The Bar Bushwalking Group
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The Bar Bushwalking Group emerges from lockdown on Sunday, 12 December at 10.30am with a 10km, Grade 3 walk on the Karloo Track in the Royal National Park. Register here.
Assemble at the...
Read more >The Bar Bushwalking Group emerges from lockdown on Sunday, 12 December at 10.30am with a 10km, Grade 3 walk on the Karloo Track in the Royal National Park. Register here.
Assemble at the...
Read more >Yesterday's edition of the Daily Telegraph included an opinion piece by the President Michael McHugh SC entitled "Bail A Question of Balance".
The content of the President's opinion piece...
Read more >From early 2022, the AAT’s preferred method of filing will be through its convenient online services portal.
We are making this change to streamline the application process for our users, so from...
Read more >As advised previously in In Brief, a ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to farewell the Honourable Justice Ann Ainslie-Wallace will be held on Wednesday 15...
Read more >The Industrial, Employment, Health and Safety Committee is pleased to host a CPD considering the High Court's recent decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2021]...
Read more >Law Council of Australia President, Dr Jacoba Brasch QC, has announced the recipients of the 2022 John Koowarta scholarship are Queensland University of Technology law student, Mr Cameron Downey, and...
Read more >The President of the Law Council of Australia, Dr Jacoba Brasch QC issued a Media Release on Friday stating 'the Law Council of Australia calls for moderation in the debate over the proposed federal...
Read more >The Industrial, Employment, Health and Safety Committee is pleased to host a CPD considering the High Court's recent decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2021]...
Read more >As advised previously in In Brief, Ms Babette Smith OAM, who served as the New South Wales Bar Association’s Executive Director from September 1993 to June 1997, passed away earlier this week.
Her...
Read more >A small group of barristers who ride motorcycles have organised a Bench & Bar Motorbike Ride from Phillip Street to Robertson on the morning of Sunday, 5 December 2021.
Interested people...
Read more >The Lawyers Weekly Women in the Law Awards were held last night.
The Barrister of the Year Award went to Laina Chan of 2 Selborne. The full list of award winners and finalists can be found here.
Read more >The three month grace period for filing old Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia forms, after the commencement of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia...
Read more >The Australian Bar Association (ABA) has called for moderation in the debate over the proposed federal anticorruption commission, after the Prime Minister yesterday compared the New South Wales...
Read more >The Attorney-General for Australia Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash has announced that Mr Richard Schonell SC and Mr Andrew Strum QC have been appointed as judges of the Federal Circuit and Family...
Read more >Ceremonial sittings of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) will be held in New South Wales to farewell the Honourable Garry Foster and the Honourable Justice Ann...
Read more >The Bar Bushwalking Group emerges from lockdown on Sunday, 12 December at 10.30am with a 10km, Grade 3 walk on the Karloo Track in the Royal National Park.
Assemble at the Heathcote Train...
Read more >The Personal Injury Commission is seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced individuals to provide mediation services in the Workers Compensation Division, as required by legislation.
... Read more >The Department of Communities and Justice has today advised of sitting arrangements across Court Services during the Christmas/New Year period, 2021/2022.
The arrangements which apply to the Local...
Read more >The Hon Clifton Hoeben AM RFD retired from the Supreme Court of New South Wales as Chief Judge at Common Law on 31 August 2021. A farewell ceremony to mark the occasion will be held in the Banco...
Read more >Please note that the postal details for the Public Defenders have changed.
Effective immediately the Public Defenders no longer has a DX service.
All Sydney CBD postal correspondence should be...
Read more >The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) has announced that it is conducting a Pilot using FamilyProperty in Conciliation Conferences in the Sydney Registry.
FamilyProperty is an...
Read more >Given that much of our economy and workforce is devoted to carbon-intensive activities, how can we assist clients in navigating the complex legal and compliance issues of a low carbon economy while...
Read more >As advised previously in In Brief, the Hon Justice Lindsay Graeme Foster passed away on 21 November 2021. Formerly of Eleven Wentworth Chambers, Justice Foster was also a founding member of 5 St...
Read more >The conduct of Migration proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) will change from 29 November 2021.
Migration applications filed in the FCFCOA in all...
Read more >The Bar Council has approved a New South Wales Bar Association Vaccination Policy.
The Policy applies to all employees and contractors of the New South Wales Bar Association (the Association),...
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