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New Category announced on 25 June - ADR Chambers of the year
The Australian Disputes Centre invites your nominations in the Australian ADR Awards 2019. Now in their 4th year, the...
Read more >New Category announced on 25 June - ADR Chambers of the year
The Australian Disputes Centre invites your nominations in the Australian ADR Awards 2019. Now in their 4th year, the...
Read more >The Australian Academy of Law and the Academy of Science Symposium to be held on 22 August 2019. A “hypothetical” on Climate Change: the Science and the Law.
Date: Thursday 22 August...
Read more >President Tim Game SC has announced the Bar Association committees for 2019-20. The new committees formally come into effect on 8 July 2019. View the full list of appointees here.
Read more >On Tuesday 23 July, at 5.15pm, Clinton Towers CA CISA, Director, Access Forensics will present a seminar titled 'A litigator’s guide to...
Read more >In August 2019 (19 – 26 August) Learned Friends is holding a Conference in Seville/Lisbon. Speakers include Judge Dina Yehia SC, Peter Cummings SC, Suzanne Christie SC and Kim...
Read more >You are invited to attend a stimulating panel discussion on tips and trips for improving arbitration proceedings so that it is a more time and cost efficient process. In particular,...
Read more >The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday 13 August 2019 at 5.30pm.
The book is a psychological thriller, The Woman in the Window by A J Finn.
The New Yorker has a review and an...
Read more >New Category announced on 25 June - ADR Chambers of the year
The Australian Disputes Centre invites your nominations in the Australian ADR Awards 2019. Now in their 4th year, the...
Read more >The Federal Court of Australia is holding an Admiralty and Maritime Seminar on 24 July 2019 – 1.10pm-1.50pm est.
The Topic of the seminar is Salvage learnings from the Thor Commander presented by...
Read more >The Blue Mountains Regional Law Society is holding its third Succession Conference from Friday 13 September 2019 to Sunday 15 September 2019 at the Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath.
There are some...
Read more >The NSW Attorney General the Hon Mark Speakman SC MP has today announced that the Chief Judge of the District Court, the Honourable Justice Derek Price AM, will carry out a review of case management...
Read more >Presented by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW, the 2019 Mason Conversation features The Honourable Michael McHugh AC QC in conversation with Professor George Williams AO.
The Mason...
Read more >Application fees payable in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in respect of certain types of applications, in accordance with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Regulation 2015, have changed as of...
Read more >As you will be aware the conference ‘Antipodean Advocacy: Trans-Tasman Perspectives’ will explore the nuances between the two jurisdictions and discuss various areas...
Read more >The next Commercial Law Section CPD seminar will be held on Wednesday, 31 July 2019 at 5.15pm in the Bar Association Common Room.
The seminar presented by...
Read more >At its meeting on 2 July 2019, the Reserve Bank Board decided to lower the cash rate target by 0.25% to 1.00%. Accordingly, the rate of interest on unpaid legal costs, prescribed...
Read more >The Legal Aid NSW Board approved a suite of changes to the Contributions Policy and apply to applications determined on or after 1 July 2019. The changes include removing the Unpaid Contributions...
Read more >ASIC has announced that, under changes to the Corporations Act 2001 which take effect today, whistleblower protections have been extended to current and former company...
Read more >Legal Aid NSW is seeking applications from suitably qualified persons for the position of senior advocate - Criminal Law Division - Central Sydney. The successful applicant will...
Read more >President Tim Game SC invites applications for Senior Counsel for 2019. The principles governing the selection and appointment of those to be designated as senior...
Read more >The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday, 2 July 2019 at 5.30pm in the Bar Library. Light refreshments will be served.
All welcome (that includes new readers).
The book is...
Read more >"You cannot be what you cannot see" said Marian Wright Edelman - most recently referenced by Beyonce in Homecoming. And with that introduction to grab your attention: the annual NSW Bar...
Read more >Get uncompromising value and peace of mind when you purchase your next car through your benefits program. With free access to Australia’s largest car buying service,...
Read more >Members are invited to take part in a research study being conducted by the University of Sydney exploring Australian lawyers’ experience of mental health. It involves filling out an anonymous...
Read more >After 30 June you cannot lodge an application for renewal, this includes having already completed and lodged your renewal but it not having been accompanied by payment and/or notification that your...
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