Bar Council resolved last night to award Helen Barrett life membership for her long and exceptional service to the Bar Association and to the profession of the law.
Helen Barrett began...
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The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018 and the [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill...
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Members are reminded that a joint symposium hosted by the Australian Academy of Law and the Australian Academy of Science will be held tonight at 5.00pm on Level 21 of the Law Courts Building, Queens...
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The Law Council of Australia has released the final report of its Justice Project. Based on more than 150 consultations and 129 submissions, the final report focusses...
Read more >Attorney General Mark Speakman today announced the appointment of Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD to the bench of the NSW Court of Appeal.
“Justice Brereton has served with distinction...
Read more >Attorney General Mark Speakman today announced the appointment of Sydney barrister Kelly Rees SC to the bench of the Supreme Court of NSW. Mr Speakman said Ms Rees is a highly...
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Members are reminded that Part 2 of the "History of Equity" tutorial will be delivered tonight by the Hon J Campbell QC. A further tutorial, on "The History of the Law of Commercial...
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Over ten days from 7 September, Simon Hunt, from Hunter Street Chambers, will join 38 other riders cycling from Maleny (Qld) to Warners Bay (Newcastle) as part of the Camp Quality...
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Do you need some clerical and administrative or research assistance to run your practice or the Clerk’s office? If the answer is yes - why not employ a First Nations law student? There...
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Tenth Floor St James Hall Chambers currently has a large, well-lit, external room for sale measuring 5.6m by 3.6 m. The room includes built in, wooden storage as well as...
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On Tuesday 21 August, the Criminal Law Committee will host a seminar titled "Sentencing Reforms"
The speakers will be Luke Grant, Assistant Commissioner, NSW Corrective...
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A decision handed down today in the matter of CPJ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1241 has clarified that barristers acting on a direct access brief are not captured by...
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On Tuesday, 18 September, the NSW Judicial Commission Ngara Yura Committee, the NSW Bar Association’s First Nations Committee and the Law Society of NSW Indigenous Issues...
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The NSW Greenslip scheme featured in a Sydney Morning Herald story today under the headline 'Delay, deny, don't pay': How CTP insurance turned into a nightmare'. The...
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As a result of representations from members of the junior bar in relation to fee rates and payment for preparation time, I have held a meeting with the...
Read more >Justice Richard Tracey of the Victorian Registry of the Federal Court retired on Friday, 17 August. Commenting on his Honour's retirement, Bar Association President Arthur Moses SC said: "The NSW Bar...
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I am in discussions with the NSW Government and heads of jurisdictions regarding the introduction of a pilot scheme for the use of an ID card to access court...
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On Tuesday 21 August, the Criminal Law Committee will host a seminar titled "Sentencing Reforms"
The speakers will be Luke Grant, Assistant Commissioner, NSW Corrective...
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Have you recently moved to new chambers or changed contact details? The Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 requires barristers to advise the Bar Council, in writing, of any...
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On Tuesday, 18 September, the NSW Judicial Commission Ngara Yura Committee, the NSW Bar Association’s First Nations Committee and the Law Society of NSW Indigenous Issues...
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Have you recently moved to new chambers or changed contact details? The Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 requires barristers to advise the Bar Council, in writing, of any...
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The Common Law Committee & the President of the NSW Bar Association would like to invite all NSW Bar Members to the 2018 Common Law Drinks to be held in the Cocktail Lounge of the...
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The Bar Association's Professional Development Department invites members to submit suggestions and/or abstracts for papers to be included in the association's 2019 CPD Conference...
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On Tuesday 21 August, the Criminal Law Committee will host a seminar titled "Sentencing Reforms"
The speakers will be Luke Grant, Assistant Commissioner, NSW...
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Attorney General Mark Speakman has tabled in parliament the report of the Law Reform Commission's review of the Guardianship Act 1987, which recommends a new regime for...
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