Chief Justice Bathurst has issued a memorandum regarding listing arrangements in 2016 for the Commercial List and the Technology and Construction List. The Commercial List will be administered by...
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Law Council of Australia President Stuart Clark AM has described recent attacks against lawyers and judges in Turkey as "extremely worrying". View the Law Council's media release here.
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The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday, 3 May 2016. Up for discussion will be The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre. Pierre Lemaitre is a French crime novelist whose latest book...
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The Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia (BLS) is offering three scholarships to early career lawyers in 2016. The scholarships are: The Forsyth/Pose Scholarship, for topics in...
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The Australian Academy of Law is pleased to announce the offering of its Annual Essay Prize for 2016. The prize is open to anyone, wherever resident, who is studying or has studied legal subjects at...
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In response to a request from the president of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), the Hon Justice Robertson Wright, the New South Wales Bar Association is seeking...
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23 Mar 2016 at 5:15 pm, NSW Bar Association Common Room Presented by Michael Perkins TEP, Partner Perkins Fahey. Chaired by Garry Rich SC, Director Bar Cover Estate planning must deal with the risks...
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This annual one-day conference will be held in Sydney on Saturday 21 May 2016 at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel. The conference, which has been held since 1989, continues to attract about 100...
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There have been some minor changes made to the following Family Court forms: Subpoena & Notice of Request to Inspect. The updated forms are now...
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Police Commissioner Scipione and Minister for Justice and Police Troy Grant have announced that the NSW Government will introduce to Parliament the Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Bill 2016...
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Members are invited to attend a two-part series of commercial equity seminars on Tuesday, 26 April 2016, at 5.00pm and Thursday, 5 May 2016, also at 5.00pm. Both seminars will be held in Courtroom...
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The Law Council of Australia has announced 18-year-old Ms Mikaela French as the winner of the 2016 John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship, which helps Indigenous students realise their...
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We want you to look as good as your accounting software… so to celebrate the impending launch of our BarBooks web app (making BarBooks available on all operating systems,...
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22 Mar 2016 at 5:15 pm, NSW Bar Association Common Room Presented by His Honour Justice Brereton and His Honour Justice Bellew Chaired by Melissa Tovey of the New Barristers Committee. This CPD will...
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23 Mar 2016 at 5:15 pm, NSW Bar Association Common Room Presented by Michael Perkins TEP, Partner Perkins Fahey. Chaired by Garry Rich SC, Director Bar Cover Estate planning must deal with the risks...
Read more >Macquarie University has established a social justice advocacy unit at Macquarie University. The unit includes a one-day intensive basic introduction to advocacy skills before courts and tribunals,...
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The President and the Bar Council have the pleasure of inviting all members of the New South Wales Bar Association to the 2016 Bench & Bar Dinner. The dinner will take place on Friday, 6 May in the...
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The Bench and Bar Lunch is set to return on 6 April 2016 between 12.45pm to 2.00pm at the Sky Phoenix Restaurant in the Westfield Shopping Centre. More information about the venue and...
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Members will recall that their comments were sought via In Brief as to the Law Council of Australia Report Percentage Based Contingency Fees
A consultation session for members on the issue was also...
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The Bar Library and the Bar Association office will close for the Easter Break at 4.00pm on Thursday, 24 March 2016.
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Yoga classes will resume in the Common Room tomorrow, Tuesday, 22 March 2016, with classes at both 7.15am and 1.00pm. All are welcome. If you have any enquiries, please contact Jolie 0414 092 502.
Read more >Attorney General Gabrielle Upton has announced the appointment of Siobhan Herbert and John Pickering SC as judges of the New South Wales District Court. Members will be advised of swearing-in details...
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This study examines the difficult policy and legal issues associated with climate change in the context of the recent conference of the parties at Paris, known...
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The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by David Raphael, barrister, on "Establishing a Trust Estate without a Perpetuity Period". It will be...
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The Workers Compensation (Weekly Payments Indexation) Amendment Order 2016 (NSW) and the Workers Compensation Amendment (Latest Index Number) Regulation 2016 will commence on 1 April 2016 and will be...
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