Inbrief

Coming up in CPD tomorrow

Wednesday 13 July:"Technology in ADR: computers as mediators". Presented by Ross Paull CEO, Guided Resolution Pty Ltd, Nitzan Karni CTO, Guided Resolution Pty Ltd and Robert Angyl SC. Chaired by...

Coming up in CPD this month

A number of seminars will be held in the Common Room this month at 5.15pm:

Tuesday 12 July:"Voice and Performance Skills Workshop". Designed specifically for barristers by Voice Coach. For full...

Justice for Refugees at RACS

The Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) Judicial Review Referral Service for "fast track applicants" under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) has commenced. The service is called Justice for...

Courts already have powers to deal with disrespectful behaviour: JCA

The Judicial Conference of Australia expressed its concerns about the potential impacts of the New South Wales Government’s Courts Legislation Amendment (Disrespectful Behaviour) Bill 2016. Justice...

Phone scam targeting members of the NSW Bar

It has come to the Bar Association's attention that barristers are being targeted by a phone scam. The callers claim to be from the Australian Taxation Office or the Commonwealth DPP, advising that...

Call for volunteers - mentoring for a moot

The Indigenous Barristers Trust is looking for volunteers to assist with the third annual UNSW Law Mooting Competition of Australia's First Peoples. Interested barristers will act as mentors to...

2016 ADR Masterclass

Members are invited to attend the 2016 Mediation Masterclass to be held on Saturday, 13 August in the Hyde Park Room at the Sheraton on the Park. This year's BarADR event is designed as an...

2016 Judicial Q&A – event for under 7s

Barristers under 7 years call are invited to the Judicial Q&A event – a great opportunity for under 7s to meet, greet and ask questions of the panel and socialise together. This year’s event will...

Applications for appointment as senior counsel

President Noel Hutley SC invites applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2016. The deadline for applications is Friday 29 July at 5.00pm. The principles governing selection and appointment...

Coming up in CPD this week

A number of seminars will be held in the Common Room this week at 5.15pm:

Tuesday 12 July:"Voice and Performance Skills Workshop". Designed specifically for barristers by Voice Coach. For full...

Federal Court alerts clients to fraudulent email

The Federal Court has been contacted by a large number of people who have received emails, purportedly sent by the Federal Court on behalf of the Federal Circuit Court, subpoenaing them to attend...

Indigenous Justice Conference

The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) will hold its Indigenous Justice Conference on 25-26 August 2016 at Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Links to the conference program,...

The Forbes Lecture – 14 July 2016

The 2016 Forbes Lecture will be delivered by Professor Jane Stapleton on 14 July 2016 at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar Association Common Room. The Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC will chair the lecture.

Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference: call for Abstracts

On 15 & 16 February 2017 the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), in partnership with the Griffith Criminology Institute, will be convening the 4th annual Applied Research in Crime...

NSW Lawyers Orchestra Season 2

The NSW Lawyers Orchestra would like to thank members of the judiciary and the New South Wales Bar who participated in their inaugural concert, as well as families, friends and other members of the...

New online portal for Victorian Reports is now live

The new online portal for the Victorian Reports went live on 1 July 2016. It allows users to subscribe and access the Victorian Reports in the format they wish: from annual subscriptions to one-off...

Federal Court - Melbourne Law School seminar on input tax deductibility and neutrality

The Federal Court of Australia and Melbourne Law School invite members to a live video streaming of the 2016 VAT / GST seminar on "Input Tax Deductibility and Neutrality" on Wednesday, 3 August 2016...

Swearing-in ceremony for his Honour Judge Dicker SC

Matthew Dicker SC will be sworn-in as a judge of the District Court of NSW at a formal ceremony on Level 21 of the John Maddison Tower at 9.00am on Tuesday, 12 July 2016. Michael McHugh SC will speak...

2016 ADR Masterclass

Members are invited to attend the 2016 Mediation Masterclass to be held on Saturday, 13 August in the Hyde Park Room at the Sheraton on the Park. This year's BarADR event is designed as an...

Wanted: judges for Macquarie University Law Society competitions

Macquarie University Law Society is looking for professional judges to adjudicate their competitions in semester two, August-September 2016. The competitions will be Witness Examination, Negotiations...

Next meeting of the Bar Book Club

The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in the library as usual. The book for next month’s meeting will be It is Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead...

Changes to the duty barrister scheme

The Bar Association's Duty Barrister Scheme has been in operation for the last 22 years. As of 1 July 2016 there is a Duty Barrister Room on Level 7 at John Maddison Tower for civil matters. The...

Save the date: Judicial Q&A – event for under 7s

Save the Date for the Judicial Q&A event – a great opportunity for under 7s to meet, greet and ask questions of the panel and socialise together. This year’s event will be held on Thursday, 28...

Farewell for his Honour Judge Stephen Scarlett

A ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit Court will be held in Courtroom 7C, Level 7 Lionel Bowen Building, 97-99 Goulburn Street, Sydney at 4.30pm on Thursday 28 July to farewell His Honour Judge...

Positions vacant - two positions under the Public Defenders Act 1995

Public Defender: $274,920 p.a. plus Conveyance Allowance $16,645 p.a.

Deputy Senior Public Defender: $300,920 p.a. plus Conveyance Allowance $16,645 p.a.

The Attorney General is seeking...