To assist barristers with childcare responsibilities to manage court or other commitments when children are ill or regular care arrangements are unavailable, the Bar Association has created an...
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The NSW Bar Association is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 Regional CPD Conference Series. This curated series is an opportunity to advance your professional development, gain expert...
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The ABA Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive is taking place over 19-23 January 2026 in Brisbane. This is a residential five-day course that aims to develop barristers' skills, such as addressing,...
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Office Bearers
At a meeting of the Bar Council on 18 November 2025, the following were elected as office bearers of the NSW Bar Association:
Members are encouraged to review the Cybersecurity Guidance for NSW Barristers that was published on 28 June 2024.
The guidelines identify preventative steps that barristers should take to protect...
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The last meeting for 2025 of the Bar Knitting Group will be held on Tuesday, 25 November. We meet in the Conference Room of Level 22 Chambers from 5pm. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be...
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Warren Austron passed away on 7 November 2025. He was called to the Bar in 1984 and practised from 15 Wardell Chambers for many years until his retirement from the Bar in 2013. A funeral will be held...
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The NSW Bar Association has issued a statement on proposed doli incapax reforms. To read the statement please click here.
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This event has been rescheduled, a new date will be advised via InBrief
The NSW Bar Association Legal Assistance Referral Scheme (LARS) is hosting a thank you function for participating members on...
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Join the Bar Choir from 6:00–7:00 PM on Thursday, 20 November 2025 for an evening of Christmas music at St James Church.
This year, the Bar Choir has chosen to support the Indigenous Barristers’...
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Supreme Court of NSW
Edward Muston SC (7 Wentworth Selborne) and James Emmett SC (Banco Chambers) have been appointed judges of the Supreme Court of NSW. Mr Muston will be sworn in on December 2 and...
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The Australian Legal Convention 2025 will be held at the High Court of Australia in Canberra from 20 to 22 November.
The purpose of the convention is to bring together a cross-section of bodies and...
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The NSW Bar Association recommends any members who accept direct access matters read the Direct Access Factsheet which can be accessed here.
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Applications close at 5.00pm today
The Bar Association is seeking expressions of interest from qualified persons for nomination by the Bar Association to the Local Court Arbitrators List for the...
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This CPD offers NSW barristers an opportunity to hear Dr Colin James, lawyer, researcher and author of his recent book...
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Whether it's in a first introduction or during the end stages of trial preparation, communicating and collaborating with clients...
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The Hon A.S. Bell, Chief Justice of New South Wales, has provided a statement regarding the Use of Generative AI - Practice Note Review.
Click here for more information.
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The Women Barristers Forum and the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales invite all members of the Bar and judiciary to celebrate the appointment to silk of Joanne Shepard SC, Lyndelle Barnett...
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The Hon Justice Kristina Stern, Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW and Judge of the Court of Appeal, will speak on 'Arbitration and the High Court' on Wednesday 19 November at Holding Redlich,...
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The Justice and Police Museum invites members to join Mark Tedeschi AM KC and Kim Tao, Head of Curatorial & Research at Museums of History NSW, for an evening in conversation about Mark’s...
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The Bar Library will have changed operating hours on Monday, 17 November. The Library will open at 9am and close at 5pm and will be closed for one hour between 1 & 2pm. Response times to reference...
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The NSW Bar Association will host the annual visit from First Nations students attending the UNSW pre-law course on Friday, 28 November 2025, commencing at 9:30 AM in the Bar Association’s Common...
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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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Following certification of the results by two polling officers as required by Rule 11.8.1 of the Bar Association Constitution, the Returning Officer has declared the members elected to the 2026 Bar...
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The Annual General Meeting of the NSW Bar Association (ABN 18 526 414 014) will be held today at 5:00pm in the Common Room of the NSW Bar Association, basement, Selborne Chambers, 174-180 Phillip...
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