Legal Aid NSW criminal law policy has been amended to incorporate the changes made by the sentencing reforms. The sentencing reforms abolish suspended sentences and...
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From today, suspended sentences will be abolished in NSW and replaced by "Intensive Correction Orders" as part of the NSW Government’s $330 million strategy to reduce...
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The Law Council is pleased to inform you that applications for the 2019 John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship (Koowarta Scholarship) are now open.
The Koowarta Scholarship was established in...
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The High Court of Australia handed down its unanimous decision in the matter of The Queen v Dennis Bauer (a pseudonym) on 12...
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The New South Wales Bar Association has welcomed the NSW Government’s commitment today to raise the maximum statutory judicial retirement age from 72 to 75. In a statement, attached here... Read more >
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 the Honorable Chief...
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Legal Aid sentencing reforms commence on Monday 24 September. The Legal Aid has been running training sessions over the last couple of months.
As an adjunct to the training sessions training staff...
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In most Early Appropriate Guilty Plea case conferences, the NSW ODPP prosecutors will participate by AVL, while the defence lawyer can choose between attending a conference at a...
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On 20 September 2018 the Australian Disputes Centre will hold the Supreme Court ADR Address by the Hon Chief Justice, Tom Bathurst AC. Titled "ADR, ODR and AI-DR or, Do We Even Need...
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The fifth annual Spigelman Public Law Oration will be delivered by the Hon Christian Porter MP, attorney-general of the Commonwealth on Monday, 24 September 2018 from...
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Attorney General Mark Speakman SC is calling for applications from qualified persons for appointment to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal as:
Read more >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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Legal aid is available to people at risk of, or experiencing, domestic violence. Changes to family law policies have been incorporated into parenting matters, property matters, child support matters...
Read more >Legal Aid NSW is establishing a new Indictable Criminal Law Barrister Panel for suitably experienced barristers to be briefed in non-complex criminal law matters (i.e. strictly...
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The High Court of Australia handed down its unanimous decision in the matter of The Queen v Dennis Bauer (a pseudonym) on 12...
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Some members have received an an email purporting to be from ASIC asking them to pay fees and give personal information to renew their business or company name. ASIC warns that...
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The fifth annual Spigelman Public Law Oration will be delivered by the Hon Christian Porter MP, attorney-general of the Commonwealth on Monday, 24 September 2018 from...
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Supporting victims of domestic violence must be the primary focus of any changes to the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services delivery model, the New South Wales Bar...
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The parental leave policy at Banco Chambers was the subject of a feature article in the Australian Financial Review on Friday, 14 September (at page 33). Under the policy, the chambers...
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The St Thomas More Society invites you to an evening of Wine Tasting and Canapes at Old Government House in Parramatta with Judge Norman Delaney on Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 6.15pm for...
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The Supreme Court of Nauru yesterday handed down judgment in the matter of The Republic of Nauru v Mathew Batsiua & Ors. Justice Geoff Muecke ordered that the proceedings against the defendants be...
Read more >The Supreme Court Annual Commercial and Corporate Law Conference will be held in the Banco Court on 20 November 2018 from 1.30 - 6 pm. The focus of the conference this year will be Directors'...
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Legal Aid sentencing reforms are due to commence on Monday 24 September. The Legal Aid has been running training sessions over the last couple of months.
As an adjunct to the training sessions...
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A Bench and Bar Lunch has been set down for Tuesday, 25 September 2018 from 12.45-2.00pm at No.10 Bistro (The Mint), 10 Macquarie Street (opposite the Law Courts Building). All members...
Read more >A federal judicial commission would have the potential to enhance the administration of justice, according to the president of the Law Council of Australia, Morry...
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