Inbrief

Surviving the Sri Lankan civil war

Philanthropy

Members are invited to attend a literary lunch hosted by the Refugee Advice & Casework Service on Friday, 19 October 2018. The topic will be "The Power of Good People Surviving the Sri...

His Honour Judge Kevin O'Connor AM (1946-2018)

Funeral arrangements

His Honour Judge Kevin O'Connor's funeral will take place at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Waverley on Thursday 11 October 2018 at 10.30 am.

15 Bobber for Justice Kelly Rees

Collegiality

Members of the NSW Bar Association are invited to attend the 15 Bobber for the Hon Justice Kelly Rees, celebrating her recent appointment to the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The 15...

Re-thinking the War on Drugs

Advocacy

The Bar Association's 2014 Drug Law Reform discussion paper was cited in a Sydney Morning Herald article, "Richard Branson backs church-led push to decriminalise drugs in NSW".

Bar...

2018 CIArb Australia Annual Dinner

Members are invited to attend the 2018 CIArb Australia Dinner featuring guest speaker, Allan Myers AC QC. To be held at No35, at the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins, the dinner will be attended by...

Retirement ceremony for Chief Justice John Pascoe AC CVO

Collegiality

Members are advised a joint ceremony of the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia will be held on Monday, 8 October 2018 to mark the retirement of Chief...

Nominations for 2019 Bar Council

Governance

Members are reminded that nominations for the 2019 Bar Council must be received by the returning officer by 4.00pm on Monday, 8 October 2018.

Nomination forms have been posted to all...

Best Practice Guide to Mandatory Criminal Case Conferencing

Law reform and public affairs

Legal Aid NSW, the NSW ODPP and the Commonwealth DPP have published the best practice guidelines to mandatory criminal case conferencing under the Early Appropriate...

CPD in October

Monday, October 15 2018 - Surrounding Circumstances in Contractual Interpretation: the State of the Law

Presented by John Eldridge, Lecturer, The University of Sydney. Chaired by Greg Tolhurst....

Equitable briefing report due

Diversity

The equitable briefing reporting year closed on 30 June. Reports were due on 30 September.

This year, reports must be provided to the Law Council of Australia directly through its...

Courts in the crosshairs

In the Weekend Australian at page 17 on Saturday there was an important analysis by former High Court judge Dyson Heydon on unacceptable delays of judgments being delivered, especially in the Federal...

Mental Health Month

Wellbeing

October is Mental Health Month and the Black Dog Institute is running a number of presentations as webinars for those of you who may not have had the opportunity to attend.

For more...

His Honour Judge Kevin O'Connor AM (1946-2018)

Vale

His Honour Judge Kevin O'Connor, former President of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal and Deputy President of NCAT, District Court Judge and Federal Privacy Commissioner passed away on...