Inbrief

Get ready for the Dog Day Out!

Wellbeing

As readers of Bar News will know by now, dog ownership improves both cardiovascular and mental health. Mindful of that fact, Michelle Painter SC of the Wellbeing Committee is organising a...

Trust Your Gut: Your Microbiome

Wellbeing

The human microbiome may be the most important feature of your body that you've never heard of. That's why, on Thursday, 4 November 2021 at 5.15pm the Wellbeing Committee will host 'Trust...

Legal Services Council - September newsletter

The Legal Services Council September newsletter is available here.

The Accuracy of Fact Witness Memory in International Arbitration: Toby Landau QC

Webinar - Wednesday 13 October 2021

A Taskforce created within the ICC’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR prepared a report on The Accuracy of Fact Witness Memory in International Arbitration.... Read more >

Future of Law and Innovation in Profession (FLIP) Conference 2021 – Wednesday 13 October

The FLIP Conference aims to empower legal professionals in the face of continuous change and technological innovation. Delivering 10+ CPD, 15+ sessions and 50+ speakers, live online and on-demand,...

The Safe Place meets tonight

On Friday, 8 October 2021 the Safe Place will discuss catastrophising.

Legal education and practice are in many ways focussed on worst-case scenarios. As practitioners we are often asked to imagine...

Bar News Winter 2021

The latest edition of Bar News, a Special Edition on Wellbeing is now available online.

We welcome contributions for the Summer 2021 edition, due for publication in December. Please email your...

Careers at The Bar Lawyers Working with Disability

Inclusion and Diversity

Practising as a barrister is intellectually engaging, endlessly varied, meaningful and valuable work. Life at the Bar offers a very different way to work than found in most...

The Chambers of the Future. Can changes to how we work improve diversity, equality and accessibility at, or to, the bar?

Technology and how it is used continues to have an impact on how we work. Email was once a novel form of communication. It is now a standard aspect of communication in a barrister’s practice. The...

High Court decision in Charisteas v Charisteas & Ors

The High Court delivered its judgment this week in Charisteas v Charisteas & Ors [2021] HCA 29 where an appeal was granted to an applicant after the respondent’s barrister and the trial judge...

The Accuracy of Fact Witness Memory in International Arbitration: Toby Landau QC

Webinar - Wednesday 13 October 2021

A Taskforce created within the ICC’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR prepared a report on The Accuracy of Fact Witness Memory in International Arbitration.... Read more >

Impact of, and response to, ongoing COVID restrictions on custody-based criminogenic programs

The Department of Communities and Justice has publicly released information regarding the impact of, and response to, ongoing COVID restrictions on custody-based criminogenic programmes in New South...

2021 CIBEL Centre Annual Keynote: Who is holding the baby on digital assets? Ethics in data, AI and robotics

Ms Natasha Blycha, Global Head of Digital Law at Herbert Smith Freehills, will be joined by Professor Andrew Lynch, Dean of UNSW Law & Justice, Professor Toby Walsh FAA FACM, an ARC Laureate Fellow...

Australian Law Journal Special Issue launch - National Security and the Law

Members are invited to the launch of the Australian Law Journal 2021 special issue on "National Security and the Law" by the Hon Virginia Bell AC SC, hosted by Thompson Reuters.

Speakers:

• The Hon...

Future of Law and Innovation in Profession (FLIP) Conference 2021 – Wednesday 13 October

The FLIP Conference aims to empower legal professionals in the face of continuous change and technological innovation. Delivering 10+ CPD, 15+ sessions and 50+ speakers, live online and on-demand,...

Decisions of interest

Practice support

The NSW Court of Appeal has published its latest Decisions of Interest Bulletin on the Court of Appeal website. Learn more here.

Women Barristers Forum - Regular Meeting at 5pm today

The Women Barristers Forum invites you to join our regular meeting at 5pm today, Wednesday 6 October 2021, via Zoom.

Please contact Co-Secretary, Emily Graham at Emily.Graham@chambers.net.au to...

The Accuracy of Fact Witness Memory in International Arbitration: Toby Landau QC

Webinar - Wednesday 13 October 2021

A Taskforce created within the ICC’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR prepared a report on The Accuracy of Fact Witness Memory in International Arbitration.... Read more >

Barristers' Safe Place - Friday, 8 October

Wellbeing

Safe Place is a confidential discussion group that takes place every two weeks during lockdown. All participants are admitted to a Zoom webinar anonymously. You can:

• choose to identify...

TONIGHT: 2021 ILS Dispute Resolution Lecture Series - Lecture Three with The Hon. Wayne Martin AC QC

Lecture Three - The Development of the Multi-door Courthouse - International and Domestic with the Hon. Wayne Martin AC QC

Join the Law Council's International Law Section for the third session of...

New South Wales Bar Association 2020-21 Annual Report Is Out Now

GOVERNANCE

The New South Wales Bar Association's 2020-21 Annual Report, featuring the financial, directors' and auditor's reports for the 2020-21 financial year, is now available. Past annual...

Election of 2022 Bar Council - the Ballot

Ballot papers for the election of the 2022 Bar Council were mailed to all those eligible to vote on Friday, 1 October 2021.

Any member who has not received their ballot paper by COB Friday, 15...

Tonight: Administrative decision-making: a matter of timing

Webinar - Tuesday 5 October 2021

On Tuesday, 5 October, the Public Law Section is pleased to host a CPD on Administrative decision-making: a matter of timing.

The webinar, presented by Tamara...

Amendment - Coronial Practice Note 3 of 2021

An amended version of Coronial Practice Note 3 of 2021: Case Management of Mandatory Inquests Involving Section 23 Deaths, will be published in the NSW Gazette this Friday, 8 October 2021.

The...

Peter Kennedy-Smith (1929-2021)

Vale

Peter Kennedy-Smith formerly of 13 Wentworth passed away on 31 August 2021. A private funeral will be held at Waverley Cemetery at 2.30pm, Wednesday 6th October 2021. For live streaming...