Inbrief
Wear it Purple Day - Friday 28 August 2020
Wear it Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for young LGBTQI+ people.
Members are encouraged to show their support by wearing purple on Friday 28 August...
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Motor Accidents Compensation Regulation 2020 (NSW) and Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Regulation 2020 (NSW)
The remade Motor Accidents Compensation Regulation 2020 (NSW) and Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Regulation 2020 (NSW) have been published on the Legislation NSW website today.
The...
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New NCAT website launched today
The President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), the Hon Justice Lea Armstrong, has today announced the launch of the new NCAT new website.
The NCAT website retains the same URL...
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Address by the Chief Justice of NSW to the First Virtual Admission Ceremony
The Supreme Court of New South Wales this week conducted the first virtual admission ceremony for legal practitioners.
In his address the Hon T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of NSW, made some timely...
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COVID-19: Information for Attending Court - Thursday 20 August 2020
The New South Wales Bar Association’s consolidated guide to COVID-19-related court arrangements has today again been updated in terms of recent developments.
Members are advised that, although the...
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Law Council of Australia Media Release - Over two years since NT Royal Commission and there has been limited progress for young Indigenous People
The Law Council of Australia has today issued a media release noting that, over two years on from the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory,...
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Inclusion and Diversity Note
How far have we really come?
To observe as the public does, looking from the outside in at practice at the Bar in 2020, there is an appearance of diversity and inclusion. Conversely, looking from...
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Bar FC hold Core Talent to a draw
Today saw Bar FC pick up a point and play some excellent football to draw 2-2 against Core Talent FC. Under the watchful eyes of Lindsay J, Bar FC took the early lead as a result of a masterful...
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COVID-19: Information for Attending Court - Wednesday 19 August 2020
The New South Wales Bar Association’s consolidated guide to COVID-19-related court arrangements has today again been updated in terms of recent developments.
Members are advised that, although the...
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Court of Appeal Decisions of Interest Bulletin
Practice support
The NSW Court of Appeal has published its latest Decisions of Interest Bulletin on the Court of Appeal website. Learn more here
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IBA 2020 - Virtually Together Conference - registration is now open
The IBA 2020 – Virtually Together Conference (2nd-27th November 2020) provides an exciting new way to bring the IBA and the world’s legal community together in a spirit of shared purpose. In this...
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COVID-19: Information for Attending Court - Tuesday 18 August 2020
The New South Wales Bar Association’s consolidated guide to COVID-19-related court arrangements has today again been updated in terms of recent developments.
Members are advised that, although the...
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Minds Count Annual Lecture - 31 August 2020
The Minds Count Annual Lecture will this year be held as an online webinar on Monday 31 August 2020 from 6.00 pm-7.15 pm.
Facilitating the webinar this year will be Gus Worland. Gus is an Australian...
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Bar News Winter 2020 - a COVID-19 online special edition
Bar News goes digital
The latest edition of Bar News is an all-digital COVID-19 Special Edition.
The onset of the pandemic has seen many rapid changes to the way we work. The Bar News Committee...
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Sybil Morrison Lecture 2020 - 5.30 pm Tomorrow
Webinar
The New South Wales Bar Association’s annual Sybil Morrison Lecture will be held via Zoom tomorrow from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
The inaugural Sybil Morrison Lecture was held in 2019 and...
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COVID-19: Information for Attending Court - Monday 17 August 2020
The New South Wales Bar Association’s consolidated guide to COVID-19-related court arrangements has today again been updated in terms of recent developments.
Members are advised that, although the...
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Parramatta Local Court
Media reports overnight have indicated that a security contractor working at Parramatta Local Court on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th August has tested positive to COVID-19.
The Association has...
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Advocating on Screen: Meeting the challenges of the "virtual" environment - Thursday 27th August 2020 at 5.30pm
Interactive Webinar
"… the best oral advocacy course I have ever done. It was the most effective and unexpectedly best use of 2 hours of my time on a Wednesday evening."
Our profession and...
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COVID-19: Information for Attending Court - Friday 14 August 2020
The New South Wales Bar Association’s consolidated guide to COVID-19-related court arrangements has today again been updated in terms of recent developments.
Members are advised that, although the...
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What does the future hold for justice in a viral world?
The Law Society of NSW is partnering with the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) to explore the technological, psychological and personal challenges for everyone involved in legal...
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Bar Association supports ALS call for an end to Indigenous over-imprisonment in NSW within a decade
President’s message
Last month the Commonwealth Government announced targets aiming to reduce adult incarceration by 15% by 2031. Those targets have attracted widespread criticism as being...
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Law Council of Australia ILS International Law and Practice Course Lecture two - Tuesday 18 August
Join the LCA's International Law Section for the second ILS International Law and Practice Course lecture for 2020, featuring the Hon Justice Brian Preston, Chief Judge of the NSW Land and...
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COVID-19: Information for Attending Court - Thursday 13 August 2020
The New South Wales Bar Association’s consolidated guide to COVID-19-related court arrangements has today again been updated in terms of recent developments, and includes an announcement from the...
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Next meeting of the Bar Book Club - 5.30pm, Tuesday 29 September 2020
The next selection for the book club is The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams.
Reviews can be found here and here.
The meeting will be held via Zoom on Tuesday 29 September 2020 at 5.30pm. If you...
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Bar FC defeated 3-0 by Schroders FC
This week was a little like Groundhog Day. Bar FC (median age 40) were up against a somewhat physical, faster and younger team (median age 30), What a difference ten years makes!
Without doubt the...
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