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,...
Read more >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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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On behalf of the New South Wales Bar Association, I acknowledge the media release made on 1 June 2021 on behalf of 23 of its senior members, in response to a statement I made as President of the New...
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A number of members in this year’s practising certificate application and renewal process have raised questions about principal place of practice, given the pandemic and its effect on working...
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The New South Wales Bar Association invites members to an exciting CPD event to hear about the 2020 Australian Arbitration Report produced by ACICA and FTI Consulting....
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Sections 291, 292 and 293 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) relate to costs disputes. The provisions refer to the role of the designated local regulatory authority in costs disputes and to...
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The panel of speakers include Kristina Stern SC (commercial and corporate law), Craig Lenehan SC (administrative law and constitutional law), Simeon Beckett...
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