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Barristers' Clerk to Nigel Bowen Chambers, Sydney

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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...

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Appointments to the AAT

Attorney General George Brandis QC yesterday announced a number of appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Learn more here.

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Supreme Court issues new practice note

Chief Justice T F Bathurst AC has issued Practice Note SC Gen 20 - Citation of Authority, which commenced today, 15 May 2015. It applies to the citation of authorities in all proceedings in the...

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The Bryan Pape Memorial Prize for Constitutional Law

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The University of New England’s School of Law is launching an appeal to raise funds for a prize in honour of former barrister and lecturer Bryan Pape, who made a lasting impact on Australian...

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ICAC validation: a message from President Jane Needham SC

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The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Validation) Amendment Act 2015 passed both Houses of NSW Parliament and received royal assent last week. The Act was introduced as a result of last...

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2015 Budget measures – key legal profession issues

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The Law Council of Australia has published an overview for the legal profession of the 2015 Commonwealth Budget. Learn more here.

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NSW Bar Half Marathon Team - Only two days to go

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The NSW Bar Association's half marathon team of 10 runners is up from sixth place earlier in the the week to third place on the fund raising leader board. Can they make it to second? There are only...

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Connect To The International Legal Market

Promoted by LawConnexion

LawConnexion specialises in strategic management and practice development for barristers. We work closely with individual barristers and entire chambers to assist them in...

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Bar FC unlucky in the sun

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Bar FC suffered its first loss of the season losing narrowly to the Reserve Bank. Perhaps it was the recent drop in interest rates that saw Bar FC giving the Reserve Bank team too much space and...

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Next meeting of the Bar Book Club

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The Bar Book Club will meet on 16 June 2015 to discuss the biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor, author of A Time of Gifts, The Broken Road and Between the Woods and the Water Amongst Others.

The book...

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EDO NSW 30th anniversary dinner

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Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Chief Justice French, will be the key note speaker at EDO NSW’s 30 anniversary fund raising dinner on Thursday, 25 June 2015 at the Museum of...

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Position vacant - barristers' clerk

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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...

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ADR and the Barristers Rules: a message from President Jane Needham SC

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I have over the last few days received a number of letters, submissions and emails in relation to Rule 15(h) of the New South Wales Barristers Rules. This correspondence arises out of a concern that...

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Employment and Industrial Relations Conference 2015

The Queensland Bar Association will host the Employment and Industrial Relations Conference 2015 on 22-23 August at the Sheraton Mirage, Gold Coast. For more information about the program, or to...

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Magna Carta, the common law and canapés!

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Come to hear Prof Paul Brand, Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford speak about Magna Carta in its 800th anniversary on Monday, 18 May 2015 at 5.30pm, at Level 21, Law Courts Building. RSVP by...

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Barrister taking part in skydiving record attempt

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Mark Higgins, barrister at 11 Garfield Barwick Chambers, is in training for an Australian skydiving record attempt this month. He will head to California to break the Australian large formation...

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The Legal Profession Uniform Law is coming

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The Uniform Law is expected to commence in NSW (and Victoria) on 1 July 2015, repealing the Legal Profession Act 2004 and the Legal Profession Regulation 2005. New CPD and Conduct Rules for...

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NSW Bar Half Marathon Team - Only four days to go

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Philanthropy

The NSW Bar Association's half marathon team of 10 runners is currently in sixth place on the fund raising leader board. Can they climb higher by the end of the week? Yes they can -...

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Appointment to the Supreme Court of Victoria

Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria as an associate judge. Ms Ierodiaconou’s appointment fills the vacancy created by the appointment of the Hon Justice Rita...

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Indigenous Constitutional recognition seminar - today!

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The Australian Association of Constitutional Law is conducting a seminar on the proposal for Indigenous Constitutional recognition today, 12 May 2015 at 5.30pm. Professor Anne Twomey (Sydney Law...

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Legal profession adopts Diversity and Equality Charter

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Diversity

On 8 May 2015 representatives from Australia's peak legal organisations adopted the Diversity and Equality Charter. Building on the Law Council's National Attrition and Re-engagement...

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Out now!! Seddon on Deeds by Nicholas Seddon

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This is the first Australian text on the law of deeds. Until now, practitioners have had to use Norton A Treatise on Deeds, an English text of 1928. Seddon on Deeds...

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Law Practice Today (US)

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The American Bar Association's Law Practice Division has a monthly online magazine, Law Practice Today, which covers trends in the practice of law. The editorial board is open to submissions from New...

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New office bearers at the NT Bar Association

At a special meeting of the Northern Territory Bar Association on 6 May 2015, Ben O’Loughlin was appointed president of the NT Bar Association and Sonia Brownhill was elected vice-president. The...

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Removal of dual regulation for migration lawyers

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The Law Council of Australia has welcomed the Australian Government's response to Dr Christopher Kendall's review of the Office of Migration Agents Registrations Authority (OMARA). The report made 24...

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