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LCA calls for Australia-wide review of youth detention

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The Law Council of Australia has called for all juvenile detention systems in Australia to be reviewed following reports and images of alleged mistreatment in Townsville's Cleveland Youth Detention...

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2017 Personal Injury Conference: call for papers

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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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Bar FC bow out of the DSL competition

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Yesterday saw a strong Bar FC team take on BT Financial Group to decide a place in the finals. A win or a draw was required by us to secure our position. A quick, youthful and talented opponent shot...

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National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book

The new National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book was launched today by the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration. The Bench Book implements a key recommendation of the joint...

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Volunteers needed for the Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library

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The Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library needs two volunteers to spend a couple of hours in their Kennard's Storage unit in Waterloo packing books for various hostels in New South Wales. The next session...

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Second Australian Legal History Tutorial

The Francis Forbes Society will host its second Australian Legal History Tutorial on Tuesday, 30 August 2016 at 5.15pm in the Banco Court. The topic will be Roman law and it will be delivered by...

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Tomorrow: 15 Bobber – the Hon Justice Burley & her Hon Judge Obradovic

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Members of the NSW Bar Association are invited to attend the 15 Bobber for the Hon Justice Stephen Burley & her Hon Judge Brana Obradovic. The 15 Bobber will be held tomorrow, 19 August 2016 in the...

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Vale Terence Fenwick Marley Naughton QC (1941-2016)

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Terence Naughton QC, formerly a long-term member of 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers and District Court judge, died on 15 August 2016. His funeral will be held in the Camelia Chapel of Macquarie Park...

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Federal Court - Law Council conference on the Corporations Law

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The Federal Court of Australia and the Law Council of Australia's Business Law Section will host a conference on Corporations Law on Thursday, 25 – Friday, 26 August 2016 in the Federal Court,...

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Positions vacant: NCAT - Consumer and Commercial Division

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The attorney general is calling for applications from qualified persons for appointment to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal as senior and general members of the Consumer and Commercial...

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Thinking Differently About Diversity

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The Women Lawyers Association of NSW invites members to a panel discussion: "Thinking Differently About Diversity". The event will be held on Thursday, 25 August 2016 at 5.30pm for 6.00-7.30pm, in...

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Coming up in CPD tonight

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Wednesday 17 August: 'Practical advice from clerks on building, marketing and managing your practice in the early years'. Presented by Angela Noakes, clerk, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers; Paul...

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Meditation for Lawyers

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Presented by Chamundai (Jackie Curran) lawyer, business owner, spiritual teacher and healer in Bar Association Conference Room 3, 4.30pm – 5.45pm starting Friday, 2 September 2016.

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Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive

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The Australian Bar Association's Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive will be held in Sydney on 23-27 January 2017. The coaching faculty will include Federal Court and Supreme Court judges, Australian...

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10th AMTAC Annual Address 2016 and Dinner

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The Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission (AMTAC) is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2016. Peter McQueen, chair of AMTAC invites members to attend the 10th AMTAC Annual Address...

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2016 Common Law Drinks

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Collegiality

Judges, barristers and Clerks are invited to attend the 2016 Common Law Drinks on Friday, 2 September. The drinks will be held in the Club Bar at Hotel CBD, 52 King Street, Sydney. The...

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15 Bobber – The Hon Justice Stephen Burley & Her Hon Judge Brana Obradovic

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Members of the NSW Bar Association are invited to attend the 15 Bobber for the Hon Justice Stephen Burley & her Hon Judge Brana Obradovic. The 15 Bobber will be held on Friday, 19 August 2016 in the...

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Coming up in CPD this week

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Wednesday, 17 August: 'Practical advice from clerks on building, marketing and managing your practice in the early years'. Presented by Angela Noakes, clerk, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers; Paul...

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Call for papers: 2017 CPD Conferences

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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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2017 Personal Injury Conference: call for papers

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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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For the diary: 2016 Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture

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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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Coming up in CPD next week

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Wednesday 17 August: 'Practical advice from clerks on building, marketing and managing your practice in the early years'. Presented by Angela Noakes, clerk, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers; Paul...

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Amendment to the Criminal Appeal Rules

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On 1 August 2016 the Supreme Court Rules Committee approved Amendment No 1 to the Criminal Appeal Rules. The amendments require leave to be sought from the Court of Criminal Appeal for applications...

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Federal Court - Law Council conference on the Corporations Law

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Federal Court of Australia and the Law Council of Australia's Business Law Section will host a conference on Corporations Law on Thursday, 25 – Friday, 26 August 2016 in the Federal Court, Queens...

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LCA calls for independent oversight of immigration detention and border protection laws

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The Law Council of Australia has again called for the appointment of an independent inspector of immigration detention and an independent monitor for migration laws following leaked reports regarding...

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