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Beat the insurance rate rise with HCF

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Sponsored Article

The Bar Association has a partnership with Member Advantage, a leading provider of benefits programs. Bar Association membership entitles you to special savings on insurance,...

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Member discounts on white goods

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Sponsored Article

The Bar Association has a partnership with Member Advantage, a leading provider of benefits programs. Bar Association membership entitles you to special savings on insurance,...

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Ordinary Meeting

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Women Barristers Forum

The Women Barristers Forum will hold an ordinary meeting on Wednesday, 8 June 2022 at 5.00pm via zoom. Everyone is welcome.

Please email Co-Secretary, Sarah Andrews if you...

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2022-23 Practising Certificate Renewals Late Fee from tomorrow

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Information regarding online renewals

The period for renewals is open and will run until 30 June 2022. A reminder that if your practising certificate application is not made by 11:59pm tomorrow, 7...

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Fees in Advanced Reporting due tomorrow

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Please be reminded that all barristers who hold/have held a trust money account for the purposes of receiving fees in advance, for the reporting period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, are required to...

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Swearing in Ceremony for Donald McLennan

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Appointments

The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Donald McLennan as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in Courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court...

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Swearing in Ceremony for Pauline Wright

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Appointments

The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Pauline Wright as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in Courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court...

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Swearing in Ceremony for Aaron Tang

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Appointments

The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Aaron Tang as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in Courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court...

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Swearing in Ceremony for Aaron Tang

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Appointments

The swearing-in ceremony to mark the appointment of Aaron Tang as a Magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held in Courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre Local Court...

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Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions NT

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Recruitment

The Director for Public Prosecutions in the Northern Territory, Lloyd Babb SC, seeks expressions of interest from criminal barristers for the position of Deputy Director of Public...

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Commencement of Critical Incident List in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

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The Critical Incident List in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and (Division 2) has been implemented and will commence on 6 June 2022.

The List has been established to...

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Drug diversion programs a 'smart on crime' approach

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Policy and Public Affairs

Bar Association President Gaby Bashir SC was a guest this morning on ABC Radio's Breakfast program, with James O'Loghlin. The interview was in response to articles in the ...

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The Hon Sir Francis Gerard Brennan AC KBE QC (1928-2022)

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Vale

Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE QC, former chief justice of the High Court of Australia, honorary life member of the New South Wales Bar Association, has died.

Born in Toowoomba, Queensland in 1928,...

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Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Update

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia has issued an update to the profession on operational matters in the family law jurisdiction following the 1 September 2021 reforms.

Read about the...

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2022-23 Practising Certificate Renewals Late Fee from 7 June

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Information regarding online renewals

The period for renewals is open and will run until 30 June 2022. A reminder that the late fee will be applicable from 7 June 2022, which is under a week away.

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Land and Environment Court Anniversary Conference and Dinner, Monday 29 August 2022

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Land and Environment Court Anniversary Conference

A conference to celebrate the Land and Environment Court and its contributions to environmental law and the legal system over the last four decades....

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Get 12 months cover for the price of 10 through Aon today – Hurry offer ends June 30!

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Sponsored Article - Insurance

Until June 30, you can purchase 12 months Professional Indemnity Insurance for Barristers and Readers for the price of 10*. Now available for you to get a quote online...

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Attorney General Media Release

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The Attorney General has issued a media release on the new affirmative consent laws that came into effect in New South Wales today.

Read the media release here.

For more information about the...

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Attorney General Media Release

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The Attorney General has issued a media release on the new affirmative consent laws that came into effect in New South Wales today.

Read the media release here.

For more information about the...

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Tomorrow: Updated Best Practice Guidelines Launch

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Practice Support

The NSW Bar Association invites Heads of Chambers, clerks, secretaries and designated Floor Contact Officers to the Bar Common Room at 5.00pm this Thursday, 2 June 2022 for the...

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Tonight: Bar Knitting Club

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Wellbeing

The Bar Knitting Club will meet today Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 5.30pm in the Level 22 Chambers.

Happy knitting everyone.

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2022 AIAL National Lecture Series, Lecture 1

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In 2022, the Australian Institute of Administrative Law will hold a series of National Administrative Law Lectures broadly around the theme of the future of administrative law. The first lecture in...

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Special directions for consent in sexual assault trials

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The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Consent Reforms) Act 2021 commences on 1 June 2022. Changes to the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 affect certain sexual assault trials commencing from that...

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ICAC to hold forum on pork barrelling

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The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will hold a forum on Friday, 3 June 2022 to examine the practice of pork barrelling, including whether it is lawful and ethical, and whether...

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