In a recent consultation process, the NSW Bar Association (through the work of its Costs and Fees Committee) made a submission to the Department of Justice seeking an increase in the rate of...
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Thursday, June 14 2018 - Issues in Securities Class Actions
Presented by Jeremy Kirk SC and Perry Herzfeld. Commentary by The Hon Peter Jacobson QC. Chaired by Ruth Higgins SC. For full details,...
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The Bar Association is hatching a plan to enter runners in the 2018 Sun-Herald City to Surf on Sunday, 12 August 2018 to raise money for the Black Dog Institute. In the vanguard will be...
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Debra Maher will be sworn-in as a magistrate in the Children's Court on Monday, 18 June 2018 at 9.00am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court. President Arthur Moses SC will...
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President Arthur Moses SC will host the Senior Counsel Information Seminar in the Bar Common Room on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 at 5.15 pm for all members who wish to apply for silk this year. The...
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Members are reminded that the next Forbes legal history tutorial will be delivered by Professor Mark Lunney, on "History of the law of tort" on Tuesday, 19 June 2018, at 5.15pm in...
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Your tips in the Not the NSW Bar Association World Cup Tipping competition are due before 1am this Friday 15 June (ie tomorrow night). The competition is open to all members of the Bench and Bar, and...
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Thursday, June 14 2018 - Issues in Securities Class Actions
Presented by Jeremy Kirk SC and Perry Herzfeld. Commentary by The Hon Peter Jacobson QC. Chaired by Ruth Higgins SC. For full details,...
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The Bar Association's media release and submission on reforms to defamation laws were reported in The Australian yesterday. President Arthur Moses SC has argued that...
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Bar Council has appointed the following as members of the 2018 Senior Counsel Selection Committee.
The Bar Association is pleased to advise that four members were recognised in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
The Hon Catherine Branson QC - Companion(AC) in the General Division...
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The Attorney General the Hon Mark Speakman SC MP and the Treasurer the Hon Dominic Perrottet MP have today announced additional funding for civil justice...
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Thursday, June 14 2018 - Issues in Securities Class Actions
Presented by Jeremy Kirk SC and Perry Herzfeld. Commentary by The Hon Peter Jacobson QC. Chaired by Ruth Higgins SC. For full details,...
Read more >On Tuesday 26 June 2018 the NSW Bar Association will host a seminar on "Tendency evidence including how to approach concoction/contamination". Presented by Tanya Smith, Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor...
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2/17 and 1/18 Readers and their Tutors are invited to attend the 2018 Tutors & Readers Dinner. The dinner will be held in the Establishment Ballroom on Friday, 22 June at 7.00pm for...
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Members are invited to celebrate of the career of the Hon Jane Mathews AO on Friday, 15 June 2018. Speaking for the Hon Jane Mathews AO will be the Hon Margaret Beazley AO. The...
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John Hope Gibson, former barrister and prothonotary of the NSW Supreme Court, died on Saturday, 9 June 2018. He will be buried at a private ceremony.
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The NSW Attorney General has announced that NSW will "lead a push to modernise" Australia’s defamation law and improve the justice system’s engagement with digital...
Read more >The next Francis Forbes Society legal history tutorial will be "History of the Law of Tort", to be delivered by Professor Mark Lunney on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 at 5.15pm in Banco Court.... Read more >
If you're looking for relaxed, revivifying discussion, but can't wait for the next Bar Book Club meeting, try Climate in the Pub on Tuesday, 12 June, 7.00pm at 3 Weeds Rozelle. The next...
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The Law Council of Australia has written to the Commonwealth DPP to express concerns about changes to its fee structure, under which barristers appearing in trials will not receive...
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The New South Wales Bar Association today welcomed new recommendations by the Inspector of Custodial Services to improve access to legal representation and trial...
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The Judicial Conference of Australia has issued a statement expressing concern that judges might be "in the crossfire of debate" over proposed restructure of the Family Court and the Federal Circuit...
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The Bar Council of England and Wales has published a new report, titled Barristers' Working Lives 2017. Some of the findings are grim and reflect the data collected by the New South Wales...
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All practising certificate renewal documentation must be received by the Bar Association tomorrow, 7 June 2018, otherwise a late fee applies.
Remember: you don't need to wait for...
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