Inbrief

The Mahla Pearlman Award for the Australian Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year

The Law Council of Australia has announced David Morris as the winner of the 2015–16 Mahla Pearlman Award for the Australian Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year. View the announcement here.

Reminder - Practice Note SC CL 11 - Bail

InBrief reported on 4 February that Chief Justice T F Bathurst AC had issued Practice Note SC CL 11 - Bail. Members are reminded that the practice note commenced operation this week, on Monday, 7...

Local Court special sitting arrangements

The chief magistrate of the NSW Local Court has announced the special sitting arrangements during the local Court Annual Conference, which will take place from Wednesday, 1 June 2016 through Friday,...

Federal Court of Australia - Practitioners’ Consultation Forum on Commercial & Corporations NPA

The Federal Court will conduct a consultation forum to discuss the Commercial & Corporations National Practice Area (NPA) in Sydney on Tuesday, 5 April 2016, commencing at 5.15pm. The forum will be...

Salvos Legal lectures on domestic violence

On 19 March 2016 the Salvos Legal will hold a day of lectures on domestic violence. Topics will include the psychology of domestic violence, the role those on the front line play in handling the...

Tomorrow: Parramatta CPD Conference, 12 March 2016

The 2016 CPD Conference in Parramatta will be held at the Holiday Inn on Saturday 12 March from 9 to 5pm.

Speakers

• Noel Hutley SC, President, and Philip Selth OAM, Executive Director
• The...

Coming up next Tuesday: The art of Persuasion: "Advocacy" at mediation

Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 5.15 pm, NSW Bar Association, Common Room

Presented by: Robert Angyal SC and Julie Soars

You should attend this seminar if: - You think that “mediation advocacy” is an...

Coming up next Wednesday: CPD Seminar on Race Discrimination - Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane

Wednesday 16 March 2016 at 5.15 pm, NSW Bar Association, Common Room

Presented by Dr Tim Soutphommasane

Chaired by: - Sarah Pritchard SC (Chair of the Human Rights Committee), and - Anthony McGrath...

Papers to note: Legal Services Council annual reports

The Legal Services Council and the Commissioner for Uniform Legal Services Regulation have released their annual reports.

New publishing regime for the Victorian Reports

The Council of Law Reporting in Victoria entered an agreement last week with BarNet, the creators of BarNet Jade, to publish, sell and distribute the Victorian Reports for the next five years. This...

International Arbitration Series

Members are invited to attend the launch of the International Arbitration Series, a joint initiative of the CIArb Australia and Federal Court of Australia, to be held on** Tuesday, 22 March 2016...

CPD Tonight: Appearing for health professionals in inquests. Sit still and say nothing?

Wednesday 9 March at 5.15pm, Doltone House, Hyde Park, Level 3, 181 Elizabeth Street, Sydney

Presented by Cameron Jackson. The first piece of advice you will be given if you mention that you have...

Web watch: the Justice Reinvestment calculator

Is locking someone in prison money spent wisely? Probably not, according to the Justice Reinvestment Calculator. Available on justreinvest.org.au, the JR calculator sources data describing local...

Mediator Chat in March

The NSW Bar Association ADR Committee invites you to "Mediator Chat" and twilight drinks at Silks Coffee Lounge 70 Phillip Street, Sydney on Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Angela...

CPD Seminar coming up next week: Inquest, Royal Commissions, ICAC

Monday 14 March, 5.15 pm, Bar Association Common Room

The focus of the seminar will be on the more controversial or difficult ethical and practical issues which arise from conducting inquisitorial...

2016 Cross Examination Workshop - mock trial demonstration of cross-examination technique (clone)

Monday, 21 March 2016 5.15pm in Banco Court, Level 13, Law Courts Building, Queens Square

The Cross-examination workshop is put on every year by the New Barristers Committee and is aimed at...

Reminder: retirement ceremony for the Hon Justice Bennett

The Federal Court of Australia will hold a ceremonial sitting in Sydney on Monday, 14 March 2016 to mark the retirement, on 23 March 2016, of the Hon Justice Annabelle Bennett. The sitting will be...

Expressions of interest

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...

Book launch tonight: Adjudication on the Gold Fields

Members are invited to the launch of the Hon JP Hamilton QC's book, Adjudication on the Gold Fields. It will be launched by Chief Justice TF Bathurst AC in the Banco Court tonight, 8 March 2016 at...

International Women's Day 2016

Diversity

It's International Women's Day and the Law Council of Australia has issued a media release highlighting the National Equitable Briefing Policy and other practical steps being taken by the...

CPD Today: Dealing with difficult cases: vicarious trauma at the bar

Tuesday 8 March at 5.15pm, Doltone House, Hyde Park, Level 3, 181 Elizabeth Street, Sydney

Dealing with sensitive subject matter and difficult clients can be challenging. What may seem to be the...

New Barristers' Committee March breakfast

The New Barristers’ Committee would like to invite you to attend the March breakfast catch-up at Silks Coffee tomorrow morning. Drop in for a short (or long) period of time from 8:00am – 9:30am....

Federal Court of Australia – Insurance List for Short Matters

The Federal Court is establishing an Insurance List within the Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance sub-area of the Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area. The new...

STEP address: Unconscionability and Promissory Estoppel

Promoted by STEP

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by the Hon Justice Peter Young AO on "Unconscionability and Promissory Estoppel". It will be held...

Appointment to note

Sophia Beckett has been appointed as an acting public defender, commencing on 29 March 2016. Ms Beckett was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 2007 and practised from Forbes Chambers.