Inbrief

Celebrating the appointment of women senior counsel 2018

Diversity

The Women Barristers Forum is pleased to invite members of the New South Wales Bar to celebrate the 2018 appointments of women senior counsel, with guest speaker, the Hon Justice Lucy...

Decisions of interest

Practice support

The NSW Court of Appeal has just published its latest Decisions of Interest Bulletin on the Court of Appeal website. Learn more here.

Paul Anastassiou QC appointed to the Federal Court

Appointments

Attorney-General, Christian Porter has today announced Mr Paul Anastassiou QC has been appointed as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and will commence in the Melbourne Registry...

New District Court Practice Note Crim 16 – Work Health and Safety Prosecutions

Practice and procedure

The District Court has published new Criminal Practice Note 16 regarding Work Health and Safety prosecutions. The Practice Note takes effect next Monday 5 November. View the...

Female applicants to Canada's federal courts outnumber men for first time

Diversity

For the first time in Canada female applicants to Federal Courts have outnumbered men. The President of the Canadian Bar Assoc quoted, “a phenomenally good news story. Women are now...

Uluru Statement from the Heart

Advocacy

In May 2017 a convention of First Nations People from across the continent gathered at Yulara NT and adopted the Uluru Statement from the Heart as an expression of their aspirations for a...

LCA Opinion Piece - Federal Court deserves a fair hearing

Law reform and public affairs

Morry Bailes, President, Law Council of Australia has written an Opinion Piece which was published in The Australian Financial Review today regarding the Federal Court...

Queensland Bar Association announce first female President

Appointments

Congratulations to Ms Rebecca Treston QC who has been elected President of the Bar Association of Queensland. Ms Treston is the first female President to be elected by the Queensland...

Results for the election of the 2019 Bar Council

Governance

Pursuant to Rule 11.8.1 of the Bar Association Constitution, polling officers have certified the following results for the election of the 2019 Bar Council.

Declaration of Bar Council...

Reports of children leaving Nauru, LCA urges government to keep families together

Law reform and public affairs

The Australian legal profession is today cautiously welcoming media reports that all asylum seeker children will be removed from Nauru by the end of the year.

Law...

A message from President Arthur Moses SC

Bar standards

It is with regret that I find myself having to remind practitioners that rudeness, aggression, abuse and hostility towards the staff of the Bar Association will not be tolerated.

Our...

CIArb Australia Debate: To arbitrate or to litigate, that is the question

Members are invited to attend a debate of Shakespearean proportions; of a Danish nature ... Motion to Debate: “To arbitrate or litigate, that is the question” Moderator: Angus Stewart QC, New...

Janine Webster Appointed as IRC Commissioner

Appointments

Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations Dominic Perrottet today announced the appointment of Janine Webster as a new commissioner of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission...

In conversation with Dr Richard Harris - Thai cave rescue hero

5 days to left to register

Dr Richard ‘Harry’ Harris – Australian anaesthetist and expert cave diver – will address guests at the Rise2018 ABA-NSWBA national conference on Saturday, 17...

CDPP and fees for Counsel

Practice support

On 20 August 2018, the president notified members that he had held discussions with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commonwealth Solicitor for Public...

2019 Bar Council Election and Annual General Meeting

Governance

Voting for the 2019 Bar Council closes today at 1.00pm. The Annual General Meeting will be held tonight at 5.00pm in the Common Room of the New South Wales Bar Association, Lower Ground...

Remembering Katrina Dawson

Friends and family of Katrina Dawson gathered yesterday evening in the Common Room to honour the first three recipients of the Bar Association's Katrina Dawson Award: Claire Palmer, Josie Dempster...

Bar Council of the Western Australian Bar Association

The Western Australian Bar Association held their Annual General Meeting on 24 October 2018 and the following members were elected to Bar Council for 2018-2019:

President: Stephen Davies SC

Vice...

Fair Treatment Campaign Event - the long walk to treatment

Fair Treatment Campaign Event – the long walk to treatment is being held on Friday 2 November at 12.30pm

The NSW Bar Association is a member of the Fair Treatment campaign for drug law reform....

Inner City Legal Centre - Transgender Day of Remembrance

On Tuesday the 20th of November, Inner City Legal Centre we will be hosting a breakfast at Clayton Utz to honour and remember those who have suffered violence as a result of transphobia. The keynote...

WBF Cocktails and Canapes to celebrate the women silks of 2018

Diversity

The Women Barristers Forum invites members to join them for cocktails and canapes at the Verandah Bar Restaurant on Wednesday 7 November from 5.30 - 7.30pm, to celebrate the appointment of...

CPD Tonight: Appearing before Tribunals

Continuing Professional Development

Please join Deputy Presidents of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal as they discuss tips for effective...

Litigation on two fronts: when family law and criminal law intersect

CPD Save the Date!

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...

Book Launch: The Future of Australian Legal Education

You are warmly invited to the launch of the book, The Future of Australian Legal Education, by the Hon Justice Margaret Beazley AO, the President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. The book,...

Media Release - ABA rejects recent analysis of Federal Court judges’ productivity

The Australian Bar Association (ABA) has published a media release expressing its deep concern regarding recent attacks on Federal Court of Australia judges’ productivity which portrays the process...