Inbrief
Implementing a Single Videoconference Platform for the Personal Injury Commission
The President of the NSW Personal Injury Commission has advised that the Commission will progressively be moving all videoconferencing to a single platform over the coming months.
This is part of...
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Support the NSW Bar Runners
Wellbeing
Twice-deferred since that start of the pandemic, the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon is now set for Sunday, 27 June. In the hope that it will proceed, the Wellbeing Committee has...
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Ceremony to welcome the appointment of Magistrate Karen Robinson as a Judge of the District Court of NSW - 15 June 2021
Magistrate Karen Robinson has been appointed a Judge of the District Court of New South Wales.
A formal ceremony to honour this occasion will be held in John Maddison Tower on Level 21, at 9:00am on...
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Senior Counsel Information Seminar
Wednesday 16 June at 5.15pm
The President, Michael McHugh SC and the Senior Vice President Gabrielle Bashir SC will host the Senior Counsel Information Seminar as a hybrid event offering attendance...
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2021 Bench & Bar Dinner
The President and the Bar Council have the pleasure of inviting all members of the New South Wales Bar Association to the 2021 Bench & Bar Dinner. The dinner will take place on Friday, 24 September...
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WBF Notice of AGM for 2020 & Election of office bearers: 16 June 2021
The Women Barristers’ Forum will be holding its AGM for 2020 via Zoom on Wednesday 16 June 2021 at 5:00pm. All women barristers are automatically members of the WBF. We invite all barristers,...
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2021 Vulnerable Witness Advocacy Training Program
In-Person - Saturday 17 July 2021
Judge Kara Shead SC and Judge Craig Smith SC will lead the NSW Bar Associations 2021 Vulnerable Witness Advocacy Training Program. The practical in-person training...
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Understanding Coercive Control in Practice
Webinar - Tuesday 15 June 2021
The NSW Bar Association’s Diversity and Equality Committee invites members to a discussion about the most insidious and dangerous form of domestic abuse: coercive...
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Commercial Law Association June Judges Lunchtime Series
This year our speakers are Justice Andrew Bell on 'Spiliada 35 years on’, Justice Lucy McCallum on ‘Personal criminal liability of company directors and officers’ and Justice Michael Lee on...
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State's Longest Serving Chief Magistrate to Retire
Attorney General Mark Speakman SC MP has today paid tribute to NSW’s longest serving Chief Magistrate, Judge Graeme Henson AM for his contribution to the NSW justice system.
Judge Graeme Henson...
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Shar Doudman finalist in the Lawyers Weekly ’30 Under 30’ Awards for 2021
The Executive Director is delighted to announce that one of the Bar Association’s in-house lawyers, Shar Doudman, has been selected as a finalist in Lawyers Weekly ’30 Under 30’ Awards for...
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Commercial Law Association June Judges Lunchtime Series
This year our speakers are Justice Andrew Bell on 'Spiliada 35 years on’, Justice Lucy McCallum on ‘Personal criminal liability of company directors and officers’ and Justice Michael Lee on...
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The Janet Coombs Lunch for New Female Barristers – Wednesday 23 June at 1pm
Hosted by the Women Barristers Forum & WLANSW
Please join us, and distinguished guests, for our biannual lunch to welcome the new female barristers to the NSW Bar. This is a great networking event,...
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Bar Book Club
The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 5.30pm in Martin Place Chambers. Two books have been chosen for discussion:-
The first book is a memoir by a member of...
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Support Moses SC in the 2021 Vinnies CEO Sleepout
Philanthropy
Arthur Moses SC will join the 2021 Vinnies CEO Sleepout on 17 June and the chances of hitting his $10,000 fundraising target have never looked better. The Dick & Pip Smith Foundation...
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Bar FC victorious against the Reserve Bank FC
Bar FC had a close match on Wednesday 2 June in the Domain Soccer League against the Reserve Bank FC. Bar FC were hungry for a win and the chance to progress to 6th place on the competition ladder.
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Australian Government Saddened at the passing of James Crawford, Judge of the International Court of Justice
The Hon Michaelia Cash MP, Federal Attorney General and the Hon Marise Payne MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, last night issued a Media Release stating 'the Australian Government was saddened to...
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Swearing in Ceremony for Mr Gareth Christofi and Ms Rebecca Hosking as magistrates of the Local Court of NSW - 15 June 2021
On Tuesday 15 June 2021 at 9.00am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court there will be a Full Bench ceremony to mark the swearing-in of Mr Gareth Christofi and Ms Rebecca Hosking as...
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Senior Counsel Information Seminar
Wednesday 16 June at 5.15pm
The President, Michael McHugh SC and the Senior Vice President Gabrielle Bashir SC will host the Senior Counsel Information Seminar as a hybrid event offering attendance...
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Commercial Law Association June Judges Lunchtime Series
This year our speakers are Justice Andrew Bell on 'Spiliada 35 years on’, Justice Lucy McCallum on ‘Personal criminal liability of company directors and officers’ and Justice Michael Lee on...
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Women Barristers Forum CPD on Pathways to Silk
On 8 June 2021, Carol Webster SC, Sally Dowling SC, and Sophie Callan SC will present an online CPD on the topic of ‘Pathway to Taking Silk’. Naomi Sharp SC, President of Women’s Barristers...
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WBF Notice of AGM for 2020 & Election of office bearers: 16 June 2021
The Women Barristers’ Forum will be holding its AGM for 2020 via Zoom on Wednesday 16 June 2021 at 5:00pm. All women barristers are automatically members of the WBF. We invite all barristers,...
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Women Barristers Forum CPD on Pathways to Silk
On 8 June 2021, Carol Webster SC, Sally Dowling SC, and Sophie Callan SC will present an online CPD on the topic of ‘Pathway to Taking Silk’. Naomi Sharp SC, President of Women’s Barristers...
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Funeral arrangements for Phillipa Gormly
As announced in In Brief yesterday, former barrister Phillipa Gormly died last Saturday after a long illness.
Phillipa’s funeral service will be held at St Mary’s, Ridge Street, cnr Miller St,...
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Forbes members – call to renew memberships and 2021 Forbes Lecture
Forbes Lecture – 9 June: The Forbes Lecture will be presented by Gideon Haigh, the author of a recently released book on Chester v Waverley Corporation, on Wednesday 9 June 2021, starting at...
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