2019 Bathurst Lecture

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The Commercial Law Section will hold the 2019 Bathurst lecture, named in honour of the Hon T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of NSW on Wednesday 6 March 2019.
The speaker for the 2019...
Read more >The Commercial Law Section will hold the 2019 Bathurst lecture, named in honour of the Hon T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of NSW on Wednesday 6 March 2019.
The speaker for the 2019...
Read more >In both parenting and financial litigation in courts exercising family law jurisdiction one (or maybe both) of the parties whose relationship has broken down are simultaneously facing criminal...
Read more >On Thursday, November 22, Geoffrey Watson SC, Barrister, New Chambers; Associate Professor Munjed Al Muderis MB ChB FRACS, FAOrthA, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Dr Barri...
Read more >Members are invited to a screening on Monday, 26 November 2018 of The Scribe - a superb documentary about the legendary Graham Freudenberg, plus an exclusive panel discussion on political...
Read more >The Honourable Justice McColl AO will retire as a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on Sunday, 27 January 2019.
A formal ceremony to mark this occasion will be...
Read more >The book for next year’s first meeting of the book club is Love is Blind by William Boyd.
The end of year dinner will be held on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 6.30pm at Continental...
Read more >The 2018 Maurice Byers Annual Lecture will delivered by Professor Adrienne Stone, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow, Director,...
Read more >On Thursday, November 22, Geoffrey Watson SC, Barrister, New Chambers; Associate Professor Munjed Al Muderis MB ChB FRACS, FAOrthA, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Dr Barri...
Read more >The Federal Circuit Court’s Form 5 - Small claim under the Fair Work Act 2009 has been amended. The change is an additional tick box to question 26: Remedy sought– identification of a...
Read more >The next AACL seminar, titled "The Rule of Law in the Age of Statutes", will be held on Wednesday, 21 November 2018.
Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) will run another fast track judicial review workshop in Sydney, based on the Law Institute of Victoria training materials. It is scheduled for Monday, 26...
Read more >A vacancy now exists at William Owen Chambers in Orange. These Chambers have been established since 1991. This is an opportunity to practice in the western region of...
Read more >The NSW Bar Choir will hold its annual Christmas Concert at St James' Church to raise funds for Minds Count Foundation (formerly named the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation). - Date:...
Read more >The NSW Court of Appeal has just published its latest Decisions of Interest Bulletin on the Court of Appeal website. Learn more here.
Read more >On Thursday, November 22, Geoffrey Watson SC, Barrister, New Chambers; Associate Professor Munjed Al Muderis MB ChB FRACS, FAOrthA, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Dr Barri Phatarfod MB BS,...
Read more >It was a great pleasure to co-host the Rise2018 national conference with the Australian Bar Association last week. By all accounts the conference was a great...
Read more >The Dawn de Loas Correctional Centre (minimum security correctional centre for male offenders at the Silverwater Correctional Complex) will have new visiting hours, effective 26...
Read more >The Hon Murray Wilcox AO QC, former judge of the Federal Court of Australia and former chief justice of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia, died on Thursday, 8 November 2018. A...
Read more >Judge Greg Keating has today announced he will retire as president of the Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) on 7 December 2018.
Read more >2019 Law Society Diary pre-orders are now open. Get in quick, stocks are strictly limited. To pre-order click here to visit the Law Society.
Read more >This is the third and final event in the Academy’s Access to Justice series for 2018. Whereas the second one focussed on “Overcoming financial barriers”, this time the debate will be on...
Read more >The NSW Government has announced that Dan Howard SC will head the Special Commission of Inquiry into Ice. Professor Howard is a former president of the NSW Mental...
Read more >Attorney General Mark Speakman SC has announced the appointment of two new magistrates to the Local Court of NSW. David O'Neil, barrister at Maurice Byers Chambers, and Georgina Darcy,...
Read more >The Law Council has published its fortnightly Update, with coverage of Commonwealth prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery under the Intelligence Services Act 2001. There are stories on the...
Read more >The Family Court will host a seminar titled 'Appeals to the Full Court - Preparation and Procedure, Crafting Grounds and Appellate Advocacy' on Wednesday, 21 November 2018 from 5.00pm to 7.00pm....
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