ABA Appellate Advocacy

The ABA Appellate Advocacy course will be held in Brisbane on 10-12 June 2016. There are only 24 positions available. Seniority of at least eight years at the private bar is a pre-requisite.
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Read more >The ABA Appellate Advocacy course will be held in Brisbane on 10-12 June 2016. There are only 24 positions available. Seniority of at least eight years at the private bar is a pre-requisite.
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Read more >The New Barristers’ Committee invites you to join our hosts Magistrate Stafford, Magistrate Tsavdaridis and Chrissa Loukas SC for breakfast in Parramatta on 17 May 2016 from 8am. The breakfast...
Read more >The Family Court is inviting all interested family law solicitors and barristers to a forum to discuss the duty lists and interim hearings in the Sydney Registry of the Family Court of Australia.
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Read more >Members are invited to attend the launch of a major new research report commissioned by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The Hon Justice Peter McClellan...
Read more >A ceremonial sitting will be held to welcome Ms Brana Obradovic as a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia on Friday, 3 Jun 2016 at 9.30am in Courtroom 9 of the Parramatta Registry.
Read more >How can land claims and native title issues be tackled using ADR mechanisms? How can mediators, arbitrators and representatives assist? The Australian Disputes Centre will host a seminar on Monday,...
Read more >Members have been alerted previously in In Brief of the NSW Government's Options Paper regarding Compulsory Third Party Reform entitled On the Road to a Better CTP Scheme, which was released for...
Read more >The New Barristers’ Committee invites you to join our hosts Magistrate Stafford, Magistrate Tsavdaridis and Chrissa Loukas SC for breakfast in Parramatta on 17 May 2016 from 8am. The...
Read more >The Australian Association of Constitutional Law will hold a seminar on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 in at 5.30pm in Court 18B, Federal Court, Queens Square.
"Constitutional Litigation and the Public...
Read more >The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 95, with case notes on section 3 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW); limitation periods; employers' breach of...
Read more >The annual Forbes Lecture will be delivered by the master-elect of Christ's College, Cambridge, Professor Jane Stapleton, on 14 July 2016 at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar Association Common Room. The lecture...
Read more >Justice Connect has recruited some of Australia’s best satirical and political minds to take a lighter look at some of our sillier rules, as well as those that will likely appear ridiculous in...
Read more >Under cloudless azure skies, NSW Bar FC this afternoon accounted for the young, pacy and skilful newcomers QBE, with two goals to Vahan Bedrossian capping off an excellent team fight back to win 2-1.... Read more >
The Faculty of Advocates hosted the World Bar Conference 2016 at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, from 14 to 16 April 2016. The papers from that conference, including ones by Australians...
Read more >Waratah Chambers has recently moved to their brand new fully furnished chambers overlooking Hyde Park and Sydney Harbour.
Available from July 2016 this external room is available for licence for 12...
Read more >The latest newsletter of the Australian Bar Association is out now, featuring reports on the State of the Judicature Address, Indigenous incarceration, advocacy training, papers from the World Bar...
Read more >Would anyone who has correspondence, photographs or recollections relating to the life and career of Robert Marsden Hope (1919-1999) AC CMG LlB LlD (Hon), former Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW...
Read more >Members are invited to join the Women Barristers Forum and the Women Lawyers Association and their distinguished guests for the biannual Janet Coombs lunch for new female members. Cost $39pp includes...
Read more >Dear Colleagues,
Please join us in enabling greater access to theatre for young people by supporting Family Programming at one of Australia’s most acclaimed theatre companies,...
Read more >The attorney general is calling for applications from qualified persons for appointment as:
the full-time deputy president and head of the Guardianship Division of the NSW Civil and Administrative...
President Noel Hutley SC was a guest on the Alan Jones Show this morning where he discussed the NSW Government’s serious crime prevention orders legislation. A transcript is held in the Bar Library.
Read more >The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australia) is pleased to offer the ACIArb Course Introduction to International Arbitration. To be held in Perth, Western Australia on Friday, 20 May 2016, the...
Read more >The Family Court is inviting all interested family law solicitors and barristers to a forum to discuss the duty lists and interim hearings in the Sydney Registry of the Family Court of Australia.
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Read more >Members are invited to attend an evening presentation "Advocacy in International Arbitration" by arbitrator and barrister, David Jackson AM QC on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 from 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm...
Read more >Stephen Burley SC has been appointed as a judge of the Federal Court. He will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of the Hon Justice Annabelle Bennett AO. A ceremonial sitting of the Full Federal...
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