The Australian Bar Association's Appellate Advocacy Workshop is returning and will be held in Sydney from Friday 13th to Saturday 14th September 2024.
The ABA Appellate Advocacy Workshop is a...
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The Hon Justice Hammerschlag, the Chief Judge in Equity wishes to inform the profession that with effect from 27 May 2024 Justice James Hmelnitsky will become Revenue List Judge.
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The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is celebrated annually on 21 May. The purpose of the day is to highlight the richness of the world’s cultures and the...
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Expressions of interest are sought for membership of the Association’s committees for 2024/2025. Information about each of the Association’s 25 committees is available here. To apply, please use...
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The Women Barristers Forum will present an online webinar on the topic of 'Pathway to Silk' at 5.15pm on Monday, 5 June 2023. Jodi Steele SC, Liz Collins SC, Dominique...
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The Bar Association has a partnership with Member Advantage, a leading provider of benefits programs. Bar Association membership entitles you to special savings on shopping,...
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The President, Dr Ruth Higgins SC together with the President of the Law Society of NSW, Brett McGrath will chair a session on the conduct of Criminal Trials in NSW.
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The NSW Bar Association has significant concerns about the Bail and Other Legislation Amendment (Domestic Violence) Bill 2024, which was recently introduced into the NSW Parliament.
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The Ceremonial Sitting to mark the bicentenary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales was held today, Friday, 17 May 2024 in the Banco Court.
Speakers included the Chief Justice of NSW, the...
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Expressions of interest are sought for membership of the Association’s committees for 2024/2025. Expressions of interest will close at 11:59pm on Monday, 20 May 2024. Information about each of the...
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The International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination, also known as IDAHOBIT, is held annually on 17 May. 17 May 1990 was the date on which the World Health Organisation removed...
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Applications for renewal of practising certificates are now open. All barristers should have received an email containing a link to renew their practising certificates using the same online system...
Read more >Bar FC’s undefeated start to the season continued today with a decisive 5-0 victory against the Agricultural Bank of China. It is Bar FC’s best result in recent memory. The win extends the...
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Members are invited to attend the unveiling of a portrait by Garry Shead of the Hon J Spigelman AC KC in the Bar Association's Common Room on Monday, 3 June 2024 at 5.00pm for a 5.15pm start. Light...
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The Ceremonial Sitting to mark the bicentenary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales will be held in the Banco Court at 9.15am on Friday, 17 May 2024.
Due to the nature of the occasion and the...
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To commemorate the bicentenary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, all members of the legal profession, their families and friends are cordially invited to attend The Parish Church of St James,...
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If you would like to opt out of receiving a hard copy of Bar News, when completing your PC Renewal, click the box “‘I DO NOT wish to receive a printed copy of Bar News”.
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Join ‘The Windeyer Sessions’, a CPD conference organised by 8 Windeyer Chambers that will be visiting Amiens, France, and Ypres, Belgium from 23 to 30 April 2025. It will...
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The 2024 Sharwood Lecture will be held on Wednesday, 22 May 2024 in St James Church. The lecture will be about the collisions between anti-discrimination law and church law and practice.
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The Common Law Committee and the President of the NSW Bar Association would like to invite all NSW Bar Members to the 2024 Common Law Drinks to be held at Zeta Cocktail Bar at the Hilton Sydney,...
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The Bar Association is delighted to announce that Olivia Ronan is the recipient of the Katrina Dawson Award for May 2024.
Olivia was admitted as a solicitor in 2018, having graduated from...
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The NBC’s next coffee catch up for under 5s is on Friday, 10 May 2024 at 10.00am at the Naked Duck, 60 Martin Place. The special guests will be Michael Hodge KC and Sonia Tame of Omnia Chambers.
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FCFCOA has released a new Practice and Procedure update.
With the commencement of the Family Law Amendment Act 2023 and the Family Law (Information Sharing) Act 2023, amendments have taken effect to...
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The Janet Coombs Lunch to welcome the women joining the NSW Bar in the May Bar Practice Course will be held on Wednesday, 8 May 2024 at Jardin St James. The biannual lunch co-hosted by the Women...
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The membership of our Association is diverse. Practitioners at the private Bar, Public Defenders, Crown Prosecutors, Judges, Parliamentary Counsel, clerks and academics make up its body. Each of...
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