The Department of Communities and Justice has advised that the Downing Centre is likely to remain closed until at least late 2025 to ensure the building is safe and fully functional. This closure...
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The NSW Bar Association's Accessibility Panel is pleased to invite you to attend its seminar on NDIS matters in the Administrative Review Tribunal, together with...
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The Local Court has provided the following Practice Notes:
Practice Note – Court Closure AVL Proceedings (Downing Centre)
Practice Note – Bail Proceedings (Weekend Centralised Bail Courts)
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The NSW Bar Association’s Common Law Committee is pleased to invite you to attend a seminar addressing recent developments in the common law. The seminar is...
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The Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of NSW, His Honour Judge Michael Allen, has established a new Bail Division to centralise weekday adult bail matters across New South Wales. Commencing today...
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Certification has received a number of enquiries regarding conditions attached to barristers practising certificates.
The format of the practising certificate has not changed from previous years....
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The Bar Library will have changed operating hours on Friday, 11 July opening at 9am and closing at 5pm. The Library will also be closed 1-2pm. Response times to reference and research queries may...
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The New South Wales Bar Association has released a statement concerning the Parliamentary committee inquiry recommendation that “the Government decriminalise personal use and possession of...
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Next week is NAIDOC Week, which presents an opportunity for all Australians to learn about and celebrate First Nations cultures, histories and achievements. 2025 marks an especially powerful...
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The NSW Bar Association's Media and Information Law and Technology (MILT) Committee is pleased to invite you to attend a panel discussion on this important...
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The STEP National Incapacity Conference brings together leading international legal and medical minds presenting on this very topical growth area of Incapacity. It is not to be missed. The...
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TWS goes to Italy in 2026. The Windeyer Sessions is proud to announce that after the enormous success of TWS 2025 in France, The Windeyer Sessions is launching another conference next...
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The New Barristers Committee is pleased to host the next in its series of core skills “refresh” CPDs aimed at the junior bar.
Join Matt Sherman,...
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A formal ceremony to mark the appointment of Tony Howell as a Commissioner of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales will be held in Court 4.1, on Level 4 of the Chief Secretary...
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Shereef Habib SC, of Tenth Floor Chambers, has been appointed to the District Court. Mr Habib will be sworn in as a judge on 31 July 2025. To read the full press release, please click here.
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The Children's Court will be adopting a partial decentralisation model commencing on 7 July 2025. Click here for more information.
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The NSW Bar Association is pleased to confirm that the fifth Bar Association Professional Standards Scheme will commence on 1 July 2025 following approval by the Professional Standards Council of New...
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All applications for renewal of practising certificates must be received by Monday, 30 June 2025. If you are intending to renew, please lodge your application as soon as possible today via the link...
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The newly revived Bar Book Club will meet on Tuesday, 1 July 2025.
This month’s book is “A Psalm for the Wild-Built’” by Becky Chambers. It is described as a ‘solarpunk novella’ and won...
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If you have not yet received your practising certificate for 2025/2026 and you have your Professional Indemnity Insurance in place, please send your Certificate of Currency to...
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If the Bar Association has received a valid application to renew your practising certificate but will not be able to determine it before 1 July 2025, you will receive a letter from the Bar...
Read more >The Australian Pro Bono Centre, Law Council of Australia and Law Institute of Victoria are co-hosting the National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference in Melbourne from 29-31 October 2025....
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The membership lists for the Bar Association's 2025/2026 committees have now been finalised.
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If you are not intending to renew your practising certificate and have not yet advised the Bar Association through the online renewal system, please either log on and resign your practising...
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A formal ceremony to mark the appointment of his Honour Judge Paul McGuire SC to the Supreme Court will be held in Banco Court, on level 13, on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 at 9:15am.
The ceremony will be...
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