Inbrief

Bar Association annual general meeting is on this evening

Governance

The Bar Association’s AGM will be held tonight at 5.00pm, in the Common Room.

Changes to Federal Circuit Court forms take effect today

Practice and procedure

Included in the recent rule amendments contained in the Federal Circuit Court Amendment (Costs and Other Measures) Rules 2017 was an amendment to extend the time a response...

Save the date : 2018 Personal Injury/Common Law Conference

The 2018 Personal Injury and Common Law Conference will be held at the Hilton Sydney on Saturday 3 March. The conference offers 5 CPD points.

Speaker details and online registration will be made...

Coming up in CPD

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...

Retirement Celebration - Mr Ian Barker QC

Collegiality

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...

NCAT Legal Bulletin No 9 of 2017

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) has publishes the NCAT Legal Bulletin – an e-newsletter highlighting interesting case law from NCAT’s jurisdiction, and other useful information...

Remembrance Day service cancelled

Legal history

The Supreme Court's First World War Commemoration ceremony, scheduled for 8 November 2017, has been cancelled due to the closure of the Law Courts Building. The organisers apologise...

Queens Square will remain closed until 'at least 14 November'

The Law Courts at Queens Square will be closed to the judiciary, the profession and the public until at least 14 November 2017. This is as a result of a burst water pipe between levels six and seven,...

Election of 2018 Bar Council - ballot closes tomorrow at 1.00pm

Governance

Voting for the 2018 Bar Council closes tomorrow, 2 November at 1.00pm. If you have not voted please return your ballot papers as soon as possible.

• Greg Tolhurst
• Returning Officer

TONIGHT - 2017 Maurice Byers Annual Lecture

At the lectern

The 2017 Maurice Byers Annual Lecture will delivered by The Hon James Allsop AO, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia tonight, Wednesday 1 November 2017, at 5.30 pm in the...

50 years of UNCITRAL - What's next?

International trade law

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was founded 50 years ago. The United Nations Day Lecture will be held on Thursday, 9 November 2017 in...

Retirement Celebration - Mr Ian Barker QC

Collegiality

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...

NSW Bar Association CPD Conferences 2018

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

• Saturday, 17...

Coming up in CPD tomorrow (Lunchtime)

Thursday, November 02 2017: 'The challenges of trying international crimes today: the legal and political dimensions'.

Presented by Judge David Re, international judge of the Special Tribunal for...

Law Courts Building will be closed for the remainder of the week

News

The Law Courts Building will be closed for the remainder of this week. Some Supreme Court matters have been listed at alternative venues. Please check Supreme Court Web site. In Brief will...

Coming up in CPD in November

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...

NSW Bar Association CPD Conferences 2018

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

• Saturday, 17...

Forbes Society AGM

Legal history

The Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History will hold its 2017 AGM on Tuesday, 21 November 2017, commencing at 5.15pm in the Bar Association Common Room. Download the...

NSWLRC review of the laws relating to beneficiaries of trusts

Law reform and public affairs

The NSW Law Reform Commission (LRC) has released Consultation Paper 19 - Laws Relating to Beneficiaries of Trusts. Further information on the review may be found here....

Coming up in CPD this week

Thursday, November 02 2017: 'The challenges of trying international crimes today: the legal and political dimensions'.

Presented by Judge David Re, international judge of the Special Tribunal for...

AG farewells two magistrates

Retirements

Attorney General Mark Speakman has paid tribute to the state's longest-serving magistrates who retire in coming days, Peter Miszalski and Darryl Pearce. Learn more here.

ALHR Human Rights Dinner

Philanthropy

Please join Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) for a fundraising evening on Friday, 10 November 2017 at 7.00pm in Sky Phoenix Restaurant, 188 Pitt Street, Sydney. Special guests...

How to be ethical in the practice of law

Ethics

President Arthur Moses SC will join a panel of experts for a discussion on "How to be ethical in the practice of the law: can it be taught?" The discussion, to be moderated by the Hon...

The 34th Great Bar Boat Race - 2017 Invitational Challenge

Wellbeing

The 34th Great Bar Boat Race will be held on Monday, 18 December 2017 beginning in the vicinity of Shark Island / Point Piper and finishing at Store Beach. Solicitors are invited to...

Law Courts Building, Queens Square will be CLOSED on Monday, 30 October

The President has received notification from Chief Justice TF Bathurst AC that the Law Courts Building, Queens Square will be closed on Monday, 30 October 2017 due to an issue relating to the...