Inbrief

TOMORROW: CPD Breakfast

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Thomson Reuters invites all members to attend a CPD Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday 29 March. The seminar, ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’, will be presented...

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Wanted: mediators

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The Workers Compensation Commission invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified persons for appointment as a sessional mediator, for a period up to three years. Applications are sought...

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“The law and lawyers: their limits?”

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Avoid disappointment - reserve your seat today!

There are still some seats available at the Australian Academy of Law's first of three ethics-themed events, which it is holding in Sydney this year....

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Coming up in CPD this week

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Thursday, March 30 2017:"Family Provision claims: recent decisions and practical tips" Presented by Michelle Painter SC and Despina Christofis. Chaired byJane Needham SC. For full details please...

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Coming up in CPD tomorrow

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Wednesday, March 29 2017: "Marketing tools and strategies for barristers: Three perspectives" Presented by Tean Kerr, Partner, Lander & Rogers; Michael Green SC, Level 22 Chamber and Jeh Coutinho,...

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New Barristers' Committee April breakfast

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Collegiality

The New Barristers’ committee would like to invite you to attend the April breakfast catch-up at Silks Coffee Shop on Tuesday, 4 April. Drop in for a short (or long) period of time...

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CPD Breakfast: ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’

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Thomson Reuters invites all members to attend a CPD Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday, 29 March. The seminar, ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’, will be presented...

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Bathurst CJ to deliver ADC Evening Seminar

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The Australian Disputes Centre invites members to its Evening Seminar series, the first of which will be held on 30 March 2017 at 5.45-7.00pm. Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC will deliver "Off with the...

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Opening statement by LCA president at Senate hearing

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The president of the Law Council of Australia, Fiona McLeod SC, has appeared before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's hearing into the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill...

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Specialised Indigenous Lists

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Sydney Registry of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia

The Federal Circuit Court in the Sydney Registry is continuing to trial specialised lists for matters involving one or more Indigenous...

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Conference on Professional Firms and Employed Professionals

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12 April 2017 - UNSW Centre for Law Markets and Regulation

In 2016 this conference on the modern condition of professions had Richard Susskind speaking on changes associated with technology in...

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FACS External Legal Services Panel – Child Protection

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A Request for Tender (RFT) was published on Monday, 20 March 2017 on eTendering for a new FACS External Legal Services Panel for child protection legal work. The RFT will be open for six weeks,...

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David Wilson SC appointed to the District Court

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David Michael Wilson SC has been appointed as a judge of the District Court of NSW, replacing Judge Raymond McLoughlin SC, who retired on 15 March. A swearing-in ceremony will be held on 3 April 2017...

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Two appointments to the Federal Court of Australia

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Roger Derrington QC and Michael Lee SC have been appointed as judges of the Federal Court of Australia. View the attorney-general's media release here.

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2017 Sydney Conference this weekend

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The 2017 Sydney CPD Conference is on this Saturday, 25 March 2017. The conference begins at 9.00am with arrival tea and coffee available from 8.30am. Please click the link for the full program - 2017...

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Cuts to CLCs: LCA predicts more people will "fall through the cracks"

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The president of the Law Council, Fiona McLeod SC, has warned that drastic cuts to already under-resourced community legal centres will precipitate a legal aid crisis. The LCA predicts that $35m cuts...

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Start training for the SMH Half Marathon

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Philanthropy

The New South Wales Bar will enter a team in the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon on Sunday, 21 May 2017 to raise money for the Katrina Dawson Foundation. Senior Vice-President...

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Coming up in CPD Tonight

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Diversity

Wednesday, March 22 2017: 'Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex (LGBTI) Awareness Training Seminar' Presented by Ross Wetherbee, Senior Program Manager, Pride in Diversity and chaired...

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Bar Book Club meeting in March

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Wellbeing

Members are reminded that the Bar Book Club meets on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 6.00pm in the Bar Library. The book for discussion is Edward III: A Heroic Failure by Jonathan Sumption.

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Redfern Legal Centre is turning 40

Philanthropy

The Redfern Legal Centre is turning 40 this year and they are holding a fundraising dinner at Sydney Town Hall on 27 April 2017. Virginia Bell is the guest speaker and the Bar...

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Tracing a construction case

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Members are invited to a unique seminar, which will trace a construction case (based on the facts of an actual but unidentified dispute in Asia), from commencement with the QS / claims manager's...

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Wellbeing & Quality of Working Life Research for the New South Wales Bar

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The Bar Council urges members to complete the wellness survey, which commenced last week. The survey uses a link to a confidential online platform. Participants cannot be identified by their link....

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Coming up in CPD tonight

Tuesday, March 21 2017: 'How to run a merit review case' Presented by The Honourable Justice Duncan Kerr Chev LH, President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Bernard McCabe, Deputy President...

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CPD Breakfast: ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’

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Thomson Reuters invites all members to attend a CPD Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday 29 March. The seminar, ‘Experts and interpreters: non-lawyers essential to the legal system’, will be presented...

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