Inbrief

Call for papers

The Australian Centre for Private Law at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, will host "Private Law in the 21st Century", to be held in Brisbane on 14-15 December 2015. The...

Position vacant - barristers' clerk

Promoted by Eleven Wentworth

Eleven Wentworth is one of Sydney’s leading Floors of commercial and public law barristers. The Floor currently consists of 17 Senior Counsel and 19 junior counsel...

ABA conference - registration closing soon

The Australian Bar Association will be holding its biennial conference in Washington DC and Boston in July 2015. The Washington DC preliminary conference will take place from 3-5 July and will focus...

Trade Union Governance and Corruption: options for law reform and debate

The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption has released a discussion paper "to raise certain possible law reform proposals for debate and to elicit opinions from interested...

Legal responses to family violence

Rosie Batty and three other remarkable women discuss legal responses to family violence. This is a joint CPD and a National Reconciliation Week event. Places are limited. Registration required....

Bench and Bar Dinner photos available for online purchase

Photos from the 2015 Bench and Bar Dinner are now available for purchase from the web site of Murray Harris Photography. Click on "Client viewing" then "Bench and Bar Dinner 2015". Enter the...

Tuesday lunchtime yoga resumes on 26 May

A friendly, stretchy, calming, zen reminder that yoga classes are to resume at 1.00pm on Tuesdays. We're back on from 26 May downstairs in the Common Room at the Bar Association. Classes are paid on...

On this day in 1915

Today, 19 May 2015, is the 100th anniversary of the death in action on Gallipoli of Laurence Whistler Street – the son of the then Justice (later Chief Justice) Philip Whistler Street of the...

Getting back to the roots of arbitration and ADR

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia will host a special breakfast event with a panel of experienced arbitrators and ADR practitioners, on Wednesday 3 June 2015 at 7.30am—9.30am. The...

Tonight: Justice Gageler to deliver the Whitmore Lecture

The Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) invites members of the New South Wales Bar Association to attend the ninth annual Whitmore Lecture, "Whitmore and the Americans", to be delivered tonight...

Common Law Practice Update 82

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 82, with case notes on section 43A of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW); non-party costs orders; obvious hazard; assault and...

Legal responses to family violence

The Bar Association, together with the Judicial Commission of NSW and the Law Society of NSW, will co-sponsor an important seminar on domestic violence on Tuesday, 2 June 2015 at 5.15pm. The event...

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...

STEP Annual Charities Event

Promoted by STEP

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by Steve Coleman, CEO, RSPCA NSW and Sue Becker, CEO, Lifestart on "Legal issues facing major...

Tiro: Next Generation Barrister Practice Management Software is coming soon…..

Promoted by Tiro Systems

Launching in August 2015, Tiro is a competitively priced, fully web-based, next generation Barrister Practice Management System. Tiro provides intuitive tools which give you...

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 July/August and October 2015. It is...

Next Week in CPD

A seminar will be held in the Common Room on Monday, 25 May at 5.15pm: "Appelate Advocacy". It will be presented by David Jackson QC and chaired by Neil Williams SC. For full details please download...

Women Barristers Forum AGM to be held 4 June 2015

The Women Barristers Forum ("WBF") is a section of the NSW Bar Association. All women members of the NSW Bar Association are deemed members of the WBF, are invited to participate as members of the...

NSW Bar Half Marathon Team - Congratulations

Congratulations to the NSW Bar Association's half marathon team for raising over $36,500 for the Katrina Dawson Foundation and securing third place on the team fundraising leader board. If you are...

Barristers' Clerk to Nigel Bowen Chambers, Sydney

Promoted by Nigel Bowen Chambers

Nigel Bowen Chambers is a floor of barristers comprising 11 senior counsel and 8 junior counsel with busy commercial/equity practices. The Chambers enjoys a...

Legal conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia September 1-8

Promoted by Adriatic Conferences

Adriatic Conferences is pleased to announce Dubrovnik, Croatia as the destination for its conference in September. The conference will take place between 1-8...

Medical Assessor Guidance Note - Number 9

Today, the Motor Accidents Authority of NSW issued Medical Assessor Guidance Note – Number 9, Musculoskeletal System: Upper Extremity Impairment: Assessment of Resection Arthroplasty. View the...

Tonight: Magna Carta, the common law and canapés!

Come to hear Prof Paul Brand, Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford speak about Magna Carta in its 800th anniversary tonight at 5.30pm, at Level 21, Law Courts Building. RSVP by Thursday, 14 May...

Bar Council business for April-May 2015

Bar Council met on 23 April and 8 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...

Formation of QC working party

At its meeting last night, 14 May 2015, the Bar Council adopted a resolution that it would work towards giving those counsel appointed senior counsel in New South Wales the choice of whether to use...