A swearing in ceremony to welcome Shereef Habib SC to the District Court will be held Thursday, 31 July 2025 at 9am on Level 21 of the John Madison Tower, 86 Goulburn Street.
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The next meeting of the Bar Knitting Group is on Tuesday, 29 July 2025, from 5:30pm, in the conference room of Level 22 Chambers. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.
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The Forbes Society is pleased to inform members that on Tuesday, 29 July 2025 at 5.15 pm in Court 13A, Level 13 Law Courts Building, Inma Conde will present a legal history tutorial on the origins of...
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The NSW Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as:
Commissioners of the Land and Environment Court of NSW
Acting Commissioners of the Land and Environment...
President Dominic Toomey SC invites applications for Senior Counsel for 2025. The principles governing the selection and appointment of those to be designated as senior counsel by the President of...
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25 July is the International Day for Judicial Well-being. To mark the occasion, the Chief Justice of New South Wales has issued a “Statement on Judicial Wellbeing”. Click here for the statement.... Read more >
The Bar Library will have changed operating hours on Monday 28 July. 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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After a successful launch and fundraiser in June 2023, applications are now open for the grant from the Joanna Knight Scholarship Fund.
These scholarships include:
Women law students wanting to...
The third Bar Bushwalk of 2025 will be on Saturday, 26 July 2025 in the Upper Grose Valley. The route follows the Victoria Falls walking track from Mount Victoria, down into and along the valley, and...
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The District Court has today published Civil Practice Note 16 - Case Management in the General List which commenced 21 July 2025.
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Katrina Dawson was a much-loved member of the New South Wales Bar, where she excelled. She was tragically killed during the Lindt Cafe siege. The Katrina Dawson Award seeks to encourage women to...
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The Forbes Society is pleased to inform members of the Annual Forbes Lecture which will be given by Professor Kathy Bowrey of the Faculty of Law UNSW on Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at 5:30pm in Banco...
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The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for appointment as a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 for a...
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The NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), in partnership with the Australian Disability Network, has been conducting a Dignified Access Review at Parramatta Court House (12 George Street,...
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President Dominic Toomey SC invites applications for senior counsel for 2025. The principles governing the selection and appointment of senior counsel by the President of the Bar Association are...
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The Land and Environment Court is seeking expressions of interest from people who are interested in being a tipstaff in 2026. Please click here for details.
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Industrial Court Criminal Practice Note 1, that applies to work health and safety prosecutions, has been revised to include case management provisions and now annexes ‘usual directions’ for both...
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The Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of NSW, His Honour Judge Michael Allen, has issued a memorandum regarding “Interim Arrangements for Appearances at Downing Centre Local Court First Return...
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International Non-Binary People’s Day is an opportunity to recognise non-binary identities and to promote understanding, respect and inclusion of people who do not identify their gender within the...
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On 7 July 2025 the Uniform Rules Committee approved Amendment No 105 to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules. The new rule amends the circumstances in which a party to proceedings requires leave of the...
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Applications are invited for the position of Associate to the Honourable Justice Nicola Pain of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales.
The role of Associate is to provide high level...
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The Forbes Society is pleased to inform members that at 5.15 pm on Thursday, 10 July 2025 in Court 13A, Level 13 Law Courts Building, the Hon JC Campbell KC will present a legal history tutorial on...
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Join speakers Nicholas Mirzai and Nicola Bailey for a review of the latest case developments concerning the operation of the Personal Property Securities Act...
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Board decided on 8 July 2025 to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 3.85%. Accordingly, the maximum rate of interest on unpaid legal costs as permitted by s 195...
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The NSW Department of Communities and Justice has published a factsheet titled “Ban on private electronic monitoring on bail”. This factsheet explains the changes made by the Bail Amendment (Ban...
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