Inbrief
Final call for papers - 2017 Personal Injury Conference:
The NSW Bar Association's 2017 Personal Injury Conference is scheduled for Saturday, 11 March 2017. The association's Professional Development Department would like to invite members to submit...
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Positions vacant: Crown Prosecutors
$281,790 per annum plus Conveyance Allowance of $16,990 per annum
The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as Crown Prosecutors under the Crown Prosecutors...
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NSW Lawyers Orchestra Season 2
After a successful inaugural season, the NSW Lawyers Orchestra, in its second season, will perform some of the more popular movie scores by composer John Williams, among them Star Wars, Schindler's...
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Media roundup: CTP reform features on 730 Report
The Bar Association's opposition to key tenets of proposed reforms to the NSW compulsory third party insurance scheme featured in an investigation by the 730 Report last night. Elizabeth Welsh, a...
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Tonight: the 2016 Plunkett Lecture
Professor Mark Finnane will deliver the 2016 Plunkett lecture tonight at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar Association Common Room. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Mark Finnane and chaired by Arthur...
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South Australian Bar Council 2016-17
The South Australian Bar Association held its annual general meeting on 20 September 2016, as a result of which, a new Bar Council was elected. Ian Robertson SC was elected president; Meredith...
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A room with a View
For Sale or Licence
Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers has an impressive large external room (17.35 sq m) with views of historic Macquarie Street and genuine harbour glimpses. Learn more here.
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For the diary: 2016 Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture
The annual Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Lecture will take place on Thursday, 13 October 2016 at 6.00pm in the Federal Court of Australia, Level 21, Queens Square. The lecture will be delivered...
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For the diary: the Asia Pacific Coroners' Society Conference
The 2016 Asia Pacific Coroners' Society Conference will be held on 8-11 November 2016 at the Pan Pacific Hotel Perth, WA. Early bird registration closes Saturday, 1 October 2016. With an overriding...
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Spring into 2017 with a Chambers Refresh – Limited Vacancies
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WBF general meeting
The Women Barristers Forum will hold its next general meeting tomorrow, 28 September 2016 at 4.45pm in Bar Association Conference Room 3. All members are welcome.
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National Advocacy Competition
The New Barristers Committee has announced that Helen Roberts, from Crown Prosecutors Chambers, Penrith, will represent the New South Wales Bar at the 2016 National Advocacy Competition at the...
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For the diary: The Hague Conference on Private International Law
The Hon Shaoquett Moselomane MLC, opposition whip in the Legislative Council, will host a lecture on The Hague Conference on Private International Law at the Theatrette, NSW Parliament House on 30...
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Supreme Court Document Exchange (DX) Service
The Supreme Court of New South Wales will be closing its DX box at the end of 2016. The court will continue to receive mail via the DX service until the end of 2016, but mail from the court via the...
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Common Law Practice Update 97
The Bar Association's Common Law Committee has published Practice Update 97, with case notes on sections 57-60 and 94 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW); sections 5D, 43A and 45 of...
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Time For Justice Breakfast 2016
IJM frees people living in poverty in the developing world from violence, prevents violence and works with local legal systems to prove that justice for the poor is possible.
IJM’s annual "Time...
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Call for papers: 2017 CPD Conferences
The NSW Bar Association's Professional Development Department invite members to submit suggestions and/or abstracts for papers to be included in the Bar Association's 2017 CPD Conference series. The...
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Coming up in CPD this week
Does the criminal trial have an Australian history? Lessons from the Prosecution Project.
Professor Mark Finnane will deliver the Plunkett lecture on 27 September 2016 at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar...
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Bar Book Club meeting in September
The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be on Wednesday, 28 September 2016 at 6.00pm in the Bar Library. Up for discussion will be I Came to Find a Girl by Jaq Hazell. The Telegraph described it...
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Aboriginal trauma, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the juvenile justice system: a volatile cocktail
The NSW Judicial Commission Ngara Yura Committee, the NSW Bar Association Indigenous Barristers’ Trust and the Law Society of NSW Indigenous Issues Committee jointly present "Aboriginal trauma,...
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Call for papers: 2017 CPD Conferences
The NSW Bar Association's Professional Development Department invite members to submit suggestions and/or abstracts for papers to be included in the Bar Association's 2017 CPD Conference series. The...
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Bar Knitting Group meets next week
All interested barristers are invited to attend the next meeting of the Bar Knitting Group. It will be held on Tuesday, 26 September 2016 from 6.00pm in the Bar Library. Bring your own needles, and...
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The Plunkett Lecture 2016
Does the criminal trial have an Australian history? Lessons from the Prosecution Project.
Professor Mark Finnane will deliver the Plunkett lecture on 27 September 2016 at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar...
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Mediating dangerously and negotiating skillfully
"Some years ago I had the extraordinary pleasure of meeting Kenneth Cloke at a private meeting. I was familiar with his work "Mediating Dangerously", but was not prepared for the extraordinary...
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2016 Pink & Blue Ribbon Breakfast – all welcome
Philanthropy
Members and their friends are invited to the 2016 Pink & Blue Ribbon Breakfast on Friday, 28 October at Verandah Restaurant. Come and enjoy a two-course breakfast and help raise money...
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