which helps to explain the justice system to young people and their families. There's an article on improving access...
Read more >
LCA welcomes Senate report on Nauru detention centre
The Law Council of Australia has welcomed the final report by the Select Committee on the Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru. The...
Read more >
Mediation Refresher Course
The Bar Association has arranged for the Australian Disputes Centre (ADC) to host a one day mediator course with a skills demonstration component. The course is designed with the following...
Read more >
Tendency and Coincidence Evidence
"Tendency and Coincidence Evidence" will be presented by Professor Peter Mirfield (Oxford University) and chaired by Stephen Odgers SC next Wednesday, 9 September 2015 at 5.15pm in the Common Room....
Read more >
Report by the Equitable Briefing Working Party
At its meetings on Thursday, 13 August 2015 and 27 August 2015 the Bar Council considered the report of the Equitable Briefing Working Party. The report has been provided by the Bar Association to...
Read more >
Women Lawyers Achievement Awards
The 2015 NSW Women Lawyers Achievement Awards will be held at a Gala Presentation Dinner at Dockside Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour on 11 September. Guest of honour is the Hon Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO...
Read more >
Diversity and Equality Charter
Diversity
In May 2015 the Diversity and Equality Charter was adopted by legal profession leaders at the Law Council of Australia’s National Attrition and Re-engagement Study Workshop. It's a...
Read more >
Bar FC bow out of the championship race
What a difference a week makes. A rejuvenated Sydney Business School challenged Bar FC in a semi final under clear blue skies yesterday following last weeks wet success by Bar FC against them. The...
Read more >
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.
Read more >