Inbrief

BarADR Arbitration Approval Information Evening

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CPD Tomorrow - Tuesday, 18 July 2017

Presented by Ian Davidson SC, Chair, ADR Committee. For full details please download a flyer here

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2016-17 committee membership

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The president annually reviews the need for the Bar Association’s various committees, the role of those committees and their membership.

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2016-17 committee membership

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Governance

The president annually reviews the need for the Bar Association’s various committees, the role of those committees and their membership.

A form listing the 2016-2017 committees is...

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2016-17 committee membership

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Governance

The president annually reviews the need for the Bar Association’s various committees, the role of those committees and their membership.

A form listing the 2016-2017 committees is...

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ATO creates online forum for legal profession

Practice support

The Australian Taxation Office has created an online platform called Let's Talk: Legal Practitioners Community to share knowledge and information with the legal profession. Members...

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Men and women of Geatland! Spear-armed Danes! Gather the Bar Book Club !

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Wellbeing

The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Wednesday, 2 August from 6.00pm in the Bar Library. The book for discussion will be the Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf. For the...

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2017 Tutors and Readers Dinner – RSVPs close midnight tonight

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Collegiality

All Readers from the 2/16 and 1/17 Bar Practice Course and their Tutors are invited to attend the Tutors & Readers Dinner on Friday, 28 July 2017. The dinner will be held at the No. 1...

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2017 Judicial Q&A – Registrations now open

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Save the date

Barristers under 7 years are invited to the Judicial Q&A event – a great opportunity for under 7s to meet, greet and ask questions of the panel and socialise together. This year’s...

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Changes to the Supreme Court Duty Registrar Service

Court services

Commencing 24 July 2017, the Duty Registrar service at the Supreme Court will be available by appointment only. Appointments are available from 9:30am to 12:10pm and 2:30pm to 4:30pm...

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Advocating interlocutory applications: practice and pitfalls

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Coming up in CPD - Thursday, July 27 2017

Presented by The Honourable Justice Jayne Jagot, Federal Court of Australia; Vanessa Whittaker, Eleven Wentworth and Clarissa Amato, Banco Chambers. Chaired...

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BarADR Arbitration Approval Information Evening

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CPD - Tuesday, 18 July 2017

Presented by Ian Davidson SC, Chair, ADR Committee. For full details please download a flyer here

Registration is required. To register, and for more information, please...

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Reminder: applications for appointment as senior counsel are now open

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Senior counsel 2017

President Arthur Moses SC invites applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2017. Applications must be completed online. The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 July...

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Junior barristers sought for ‘New Voices Panel’ at ICCA 2018 in Sydney

ADR

On 15-18 April 2018, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) will hold its Congress in Sydney, hosted by ACICA. The Congress has as its theme "Evolution and Adaptation: The...

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BarADR Arbitration Approval Information Evening

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CPD - Tuesday, 18 July 2017

Presented by Ian Davidson SC, Chair, ADR Committee. For full details please download a flyer here

Registration is required. To register, and for more information, please...

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Asian immigration and the development of American Constitutional and Common Law

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CPD - Monday, August 14 2017

Presented by Professor Frank H Wu and chaired by Malcolm Oakes SC. For full details please download a flyer here

This seminar will commence at 5.15pm in the Bar...

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Advocating interlocutory applications: practice and pitfalls

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Continuing Professional Development

Presented by The Honourable Justice Jayne Jagot, Federal Court of Australia; Vanessa Whittaker, Eleven Wentworth and Clarissa Amato, Banco Chambers. Chaired by...

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Bar FC battle against competition leaders

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Wellbeing

A makeshift team took on the competition leaders and performed admirably although losing 3-1 to Lands FC. School holidays depleted our stocks however a few younger and fitter players...

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Freedom of Speech and the Case for Defamation Law Reform

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CPD - save the date

On 24 August 2017 there will be a CPD seminar on Freedom of Speech and the Case for Defamation Law Reform. It will be presented by Professor David Rolph and chaired by Greg...

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2017 Tutors and Readers Dinner – RSVPs close this Friday

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Collegiality

All Readers from the 2/16 and 1/17 Bar Practice Course and their Tutors are invited to attend the Tutors & Readers Dinner on Friday, 28 July 2017. The dinner will be held at the No. 1...

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Coming up in CPD next week

Tuesday, June 06 2017: 'The Role of the Human Rights Commissioner'

Presented by Mr Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner and chaired by Professor Andrew Brynes, Chair, Australian Human Rights...

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Crown prosecutors - statewide

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Recruitment

The attorney general is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as Crown prosecutors under the Crown Prosecutors Act 1986 for a fixed term of up to seven years that...

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Australian Bar Association calls for rethink on legal assistance

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Legal assistance

The president of the Australian Bar Association, Will Alstergren QC, has highlighted the need for a complete rethink of legal assistance budgets to ensure its sustainability to...

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