Inbrief

The Windeyer Sessions

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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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2024 Sharwood Lecture

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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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Common Law Drinks

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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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Katrina Dawson Award May 2024

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Diversity

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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Tomorrow: New Barristers coffee catch up

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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 Practice and Procedure update - Practice directions

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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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Tomorrow: Janet Coombs Lunch

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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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President's Message

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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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Tour the Supreme Court for the Bicentenary

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Journey into the history of the Supreme Court with tours that will be conducted at 2.00pm on 17 May 2024. The tours will start outside Banco Court and finish in the King Street Courts.

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Trans-Tasman Human Rights Conference- 12-13 August 2024

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The Trans Tasman Human Rights conference is all set and ready to go for this year in Queenstown NZ: 12-13 August 2024

The conference has speakers from four human rights act jurisdictions (NZ, ACT,...

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Tonight: Forbes Society – Legal History Tutorial

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The Forbes Society is pleased to inform members of the Bar Association that on Monday, 6 May 2024 Dr Ben Chen will be presenting a Forbes Legal History Tutorial on “Automating Empirical Legal...

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Practice and procedure update: Family Law Rules

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The Family Law Rules have been amended by the passage of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Amendment (2024 Measures No.1) Rules 2024 which has been approved by a majority...

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Tim Faulkner SC appointed to Supreme Court of NSW

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Appointments

The NSW Attorney General has announced that Tim Faulkner SC has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW.

Click here to read the media release.

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Asia Pacific Coroners Society Conference 2024

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Early bird Conference registrations for the Asia Pacific Coroners Society Conference 2024 are closing 5.00pm on Friday, 10 May AEST.

This is your final opportunity to take...

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2024/2024 Committee Membership

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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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Tonight: Highlights from the history

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In-person - Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Chief Justice Bell, the Hon Keith Mason AC KC and Larissa Reid will discuss the process of writing, and highlights of, "Constant Guardian: Changing Times – the...

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You could save every time you shop!

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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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Big savings on your travel!

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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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Show them you love them!

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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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Tonight: Bar Knitters

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Wellbeing

The next meeting of the Bar Knitting Group will be held on Tuesday, 30 April 2024 from 5.30pm in the Level 22 Chambers Conference Room.

All are welcome.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Tonight: NDIS Reform: A Roundtable Discussion

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Online – Tuesday, 30 April 2024

The reforms arising from the Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme are likely to be some of the most meaningful for the NDIS in its...

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Renewal of practising certificates

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Applications for renewal of practising certificates will be opening shortly. All barristers will receive an email containing a link to renew their practising certificates using the same online...

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Tomorrow: Welcome Ceremony for Justice Sarah Huggett as the Chief Judge of the District Court

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Appointments

A formal welcome ceremony to mark the appointment of her Honour Justice Sarah Huggett as the Chief Judge of the District Court of NSW will be held in Banco Court at 9.00am on Tuesday,...

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Latest Court of Appeal Decisions of Interest Bulletin

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The NSW Court of Appeal has published its latest Decisions of Interest Bulletin. Click here for more information.

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