Inbrief

The underbelly of judicial elections in the United States

In the United States, judges are selected by voters in 39 states. US journal Mother Jones reports on how special interest groups are spending increasing amounts of money to help elect their preferred...

NSW AG announces a raft of appointments

Attorney General Brad Hazzard has announced a raft of judicial and statutory appointments. Barristers Dominique Burns and Gary Wilson are among four new magistrates and John McKenzie will be the next...

Senior counsel in Victoria

Eighteen senior counsel appointed in Victoria in November last year will be invited to apply for appointment as QCs. However, Attorney-General Martin Pakula has said that before any further QCs are...

LCA Review: feedback welcome

The Law Council of Australia is conducting a reader survey regarding its journal, Law Council Review. One lucky respondent will win an iPad mini! The survey and competition runs until 31 March 2015....

International arbitration breakfast

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australia), in conjunction with the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society (AALS), is pleased to invite members to attend a special breakfast event with Neil...

Common Law Practice Update 73

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 73, with case notes on sections 7B, 73 and 138 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999. Download CLPU 73.

2015 Constitutional Law Conference and Dinner

A major conference on constitutional law, the fourteenth in a series, will be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday, 13 February 2015. The event is organised by the Gilbert + Tobin...

NSW Bar Association CPD Conferences 2015

Registrations are now open for the New South Wales Bar Association Regional CPD Conferences.The 2015 CPD Conferences have been confirmed for the following dates and locations: - Saturday, 21...

Upcoming Law Council of Australia Events - Family Law Intensive and CPD Immigration Conference

The Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia will be holding a Family Law Intensive at the Sheraton on the Park in Sydney on 14 February 2015.Further details along with registration...

Vale Kevin Gary Kitchener (1947-2015)

Kevin Kitchener, one of the first few Indigenous members of the New South Wales Bar, passed away on the evening of Sunday, 18 January 2015. Kevin worked for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal...

Bar Book Club: first meeting for 2015

The first meeting of the Bar Book Club for this year will be on Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 6.00pm. The book chosen is the first volume of a trilogy of novels set in Naples. It is by Elena...

Law Council reaffirms opposition to death penalty

The Law Council of Australia has reaffirmed its opposition to the death penalty in the wake of the recent execution of foreign citizens in Indonesia and confirmation that death sentences will be...

Ludlows: now in the Phillip Street Co-op Bookshop

Promoted by Ludlows

Ludlows legal regalia and tailors is now located at 153 Phillip Street, within the Co-op Bookshop. To experience what Ludlows has to offer, visit them in-store or online.

2015 Mahla Pearlman Oration

The prestigious annual Mahla Pearlman Oration will be delivered at the Federal Court in Sydney on 5 March 2015 by Professor Jan McDonald, professor and associate dean of research in the School of Law...

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights annual dinner

The Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Dinner 2015 will be hosted with the support of the International Commission of Jurists on 27 March 2015, between 7.00pm and 11.00pm at the Sky Phoenix...

Make InBrief your reference point

InBrief is the daily news and current awareness bulletin from the New South Wales Bar Association. It's a Boulliabaise of appointments, upcoming CPD seminars, book launches, media releases and more....

Common Law Practice Update 72

The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 72, with case notes on sections 61, 131 and 138 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, sections 5F and 5H of the Civil...

Litigation Conference 2015, Singapore

The Law Society of Singapore invites members of the New South Wales Bar to the Litigation Conference 2015 on 16-17 March 2015 in Singapore. The theme of this year's conference is international...

Wanted: judges for Macquarie University mooting and client interview competitions

Macquarie University Law Society is looking for volunteers to adjudicate in their mooting and client interview competitions, the preliminary rounds of which will occur roughly fortnightly across...

Pan-Orthodox Opening of Law Term Service 2015

The Annual Pan-Orthodox Church Service to mark the opening of the 2015 Law Term will be held at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 242 Cleveland Street, Redfern on **Tuesday 10...

NSW Home Building Compensation Fund

The NSW Self Insurance Corporation (Home Warranty Insurance Fund) has been renamed The Home Building Compensation Fund (HBCF), under changes made to the Home Building Act 1989, which took effect on...

ABA Media Release - Institutions that protect the Rule of Law must be respected

The Australian Bar Association has issued a media release calling for respect for institutions that protect the Rule of Law.

ABA President, Mark Livesey QC, said, "It is one thing for a government...

ABA conference in 2015

The Australian Bar Association is pleased to confirm Washington DC and Boston as the locations for its 2015 biennial conference. The Washington DC preliminary conference will take place from 3-5 July...

Reminder - Funeral Service for the Hon Keppel (Kep) Earl Enderby (1926 - 2015)

Members are advised that the funeral for the Hon. K.E. Enderby QC, a former Justice of the Supreme Court and Federal Attorney-General, will be held in the South Chapel of the Eastern Suburbs...

The Newsletter of the South Pacific Lawyers Association

Issue eleven of newSPLAsh, the newsletter of the South Pacific Lawyers Association, is now available.

The South Pacific Lawyers’ Association was established in 2007 by the Law Council of Australia...