At a meeting of the Bar Council on the evening of 9 November 2017, the following were elected as office bearers of the Bar Association:
Members of the Bar are invited to celebrate the 2017 appointments of women senior counsel, with guest speaker, Mary Gaudron QC. The event will be held at Verandah Bar Restaurant on...
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Registrations are now OPEN for the New South Wales Bar Association Regional CPD Conferences. For more details about each venue, speakers and the costs involved please click here
** Thursday, 9 November 2017:** Mark Tedeschi AM QC will deliver the Annual Plunkett Lecture on 9 November 2017 at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar Association Common Room, to be chaired by the...
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The Law Courts at Queens Square will remain closed to the judiciary, the profession and the public until at least 14 November 2017. The following provides an update on the arrangements for Federal...
Read more >The Australian Government has today released the 2016 Review of Commonwealth Legal Services Report. The association is currently reviewing the report and is considering putting...
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The Wellbeing Committee invites everyone to join the 34th Great Bar Boat Race on Monday, 18 December 2017. This is a friendly race between solicitors and the Bench & Bar. The race commences at 11.00...
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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified persons for appointment as an external legal adviser to the committee....
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Ingmar Taylor SC (Greenway Chambers) and Andrew Gotting (PG Hely Chambers) will present a Law Society LawInform course on "Underpayments, bonuses, enterprise agreements and those employees that...
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William (Bill) Knight, former District Court judge and barrister on 5 Wentworth Chambers, died on the afternoon of Friday, 3 November 2017. His funeral will be held on Monday, 13 November 2017...
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** Thursday, 9 November 2017:** Mark Tedeschi AM QC will deliver the Annual Plunkett Lecture on 9 November 2017 at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar Association Common Room, to be chaired by the...
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President Arthur Moses SC has received advice regarding the conduct of matters listed before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal while the Law Courts Building in Queens Square remains closed for...
Read more >The Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation invites members to a dinner on Friday, 10 November at the Wayside Chapel to celebrate the most successful year yet in efforts...
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A recent conference organised by the Bar of England and Wales has debated a Competition and Markets Authority recommendations for barristers' to publish their fees online, in the interests of...
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Come join the Bar Choir in a concert of beautiful Christmas music on Thursday, 7 December 2017 6 to 7.00pm in St James Church, 173 King Street, Sydney. Learn more here.
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Members of the NSW Bar Association are invited to attend an event for Mr Ian Barker QC, celebrating his retirement. The event will be held Friday, 10 November in the New South Wales Bar...
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In a world of accelerating technological development, the legal profession and the bar are hardly immune from the need for change. The policy dilemma for the NSW Bar Council is that the...
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The Women Barristers Forum invites members to join them for cocktails and canapes at the Verandah Bar Restaurant on Tuesday, 14 November to celebrate the appointment of women senior...
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The United Nations Day Lecture marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of UNCITRAL has been postponed to 5 December 2017 due to the closure of the Law Courts Building in...
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The Honourable Yvette D’Ath, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Training and Skills, is seeking to appoint two Senior Members, two Ordinary Members, and...
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President Arthur Moses SC has described as 'misconceived' recent comments by Prime Minister Turnbull regarding an Indigenous advisory body to parliament, which was the...
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In keeping with a long-standing tradition, the 2017 silks have donated $52,000 to charity, in this case the Indigenous Barristers' Trust The Mum Shirl Fund. I thank each of the 2017...
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Monday, November 06 2017: 'A white coat view of black robe health'
Presented by Professor Matthew Large, School of Psychiatry, UNSW, and chaired by Arthur Moses SC. For full details please download...
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Pursuant to Rule 11.8.1 of the Bar Association Constitution, polling officers have certified the following results for the election of the 2018 Bar Council.
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** Thursday, 9 November 2017:** Mark Tedeschi AM QC will deliver the Annual Plunkett Lecture on 9 November 2017 at 5.15pm in the NSW Bar Association Common Room, to be chaired by the...
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