Inbrief

Book launch: Mediation Quest

The Australian Dispute Resolution Association Inc. (ADRA) invites members to the book launch for Mediation Quest: Making Sense of Loss, by Dr Katherine Johnson, on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 at 6.30pm at...

Coming up in CPD tonight

Tuesday, April 10 2018 - The State of the Family Law System

Presented by Michael Kearney SC, Chair of the Family Law Committee, The Honourable Stephen O’Ryan QC, Greenway Chambers and Suzanne...

Next Meeting of the Bar Book Club – please note change of date

Wellbeing

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 6.00pm in the library. Light refreshments will be provided.

The book we have chosen is Anatomy of a scandal by Sarah Vaughan. The Good...

ALSA conference in Sumatra

Conferences

The Australian Lawyers Surfing Association will hold its 9th annual continuing legal education conference beginning Sunday, 19 August at Resort Latitude Zero situated in Sumatra’s...

Keith Mason to deliver the Robin Sharwood Lecture in Church Law

At the lectern

The Hon Keith Mason AC QC will deliver the Robin Sharwood Lecture in Church Law on Thursday, 19 April 2018 at 6.00pm. The lecture, titled "Clergy status in the age of the royal...

District Court issues new practice note

Practice and procedure

The Hon Justice DM Price AM, chief judge of the District Court, has issued Practice Note 1A (Civil) - Case Management in Country Sittings. The Practice Note was published in...

Crisis in Legal Aid

Law reform and public affairs

On Wednesday, 18 April 2018 the Bar Association will host a seminar to highlight the decline in funding for Legal Aid in NSW. It has been 11 years since the last...

COMING UP IN CPD

Monday, April 09 2018 - The Structure and Themes of the ICAC

Presented by The Hon Peter Hall QC, Chief Commissioner ICAC. Chaired by Arthur Moses SC. For full details, please download a flyer here.... Read more >

Screening visitors entering the High Court building in Canberra

In October 2017 the High Court introduced screening of visitors entering the High Court building in Canberra. At that time, as an interim measure, legal practitioners attending the building for...

The Mindful Barrister - 16 April in the Common Room

Wellbeing

Mindfulness describes a particular way of paying attention, and is receiving wide interest across organisations seeking to meet the challenges of an ‘always-on’ culture. Barristers...

Crisis in Legal Aid

On Wednesday, 18 April 2018 the Bar Association will host a seminar to highlight the decline in funding for Legal Aid in NSW. It has been 11 years since the last increase in Legal Aid rates for...

Trust money account – Fees in advance

Standards

Any barrister who has, in the period in the period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, received fees in advance – that is, as described in the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application...

COMING UP IN CPD - NEW SEMINARS ADDED

Monday, April 09 2018 - The Structure and Themes of the ICAC

Presented by The Hon Peter Hall QC, Chief Commissioner ICAC. Chaired by Arthur Moses SC. Details to follow.

Tuesday, April 10 2018 - The...

Law reporting function

Law reporting

The Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting invites interested members of the New South Wales Bar to attend a function welcoming the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for...

Tonight: First World War commemoration

Legal history

This evening at 5.15 pm the Forbes Society will host a commemoration of the First World War heroism of a barrister and a solicitor, both from NSW. The Hon Justice Slattery, a...

Over-worked, under-resourced judiciary at breaking point

Wellbeing

The Age has reported on the sudden death of a Victorian magistrate, Stephen Myall. Bar Association President Arthur Moses SC, commenting via Twitter, described the tragedy as "a sombre...

Katrina Dawson awarded a Bravery Medal

The Australian Bravery Decorations were announced on 29 March by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC and Katrina Dawson received a Bravery Medal for her conduct during the Lindt Cafe Siege,...

The Secret Barrister tells it like it is

Wellbeing

The Guardian has reported on a new book by an anonymous English barrister, which describes how funding cuts have brought the UK criminal justice system to its knees, resulting in...

The High Court on Constitutional Law

At the lectern

Justin Gleeson SC has delivered the keynote address to the 2018 Constitutional Law Conference in Sydney. View the paper here.

NSW Bar is committed to pro bono work

A statement from President Arthur Moses SC

The NSW Bar has concerns about the ‘family law callover’ to be conducted in the Sydney Registry of the Federal Circuit Court in April 2018. Pro bono...

Save the date: the inaugural Bathurst Lecture

On 3 May 2018, the Commercial Law Section will be holding 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...

Western Sydney deserves equal access to justice

Law reform and public affairs

The Parramatta Advertiser has published an opinion piece by President Arthur Moses SC, which calls upon state and federal governments to end the chronic...

New Indigenous court must be a priority

Law reform and public affairs

In the wake of this week's ALRC report on Indigenous incarceration, The Australian today published an opinion piece by President Arthur Moses SC urging the NSW...

NEW! Childcare available at The Pavilion located at 126 Phillip Street

Member services and benefits

The NSW Bar Association childcare offering has expanded to The Pavilion Centre located at level 4, 146 Phillip Street. Guardian Early Learning Group is now taking...

Access to digital assets after death

Law reform and public affairs

The NSW Law Reform Commission will review and report on the question of access to digital assets upon a person’s death or incapacity. The commission invites...