The WBF will be hosting three CPDs in coming weeks. They are: - 12 March - PCC Complaints: How to Avoid them - 18 March – Fraud Defeasibility and the Torrens Assurance Fund - 19 March –...
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A seminar will take place tonight in the Common Room at 5.15pm:
"Wealth Preservation and Protection - some practical issues for busy barristers". Presented by Michael Perkins and chaired by Garry...
Read more >The official welcome to Sydney for the Hon Justice Nettle of the High Court will commence on Friday 13 March at 9.15am on level 23, Queens Square. Jane Needham SC will speak briefly on behalf of the...
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State and territory attorneys-general have expressed their firm opposition to further legal aid cuts by the Australian Government. In a letter to Attorney General...
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A seminar will take place tomorrow in the Common Room at 5.15pm:
Tuesday, 10 March:"Wealth Preservation and Protection - some practical issues for busy barristers". Presented by Michael Perkins and...
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Macquarie University's Centre for Workforce Futures has published its report on the impact which changes to workers compensation laws in June 2012 have had on injured workers. The report finds that...
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RSVPs close today for the consultation forum regarding the Federal Court's new National Court Framework and the Commercial & Corporations National Practice Area (NPA). The forum will be on...
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The Bar Association has revised the way it classifies the areas of practice listed on “Find a Barrister”. The new categories and sub-categories more accurately reflect the nature of barristers’...
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The Motor Accidents Compensation Regulation 2015 has been gazetted and is available on the NSW Legislation website. The regulation commences on 1 April 2015 and repeals and replaces the provisions of...
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The president of the Australian Bar Association, Fiona McLeod SC, has published her report for March 2015, featuring updates on the death penalty, the Human Rights Commission, funding for legal aid,...
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Registrations are open for the 2015 Personal Injury and Common Law Conference, which will be held at the Hilton Sydney on Saturday, 21 March. The conference offers 6.5 CPD points. For the program...
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Registrations are still open for the New South Wales Bar Association Sydney Conference.
For more details about the venue and the...
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RSVPs close tomorrow for the consultation forum regarding the Federal Court's new National Court Framework and the Commercial & Corporations National Practice Area (NPA). The forum will be...
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The president of the Australian Bar Association, Fiona McLeod SC, has called on the prime minister to intervene to prevent funding cuts to Indigenous legal services due to take effect from 1 July...
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The WBF will be hosting three CPDs in coming weeks. They are: - 12 March - PCC Complaints: How to Avoid them - 18 March – Fraud Defeasibility and the Torrens Assurance Fund - 19 March –...
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To assist members in completing their CPD requirements before the 31 March cut-off date, a number of seminars have been organised to take place in the Common Room at 5.15pm.
Tuesday, 3...
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Philippe Doyle Gray of 8 Wentworth Chambers has been appointed to the governing Council of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Division.
The ABA statement reads:
For the first time in its...
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A number of seminars have been organised to take place next week in the Common Room at 5.15pm:
Tuesday, 10 March:"Wealth Preservation and Protection - some practical issues for busy barristers"....
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The Australian Institute of Family Studies has recently released its research report on trends in the Family Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, and the Family Court of...
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The Australian Bar Association and the Law Council of Australia have issued media releases urging the Indonesian Government to respect the rule of law and proper judicial processes in respect of...
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Premier Mike Baird and Attorney General Brad Hazzard have announced a proposal to increase the maximum penalty for sexual intercourse with a child under 10 from 25 years to life imprisonment; and to...
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Registrations are still open for the following New South Wales Bar Association Regional CPD Conferences.
Saturday, 14...
The solicitor-general of Victoria, Stephen McLeish SC, has been appointed to the Victorian Court of Appeal. Learn more here.
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Legal Aid News for March 2015 is out now, featuring articles on funding of Commonwealth criminal trials, the increasing demand for employment law advice and local coordination points for helping and...
Read more >Ian Newbrun will be sworn-in as a judge of the Federal Circuit Court on Wednesday, 11 March 2015 at 9.30am. The ceremony will be held in the Garfield Barwick Commonwealth Law Courts, courtroom 9...
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