The Australian Academy of Law is pleased to announce the offering of its Annual Essay Prize for 2020.
The amount of the Prize is $10,000.
The essay topic for the Prize in 2020 is as follows:
"The...
Read more >
The State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) has documented actions being taken to respond to the impacts - and potential impacts - of COVID-19 on its schemes and customers. Updated information in...
Read more >
For a limited time, the Bar Yoga Group's instructor, Jolie, is offering members access to twice-weekly (Mondays and Fridays at 1pm) 'Zoom Yoga in your room’ sessions. These are 30 minute...
Read more >
The Bar Association has this morning received a communication from the Chief Justice of NSW, the Hon T F Bathurst AC, regarding variations to procedures in the Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice has...
Read more >
What if the corporate memory and collective wisdom of the New South Wales Bar could be tapped into, via a website? The Bar Association has commissioned media consultant, researcher,...
Read more >
The Attorney General, the Hon Mark Speakman SC MP has today announced the appointment of Sydney barrister Scott Nash and lawyer Bree Chisholm as Local Court Magistrates.
Social distancing demands of...
Read more >
The Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of NSW has today announced the appointment of Mr Peter Kempthorne, Mr Paul Knight, Mr Matthew Pullinger and Ms Jennifer Smithson as Acting...
Read more >
Success at the New South Wales Bar means different things to different people. The Wellbeing Committee interviews members of the Bench and Bar about their professional life,...
Read more >
The President of the Law Council of Australia has today issued a Media Release stating she supports the establishment of a cross party Senate Select Committee, to review and report on the Australian...
Read more >
The New South Wales Bar Association is calling for Counsel who can receive a pro bono referral from the Federal Court to advise and assist migrant applicants and appellants in detention. Expressions...
Read more >
The book club will be zooming on Tuesday 14 April at 5.30pm.
The book that we shall be discussing is Circe by Madeline Miller.
If you aren’t already on the book club...
Read more >
BarCare is an independent, professional counselling service, which helps members of the Bar Association to manage emotional and stress-related problems, such as marital breakdown, drug or...
Read more >
Court remote technologies
The Bar Association continues to receive reports from members regarding the operation of court technologies in remote hearings and their functionality in different curial...
Read more >
Last year the Bar Council approved a new family care pilot program. It's designed to complement the existing reserved places childcare scheme with in-home emergency care...
Read more >
If you are trying to adjust to working from home, The Good Guys Commercial is committed to take care of your needs during this time. Whether it is a laptop or monitor to...
Read more >
The Bar Yoga Group resumed their regular Wednesday class, this time via Zoom. By all accounts it was a great success, with members logging in from their home offices around Sydney and...
Read more >
The last few weeks have brought unprecedented challenges for the courts and the legal profession with regard to the establishment of effective systems...
Read more >
The Public Defenders are collecting information about the new COVID-19 court procedures to assess what difficulties are being encountered by practitioners. The information is being collected by way...
Read more >The Hon Stephen Thackray, former Chief Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia and Head of the Appeal Division of the Family Court of Australia, has passed away after a short illness. Stephen...
Read more >
Renewal Application forms for 2020 are now being sent to Bar Cover members. Renewals this year are securely hosted by DocuSign.
DocuSign will send you an email with your electronic form attached....
Read more >
BarCare is an independent, professional counselling service, which helps members of the Bar Association to manage emotional and stress-related problems, such as marital breakdown, drug or...
Read more >
For the latest edition of Legal Aid News click here.
Read more >
The Chief Judge of the District Court, The Hon Justice D M Price AM, has today released new Criminal Practice Note 18 regarding criminal trials, new Criminal Practice Note 19 regarding Criminal...
Read more >
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Ms Sarah McNaughton SC has this morning released an update to key stakeholders regarding COVID-19 and progression and early...
Read more >
PwC Australia has provided the Australian Bar Association with a very useful high-level summary of tax issues associated with the spread of COVID-19 as...
Read more >© New South Wales Bar Association.
All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
To top