Today, 19 September 2017, is your last opportunity to reserve a seat at the ADR Chat. It is an opportunity for ADR Practitioners at the New South Wales Bar to get together in an informal...
Read more >The Australian Government has announced the formation of a new "one-stop shop dispute resolution scheme", the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA will replace the three...
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R U OK? Day is the perfect opportunity to check out the new and revised Wellbeing pages on the New South Wales Bar Association's website. There, you will find information on: how to get...
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Today is R U OK? Day. Stay connected and have meaningful conversations with a loved one, friend and work colleague. Be a good listener. For more information on the simple steps that could...
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The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday, 31 October 2017 at 6.00pm. Up for discussion will be The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover. You can read a review here.
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Members are invited to a conversation with the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG about wellness, moderated by Michael Harmer, chairman of Harman's Workplace Lawyers. The event will take place on...
Read more >John Goldrick, former magistrate and a founding member of 5th Floor Wentworth Chambers, has died. His funeral will be held on Tuesday, 19 September at 1.00pm at St Mary’s Catholic Church,...
Read more >Do you need some clerical and administrative assistance to run your practice? If the answer is yes - why not employ an Indigenous law student? There are some first and second year law...
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This volume of speeches by Murray Gleeson, who served as Chief Justice of New South Wales, then of Australia, for two decades, is, as James Spigelman has put it in his...
Read more >The Lifetime Care & Support Authority publishes a newsletter, lifetime care enews. Issue 94, September 2017, is now available and includes information about the launch of the new icare website, new...
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Members of the NSW Bar Association are invited to attend the 15 Bobber for Mr David Bennett AC QC, celebrating his 50 years at the Bar. The 15 Bobber will be held Friday, 20 October in...
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A spam email purporting to be from the Australian Bar Association (ABA) is currently circulating among email accounts. The email requests immediate payment for an outstanding...
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On behalf of the Refugee Advice & Casework Service (RACS), the New South Wales Bar Association invites all members of the NSW Bar to be our guest at the Justice 4 Refugees (J4R)...
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The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia will hold their annual dinner on Saturday, 7 October 2017 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Learn more here.
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On Saturday, 9 September 2017, approximately 45 barristers drawn from the Queensland, Victoria and NSW Bars gathered at Sydney University to mark the 10th Anniversary of fierce but...
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The High Court (2018 Sittings) Rules 2017 will commence on 12 September 2017. Learn more here.
Read more >The Diversity & Equality Committee and the Women Barristers Forum invites members interested in presenting a Equitable Briefing Policy Seminar to members of their floor to attend a ‘How...
Read more >Richard Cobden SC and some interstate colleagues have started a group called YES! Lawyers for Equality. It is not a formal organisation; it is a list of lawyers (barristers, solicitors,...
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Registrations have now closed for tomorrow's Bench and Bar Lunch at the Sky Phoenix, Level 6, Westfield Sydney, 188 Pitt Street between 12.45pm and 2.15pm. However, you can still pay on...
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Magistrate Cathy McLennan has published a thought-provoking paper, Indigenous Justice- Five Reasons We Fail, in which her Honour observes: "Determining why the rate of...
Read more >Ms Jane Costigan has been appointed as a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia's Newcastle Registry. Learn more here.
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The Bar Association, through the ADR Committee, offers accreditation to members under the National Mediation Accreditation System. Applications are now open and can be made online here. For...
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The Diversity & Equality Committee and the Women Barristers Forum invites members interested in presenting a Equitable Briefing Policy Seminar to members of their floor to attend a ‘How...
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Adam Butt of 8th Floor Wentworth Chambers was on 18 August 2017 admitted to the New York Bar. While in the US, Adam presented a paper on the merits of concurrent expert...
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Members are invited to hear Mary Walker discuss "Ethics & ADR" at an evening seminar hosted by the Australian Disputes Centre on Thursday, 7 September 2017 from 5.30pm to 7.00pm. Among the...
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