As expected there has been a substantial increase in the use of online hearings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. All courts have a slightly...
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The NSW Court of Appeal has published its latest Decisions of Interest Bulletin. Learn more here.
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The Probate List and the Family Provision List have been amalgamated into the Succession List. All Probate and family provision matters will be case managed by...
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His Honour Judge Robert Sorby passed away on Sunday 22 March. Formerly of Wardell Chambers, Mr Sorby was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1991 and served on the District Court Bench from...
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In the last twenty four hours the Supreme Court of NSW and the District Court have issued statements indicating that those courts will be using remote...
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As part of the Bar Association's ongoing effort to ensure that members are supported to meet their continuing professional development (CPD) obligations, we are proud to...
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The library is now closed to visitors and no further hard copy materials may be borrowed. Any books currently on loan will not be due back until the crisis is over.
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The Bar Association has made enquiries this morning with Toll regarding the current status of DX services. Toll have advised that DX services are currently still in operation until further...
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From 1 March 2020 changes to the Legal Services Award 2010 (the Legal Services Award) became effective. The Legal Services Award applies, in New South Wales, to employers engaged in...
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The Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW has this morning released an update regarding operations in response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic. The update is available here.
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The Supreme Court of NSW has this afternoon announced a series of changes to court operations.
The Court's announcement relates to:
personal appearances;
electronic delivery of...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today released a statement advising that non-essential indoor gatherings of greater than 100 people (including staff)...
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First, today I have met with the Chief Justice and the Executive Director and Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court regarding procedures at that...
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The health and welfare of our members is the Bar Association's paramount concern at this challenging time. If a member appearing before a court or...
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The justices of the High Court have issued Practice Direction No 1 and Practice Direction No 2 of 2020, which take effect tomorrow Monday 23 March 2020 “in relation to some of the...
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The NTBA has been monitoring the ongoing situation with regard to the COVID 19 (coronavirus) virus as well as the various restrictions that are being introduced to attempt to contain its spread.
In...
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The Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court have tonight issued a statement to the legal profession and two new Practice Directions, PD 2 and PD 3 of 2020. The Practice...
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Lifeblood is calling on eligible Australians to become blood donors and for existing donors to make and honour their appointments to prevent a potential shortage of blood supplies.
Some...
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The Reserve Bank Board today decided to lower the cash rate target from 0.5% to 0.25%. Accordingly, the rate of interest on unpaid legal costs, prescribed by s 195 of the Legal...
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The Registrar at Cessnock Local Court has advised that arrangements are now being put in place for the return to operations at Cessnock Court House, following the suspension of sittings at the Court...
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We encourage all our users who need to borrow hard copy materials to do this while the library remains open. Any books currently on loan will not be due back until the library reopens. If,...
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In order to help minimise the spread of the COVID—19 virus, the New South Wales Bar Association’s office and library will be closed to visitors from 2pm each afternoon from today.
Bar...
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Parties to Supreme Court proceedings can access the Virtual Courtroom using video and telephone conferencing applications. Virtual courtrooms are still formal courtrooms....
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Women currently working in the legal sector have a final opportunity to register their interest in a Women & Leadership Australia scholarship worth up to $5,000 to support participation in an...
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We are presently experiencing an extraordinarily difficult time in our community. It presents unprecedented challenges for Barristers. Members of our...
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