Inbrief

Save the Date: Australian Bar Association National Conference - Re-Emerge 2021, 16 September - 18 September 2021

In the first gathering of the Australian Bar for more than 18 months, Re-emerge 2021 is your opportunity to re-engage with colleagues, reflect on having endured a momentous year, and participate in...

Amendment to Rules 3.10 and 7.11 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules

On 3 May 2021, the Uniform Rules Committee approved Amendment No 95 to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.

The amendments include:

• Rule 3.10 – the correction of a typographical error in...

Katrina Dawson Award

Diversity

The Bar Association is delighted to announce that the first recipient of the Katrina Dawson Award for 2021 is Winnie Liu.

Since December 2017, Winnie has been a solicitor at Herbert Smith...

STEP Australia National Trusts and Estates Conference 2021

The STEP Australia 2021 Conference will be held at a luxury Sydney hotel, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, commencing with welcome drinks on the evening of Thursday 29 July 2021, followed by two...

Law Council calls for expanded oversight by Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

At today’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (PJCIS) public hearing into the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020, the...

NAB Escrow Service for NSW Barristers

The NAB Escrow Service (the Escrow Service) is a free, online banking service provided by NAB exclusively to NSW Barristers to securely hold money for barristers' fees until the work is done.

The...

Expressions of Interest Sought - Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor – Southern Region based in Wollongong

The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor (Wollongong) under the Crown Prosecutors Act 1986 for a fixed term of up to seven...

Special sitting arrangements during Local Court Annual Conference 2 - 4 June 2021

The Chief Magistrate has written to the Association regarding sitting arrangements during the Local Court Annual Conference from Wednesday 2 June to 4 June 2021.

The sitting arrangements for that...

Statement by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom

The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute has been appointed as the Secretariat to the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, an independent body that was convened at the...

Australian Institute of Family Studies Research Project Survey: Compliance with and Enforcement of Family Law Parenting Orders

The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has been commissioned by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) to undertake research in relation to the...

Vale The Hon Peter Heerey AM QC

The Hon Peter Heerey AM QC died peacefully on the evening of 1 May 2021, with his wife Sally and sons Ed, Charlie and Tom by his side.

Peter Heerey was a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from...

Upcoming CPD Event: Competition Law Conference 2021

This annual one-day Conference will be held virtually on Saturday 22 May 2021.

The Conference, which has been held since 1989, provides an open forum for discussion of significant issues in...

Vale George Richard Rummery QC (1928-2021)

George Richard Rummery QC passed away on Wednesday the 28th of April 2021.

After completing his studies at the University of Sydney, Mr Rummery was called to the New South Wales Bar in 1963. He was...

Katrina Dawson Award 2021

Diversity

The Bar Association is delighted to announce that the first recipient of the Katrina Dawson Award for 2021 is Winnie Liu.

Since December 2019 Winnie has been a solicitor at Herbert Smith...

NCAT transitioning to increased face-to-face hearings

In response to the continued easing of COVID-19 restrictions in NSW, the President of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has announced that NCAT will be transitioning to increased face-to-face...

Unveiling of a portrait by Joshua McPherson of the Hon M H McHugh AC QC - Friday 4 June, 5.15pm

The New South Wales Bar Association extends an invitation to all members of the Bench & Bar to attend the unveiling of a portrait by Joshua McPherson of the Hon M H McHugh AC QC.

The work will be...

Are your cases traumatising you?

Registrations close today

Tomorrow, at 5.15pm, the Bar Association's Wellbeing Committee will host a Zoom seminar on identifying, mitigating and managing vicarious trauma, to be presented by Robyn...

STEP Australia National Trusts and Estates Conference 2021

The STEP Australia 2021 Conference will be held at a luxury Sydney hotel, the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, commencing with welcome drinks on the evening of Thursday 29 July 2021, followed by two...