Wendy Strathdee has been appointed to the District Court of NSW and to the Dust Diseases Tribunal. Ms Strathdee will be sworn-in tomorrow, 22 May, at John Maddison Tower on Level 21, at...
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Congratulations to Cynthia Cochrane who ran the SMH Half Marathon yesterday in 2:07:01. Cynthia raised funds for the Katrina Dawson Foundation. Cynthia raised nearly $4,500 for the...
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The Local Court (Amendment No 9) Rule 2018 (NSW) has been published on Legislation NSW and has commenced. The object of this rule is to amend the Local Court Rules 2009, as a consequence of the...
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Chief Justice T F Bathurst AC has re-issued Practice Note SC CL 5 – General Case Management List. This Practice Note applies to Urgent Applications in civil proceedings in...
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The Whitlam Institute has announced that the 2018 Gough Whitlam Oration will be delivered by Bret Walker SC on 5 June 2018 at 7.00pm in the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. The topic will...
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The Bar Book Club will meet again on 12 June. The book for discussion is A Very English Scandal by John Preston. It is in stock here and, of course, readily available in e-format. The...
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The 2018 Tutors & Readers Dinner is on Friday, 22 June. The guest of honour is Her Honour Judge Julia Baird and the speaker for the readers is Tim Senior. Invitations will be sent to...
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The Commercial Law Association's June Judges series is running on Friday, 8, 15 & 22 June. This year our speakers are: The Hon Justice Ashley Black on...
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Cynthia Cochrane is over half-way towards reaching her fundraising goal of $5,000 for the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon this Sunday, 20 May 2018. Cynthia is raising money for the...
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The next meeting of the Bar Knit Group will be held at 6.00pm on 22 May. Light refreshments are served. All welcome. If you’re looking for inspiration or a reason to get started, what...
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The trove of Bar News editions on the Bar Association's website has been updated with the addition of [2018] (Autumn) edition.
Bar News is the journal of the Bar Association, written...
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Reservations for the St John Ambulance Express First Aid course, to be hosted in the Bar Association’s Common Room on Thursday, 28 June 2018 from 9.00am to 1.00pm, have closed....
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The Commercial Law Section will host a seminar on securities class actions on Thursday, 14 June 2018. The chair is Ruth Higgins SC, the speakers are Jeremy Kirk SC and Perry Herzfeld, and the...
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On Wednesday, 30 May 2018 the Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC will deliver the 2018 Forbes Lecture, to mark the Centenary of the Women’s Legal Status Act 1918 (NSW). The lecture will...
Read more >Attorney General Mark Speakman today announced the appointment of Magistrate Michael Allen as deputy chief magistrate of the Local Court. The AG also announced that Legal Aid solicitor Debra Maher...
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The next tutorial in this year’s series of tutorials on Australian legal history will be delivered by the Hon Arthur Emmett AO QC, on The Roman Consensual Contracts: Sale, Hire and...
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Fast track your way to a career in international commercial arbitration. Registrations are now open for the 2018 CIArb Accelerated Route Towards Fellowship (ARF) course, which will be held from 23...
Read more >The Child Sexual Offence Evidence Pilot was developed to assist child victims and prosecution witnesses through the trial process in sexual offence matters. The pilot includes the introduction of...
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Photos from the 2018 Bench and Bar Dinner are now available for purchase online from Oneill Photographics. Please follow this link. The password is nswba2018.
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Members are invited to save the date for a celebration of the career of the Hon Jane Mathews AO on Friday, 15 June 2018. Further information will be provided closer to the date.
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On 7 May 2018, the Uniform Rules Committee approved Amendment No 85 and 86 to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules. The amendments commenced and were published on the NSW...
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The Commercial Law Association will host a one-day conference on "How will contract law meet the challenges of the 21st century?" on 27 July 2018 in The Gallery Room, Mitchell Wing, NSW State...
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Personal attacks on judges and magistrates on the basis of particular judgments undermine public confidence in our justice system, President Arthur Moses SC said in a...
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Over the last few days members have raised issues regarding access to John Maddision Tower and availability of courtrooms in the Downing Centre for District...
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The Women Barristers Forum will hold its AGM on 30 May 2018 at 4.45pm in Bar Association Conference Room 3.
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