Inbrief

The 2018 Forbes Lecture - Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Legal history

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...

Tony Fitzgerald returns to a Sydney practice

G E (Tony) Fitzgerald AC QC has resumed practice as an arbitrator and mediator in Sydney. Mr Fitzgerald can be contacted through New Chambers, Level 34, 126 Phillip Street, Sydney, 2000 or at...

Practising certificate renewals, 2018-19

Renewals update #1

All New South Wales barristers' practising certificates expire on 30 June 2018. A new practising certificate has to have been ISSUED before a barrister may practise on and from 1...

TONIGHT: The inaugural Bathurst Lecture

Tonight, the Commercial Law Section will hold its flagship event for the year, the inaugural Bathurst lecture, named in honour of the Hon T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of NSW.

The speaker will be...

rise2018 – 2018 ABA & NSWBA National Conference – 15-17 November, Sydney

Conferences

The theme for the 2018 ABA & NSWBA National Conference is rise2018 – relevant/resilient/respected, three concepts, carefully chosen as key to the legal profession dealing with...

Child Care Rebate

Member services and benefits

On 29 May the Bar Association will host an information session at 1.00pm in the Common Room regarding changes to the Child Care Rebate. Megan Black of Guardian Early...

Memorial service for the Hon C S C Sheller AO QC (1933-2018)

A memorial service will be held for the Honourable Charles Simon Camac Sheller AO QC in St James' Church King Street on Friday, 4 May 2018 at 2.00pm. Refreshments will be provided after the service.

MPC entering the Larapinta Challenge

Philanthropy

Natasha Hammond and Michele Kearns from MPC are participating in the Larapinta Challenge to raise funds for the Katrina Dawson Foundation. If you would like to support by donating,...

The Fourth Annual Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture

At the lectern

Dr Tim Soutphommasane and the Australian Human Rights Commission invite members to the 4th Annual Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture. Each year, the lecture is given by a leading figure to...

New South Wales Bar Association nominations to legal educational bodies

Appointments

President Arthur Moses SC has recently nominated a number of Bar Association representatives to the Legal Qualifications and Examinations Committees of the Legal Practitioners Admission...

New editor of the NSWLR

The Council of Law Reporting for NSW has announced the appointment of Dr Elisabeth Peden as the new editor of the New South Wales Law Reports. Dr Peden succeeds Bret Walker SC, who is now leading the...