The Local Court of New South Wales has advised that the Temporary Court Closure AVL Proceedings Practice Note has been amended. In addition to Downing Centre Local Court, the amended Practice Note...
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John Davis passed away on 25 Aug 2025. He was called to the Bar in 1976, practised at Ground Floor, Windeyer Chambers and retired from practice in 2021. Colleagues and friends are invited to a...
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At 11:30AM on the first Friday of each month, the New Barristers Committee will be hosting a coffee catch-up for Under 5s. Come along, get yourself a coffee and chat to other members of the...
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The Hon. A S Bell, Chief Justice of New South Wales has delivered the keynote address to the Australian Bar Association Conference in Sydney today. 'Change at the Bar and the Great Challenge of Gen...
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Members are warmly invited by the Commercial Law Section of the NSW Bar Association to its annual dinner following the conclusion of this year’s annual Bathurst Lecture on Thursday, 16 October...
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The Commercial Law Section will hold the 2025 Bathurst Lecture at 5.30pm on Thursday, 16 October 2025 in the Banco Court. The lecture will be delivered by the Hon. Fabian Gleeson SC, who has decades...
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The Attorney General is seeking applications from persons qualified for appointment as an Acting Magistrate under the Local Court Act 2007. An Acting Magistrate will primarily sit in the Bail...
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NSW Regional Women Lawyers Inc (NRWL) was established in 2023 by a group of regional women lawyers working to ensure that those practicing in regional, rural and remote (RRR) NSW have the same...
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$325,380 p.a. plus 12% superannuation and $17,955 p.a. conveyance allowance
The NSW Attorney General is seeking applications for a Public Defender under the Public Defenders Act 1995, to...
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Expressions of Interest: Environmental Counsel to the Board of the Environment Protection Authority
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is seeking expressions of...
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The Coronial Inquests Pilot Program (CIPP) has commenced in the NSW Bar Association’s Legal Assistance Referral Scheme (LARS). The pilot will run for 12 months.
The CIPP involves a new referral...
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If you hold a current barristers practising certificate and have...
...been charged with a serious offence or a tax offence or convicted of a notifiable summary offence or had a bankruptcy related...
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The Women Barristers Forum will be holding its 2025 Annual General Meeting and Election via Zoom on Wednesday, 3 September 2025 at 5.00pm.
All women barristers are automatically members of the WBF....
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Bar News Winter 2025 is available to read online here. The international edition features articles contributed by members of the International Committee as well as barristers from overseas...
Read more >The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) has released copies of the new General Federal Law Practice Directions that will apply from 1 September 2025.
The new Practice...
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The ABA Annual Conference is taking place on 29 August at the W Sydney hotel. This year's theme is "Crossroads 2025: Litigating Matters of Public Interest".
The program includes an opening address...
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The Law Council of Australia is excited to announce the release of the full program for the National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference, taking place from Wednesday, 29 October to Friday, 31...
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Geoffrey Frank Tattersall KC passed away on 5 January 2025, aged 77. He was first called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in the UK in 1970, taking silk in 1992. He commenced at the New South Wales Bar on...
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The Federal Court of Australia invites members to attend the Court’s annual Employment and Industrial Law Seminar, 'Sharpening the tools: Developments in emerging and familiar areas of employment...
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In this free public event, Professor John Tasioulas, Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow, Balliol College will speak on...
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The next meeting of the Bar Knitting Group will be on Tuesday, 26 August 2025, from 5:30pm. We will meet in the conference room of Level 22 Chambers. Light refreshments will be served. All are...
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Ben Bradley (Greenway Chambers) will chair a discussion with Grantley Creighton (Director of Aboriginal Health, Justice Health and Forensic Mental...
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The New South Wales Bar Association’s AGM will be held in the Common Room of the New South Wales Bar Association, Basement, Selborne Chambers, 174-180 Phillip Street, Sydney, on Thursday, 13...
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The newly revived Bar Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month. This month’s book is Nightingale by Laura Elvery. The book is a reimagining of the life of Florence Nightingale that has...
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The Bar Library will have changed operating hours on Tuesday 26 August. The library will open at 9am and close at 5pm, and will be closed for one hour between 1-2pm. Response times to reference and...
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