To assist members in completing their CPD requirements before the 31 March cut-off date, a number of seminars and conferences have been organised. As the Bar Practice Exams are taking place this...
Read more >Tracy Sheedy and Dominique Burns will be sworn-in as magistrates of the Local Court of NSW on Monday, 9 February 2015 at 9.00am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre. Barristers should not wear wigs...
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Registrations are now 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.
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The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 76, with case notes on s 3A of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW); s 60G of the Limitation Act 1969 (NSW);...
Read more >In late 2014 President Jane Needham SC wrote to the Hon Justice Brian Preston SC, chief judge of the Land and Environment Court in relation to the predictability of sitting hours on behalf of those...
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As part of its Reconciliation Action Plan, the Bar Association will host a visit for all first year Indigenous law students from each law school in NSW. This year the visit is on Wednesday, 25...
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Members of the NSW Bar who leave children in the care of Guardian's Martin Place Early Learning Centre can now follow their activities at any time via a new, online daily photo journal. Called "Come...
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On 3 February 2015 the Hon Justice Geoffrey Nettle was sworn-in as a High Court justice in Canberra. An audiovisual recording of the ceremonial sitting is available from the court's web site. Learn...
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Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC last night delivered the annual Opening of Law Term Address. Entitled "Reformulating Reform: Courts and the Public Good", the chief justice's speech responds to certain...
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NSW Labor has announced it will commit $4 million to three justice reinvestment pilot projects aimed at reducing Aboriginal disadvantage and incarceration rates. The New South Wales Bar Association,...
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The Australian Bar Association (ABA) today strongly restated its opposition to the death penalty in any jurisdiction, calling for mercy for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran ahead of their imminent...
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The Australian Rugby League Commission is seeking expressions of interest for appointment to the role of Chairman of the Judiciary of the National Rugby League (NRL).
The NRL Rules provide that the...
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In September 2015 Learned Friends is holding a conference in Nuremberg and Berlin. Speakers include Justice Peter Garling, Justice Peter Hamill, Judge Dina Yehia SC,...
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Geoffrey Robertson QC has won Polemic of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2015 for An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians? Recently, Robertson QC and his junior addressed the...
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A double sized room (easily converted into two standard rooms) is now available for purchase or lease on the Third Floor, Wentworth Chambers. The room has a...
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An excellent opportunity to purchase a bright spacious room on a well established busy floor. This spacious room (4500 shares) would ideally suit silk or senior junior. The room features extensive...
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This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and like many institutions around the world, the Australian Parliament has planned a series of celebrations. The Magna Carta Committee...
Read more >Victorian Attorney-General Martin Pakula today announced the appointment of the Hon Justice Stephen Kaye to the Court of Appeal and the Hon Associate Justice Rita Zammit to the Supreme Court. Learn...
Read more >This is a reminder that the Specialist Barrister Panel (Criminal Appellate Matters) is currently open for applications from suitably experienced junior counsel. The panel applies to junior counsel...
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The Bar Association has published a policy statement in the lead up to the 28 March 2015 election in NSW. It calls on all political parties to provide the necessary funding to our courts and...
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At its meeting on 3 February 2015, the Reserve Bank Board decided to lower the cash rate by 0.25% to 2.25%, effective 4 February 2015. Accordingly the rate of interest on unpaid legal costs,...
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Legal Aid News for February 2015 is out now, featuring articles on changes to funding of Commonwealth criminal trials, legal assistance at Migrant Resource Centres, practice standards and amendments...
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The Australian Bar Association has appointed new office bearers, with Fiona McLeod SC from Victoria elected president, while Philip Selth OAM has been appointed chief executive officer. Ms McLeod...
Read more >A ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia will be held on Thursday, 19 February 2015 at 9.00am to welcome the appointment of Judge Alexander Street and Judge Justin Smith. Under...
Read more >New security arrangements have been implemented in the Hospital Road Court Complex, effective from 2 February 2015. Walk-through and hand-held scanners are now located in that court complex. Bag...
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