Inbrief

ACLM Free Webinar Series: Legal Reflections - begins 29 March 2021

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The Australasian College of Legal Medicine is pleased to announce a new free webinar series 'Legal Reflections' beginning on Monday 29 March 2021.

The webinars are free for all attendees. Simply...

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Australian Academy of Law: Notice of Annual Essay Prize 2021

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The Australian Academy of Law is pleased to announce the offering of its Annual Essay Prize for 2021.

This year, eligibility to submit an essay is broadened by reverting to the original entry rules...

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Toongabbie Legal Centre Tax & Equity Seminar - 19 March 2021

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Toongabbie Legal Centre’s Employment Law seminar will be held this Friday 26 March at Ashurst 5 Martin Place, Sydney.

Click here for more information and to register.

On Saturday 27 March the...

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Local Court closure update - Inverell, Maclean, Moree and Windsor

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Further to the In Brief notice from earlier this week, the Local Court has announced that, due to flooding in the region, Inverell, Maclean and Moree Courts are temporarily closed. Windsor Local...

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Local Court closures - mid-North Coast and Windsor

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Further to the In Brief notice from earlier this week, the Local Court has announced that, due to flooding in the region, a number of courts in the mid north coast have been impacted. Windsor Local...

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Legal Aid NSW: New eligibility policy for Criminal Contempt matters

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The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved a new eligibility policy to cover some criminal contempt of court matters. The policy covers defended proceedings, sentence proceedings and discharge proceedings....

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Elizabeth Street Chambers Now Open

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Members are advised that Elizabeth Street Chambers is now open.

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WBF Invites you to join us for Cocktails & Canapes to (belatedly) celebrate the 2020 Women Senior Counsel

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The Women Barristers Forum invite you to join us for Cocktails and Canapes to (belatedly) celebrate the appointment of Women Senior Counsel for 2020.

GUEST SPEAKER – The Hon Justice Kate Williams...

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Leadership at the Bar

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Last Chance to register - Module 4

How often do you carve out the time and headspace to work on your career – not just in your career? As a junior barrister, how do you look for and create...

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Bar Book Club

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The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be held on Tuesday 30 March 2021 at 5.30pm in the Bar Library. The book is Summerwater by Sarah Moss. A review is available here.

For those of wishing to...

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Seeking: Part-Time Employment Opportunity for a First Nations Law Student

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Are you a Criminal Barrister?

Do you need some clerical and administrative or research assistance to run your practice?

If the answers are yes - why not employ a First Nations law student?

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John Andrew Timbs QC (1947-2021)

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Vale

John Andrew Timbs QC passed on 17th March 2021.

Mr Timbs was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1975. After completing his studies he had come straight to the Bar, joining 7 Wentworth...

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Are your cases traumatising you?

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For the diary

Many barristers regularly deal in their professional lives with distressing subject-matter: murder, sexual assault, catastrophic injuries, mental illness, the abuse of children and...

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WBF Invites you to join us for Cocktails & Canapes to (belatedly) celebrate the 2020 Women Senior Counsel

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The Women Barristers Forum invite you to join us for Cocktails and Canapes to (belatedly) celebrate the appointment of Women Senior Counsel for 2020.

GUEST SPEAKER – The Hon Justice Kate Williams...

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ACLM Free Webinar Series: Legal Reflections - begins 29 March 2021

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The Australasian College of Legal Medicine is pleased to announce a new free webinar series 'Legal Reflections' beginning on Monday 29 March 2021.

The webinars are free for all attendees. Simply...

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Mentors needed for the First Nations Law Students Mentoring Program: Sydney location

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Have you been at the Bar between 3 and 7 years? Are you looking for a new challenge in 2021 that provides an important opportunity to assist First Nations law students on their way through law...

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2021 Advocacy Skills Workshop

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Online Advocacy Skills Workshop - April 2021

The NSW Bar Association is pleased to advise members registrations are now open for the 2021 Advocacy Skills workshop. The workshop specifically designed...

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Tonight: Appearing in the Local Court and Children’s Court

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Webinar - Tuesday 23 March 2021

The Local Court and the Children’s Court are unlike other jurisdictions in NSW due to the sheer volume of work coming before those courts on any given day. In...

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Recent Issues in Insurance Law

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Webinar - Wednesday 31 March 2021

The Commercial Law Section is pleased to present "Recent Issues in Insurance Law."

The webinar, presented by Stuart Donaldson SC, Ed Muston SC, and Anne Horvath,...

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Local Court closures - mid-North Coast and Windsor

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Further to yesterday's In Brief notice, the Local Court has today announced that, due to flooding in the region, a number of courts in the mid north coast have been impacted. Windsor Local Court will...

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Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia - Media Release regarding operations in areas of NSW and QLD affected by flooding

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The Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia have today published a media release regarding operations in areas of NSW and QLD affected by flooding.

The media release is...

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Live stream of swearing in ceremony of Tanya Smith SC as a Judge of the District Court of NSW - Monday 29 March 2021, 9 :00 am

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As noted previously in In Brief, Tanya Smith SC will be sworn in as a Judge of the District Court of NSW at 9am on Monday 29 March at 9.00am.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there is a maximum number...

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Tonight: Latest and Greatest in Care and Protection

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Webinar - Monday 22 March 2021

In the last few years, the jurisdiction exercised by the Children’s Court, District Court and Supreme Court, including the NSW Court of Appeal, has been deciding a...

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The National Brief #2 - from the Australian Bar Association

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The second instalment of the ABA's monthly brief, the National Brief, has now been published and is available here.

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Mentors needed for the First Nations Law Students Mentoring Program: Sydney location

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Have you been at the Bar between 3 and 7 years? Are you looking for a new challenge in 2021 that provides an important opportunity to assist First Nations law students on their way through law...

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