Inbrief
Supreme Court update in relation to hearings affected by flooding in Queens Square
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has advised all matters listed for Tuesday to Friday this week will continue to be heard. Court rooms in Wentworth Chambers, Hospital Road, St James Road, King...
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Federal Court update in relation to hearings affected by flooding in Queens Square
Practitioners are advised in relation to hearings for tomorrow and the remainder of the week, that while hearings will not be proceeding in person at Queens Square, they will be proceeding either...
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Closes today: Local Court Arbitrator List 2024 – 2025
Alternative Dispute Resolution
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 period...
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Update on the Joint Law Courts Building
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has advised all matters listed for Tuesday to Friday this week will continue to be heard. Court rooms in Wentworth Chambers, Hospital Road, St...
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Supreme Court List Update
Further to yesterday’s InBrief notice about flooding in the Law Courts building, the Supreme Court has updated its Courts List page for today, Monday 18 September 2023. For today’s list please...
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Flooding in the Joint Law Courts Building
All members of the legal profession are advised that the Law Courts Building in Queens Square has suffered another major flooding event due to a broken pipe on level 19 affecting all floors in the...
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Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive
The Australian Bar Association is conducting the Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive in the Federal Court, Sydney on 22 to 26 January 2024.
It is a residential five day course that will develop your...
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Appellate Advocacy - Views from the Bench and Bar
In-person – Thursday, 5 October 2023
The Honourable Justice JK Ward, president of the Court of Appeal and Laina Chan of 2 Selbourne Chambers will be discussing the assistance that the Court is...
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Appointment of additional Members to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Appointments
The Commonwealth Attorney-General has announced that the Australian Government has appointed 39 additional members to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
To read the media release,...
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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah, or Jewish New Year, begins this evening.
It is one of the holiest days of the year for Jewish people around the world and marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days, a period of...
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Closing tonight: Katrina Dawson Award
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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Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Steven Rares
Appointments
A ceremonial sitting of a Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia will be held in Court 1, Level 21, Federal Court of Australia, Law Courts Building on Tuesday, 14 November 2023...
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R U OK? Day
Wellbeing
Today, we join the global community in recognising R U OK? Day, a day dedicated to sparking conversations about mental health and encouraging meaningful connections. In these challenging...
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Tonight: 2023 Bathurst Lecture
Commercial Law Section
The Commercial Law Section will hold the 2023 Bathurst Lecture on 14 September 2023 from 5.30pm in Banco Court. The lecture will be delivered by the Hon Chief Justice A S...
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International Equal Pay Day
The United Nations International Equal Pay Day is celebrated on 18 September each year in support of equal pay for work of equal value.
Women are paid less than men by an estimated 20 per cent...
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Bisexual Awareness Week: 16 – 23 September 2023
Bisexual Awareness Week or #BiWeek commenced on 16 September and culminates in Celebrate Bisexuality Day, on 23 September.
Bisexuality Day is an annual event to recognise and celebrate bisexual...
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Yom Kippur: From sunset on Sunday, 24 September to nightfall on Monday, 25 September
The Bar Association is committed to supporting a Bar that reflects and is inclusive of society’s diverse composition. Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is the holiest of Jewish religious...
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Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of The New South Wales Bar Association (ABN 18 526 414 014) will be held in the Common Room of the New South Wales Bar Association, Basement, Selborne Chambers, 174-180...
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Nominations for 2024 Bar Council Election Open Today
Nomination forms for election of the 2024 Bar Council were posted on Thursday, 7 September 2023 and emailed today to all members of the Bar Association eligible to nominate or be nominated.
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Closing tomorrow: Katrina Dawson Award
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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Bar Association Annual General Meeting and Election Timetable
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, 2...
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Tonight: Recognising and Presenting Evidence of Strengths in Legal Proceedings
Hybrid at the Law Society of NSW – Wednesday, 13 September 2023
The NSW Bar Association’s First Nations Committee has partnered with the Bugmy Bar Book project to host a panel discussion on the...
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2023 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture
The 2023 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture will be held on Thursday, 12 October 2023 in-person in the NSW Bar Association Common Room. Entry is 5.15pm for 5.30pm start.
The lecture titled 'The Law of...
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2023 Hal Wootten Lecture with The Honourable Mark Dreyfus KC MP
The 2023 Hal Wootten Lecture will be held on Thursday, 12 October 2023 from 6.30pm at UNSW Law Theature G04. The Honourable Mark Dreyfus KC MP, Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia...
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Tomorrow: Ceremonial Sitting for the Honourable Justice Yaseen Shariff
Appointments
A ceremonial sitting of a Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia will be held in Court 1, Level 21, Federal Court of Australia, Law Courts Building on Wednesday, 13 September 2023...
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