Martin Place Chambers is again collecting for the Halls Creek NAIDOC Week annual dance, this year a disco. Clothing and shoes for all ages being sought. If anyone wants to donate, please send to MPC,...
Read more >
ICC Australia invites members to a lunch and panel discussion giving the judicial perspective of the growth in arbitration in Australia and the implications for the courts. The panel includes the Hon...
Read more >
The Chief Justice of New South Wales has issued a Statement on Bail. To read the statement, please click here.
Read more >
The Bar Knitting Group will meet from 5:30pm on Tuesday 27 May 2025, in the conference room of Level 22 Chambers. Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome. Bring some show and tell!
Read more >
National Reconciliation Week takes place every year from 27 May to 3 June. These dates remain the same every year to commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the...
Read more >
All Class B members should now have received an email with a link to the online system to renew their membership for 2025/2026. Your login details can be obtained by emailing reception@nswbar.asn.au.... Read more >
The NSW Bar Association Legal Assistance Referral Scheme, which has formally existed since 1996, reflects the strongly held view of the Bar that a person’s rights and access to justice should not...
Read more >
The Attorney General is seeking applications from qualified persons for a Public Defender position under the Public Defenders Act 1995.
The position will be based in Dubbo and, subject to an initial...
Read more >
3,000 CCL shares plus fit-out for sale or full licence on Two Wentworth Chambers. All reasonable offers considered. The room is beautifully appointed with a window seat, custom shelving throughout, a...
Read more >
The newly revived Bar Book Club will meet next Tuesday, 3 June 2025 to discuss our second book and to collectively choose our third book. Be there or miss out!
This month’s book is...
Read more >
The NSW Bar Association has issued a media release following the release of the Parliamentary inquiry report into the proposed changes to liability and entitlements for psychological...
Read more >
It is a singular honour to be given the opportunity to serve as President of the New South Wales Bar Association.
I acknowledge the devotion given to that task by Ruth Higgins SC, and thank Ruth for...
Read more >
The Attorney General has today appointed the following Solicitor Advocates as Acting Crown Prosecutors at the NSW ODPP:
Following Ruth Higgins SC’s decision to step down as President, the Bar Council met this evening and elected Dominic Toomey SC as President. The office bearers of the Bar Association...
Read more >
The Women Barristers Forum, in conjunction with the NSW Women Lawyers Association, is delighted to invite you the next bi-annual Janet Coombs Lunch to Welcome New Women Readers to the NSW Bar, to be...
Read more >
Legal Aid NSW invites barristers to apply for the Legal Aid NSW Care and Protection Panel (the Care Panel).
The Care Panel is for legal representation of legally aided adult clients and for either...
Read more >
The Legal Practice Section of the Law Council of Australia and the Environment and Planning Law Association of New South Wales will co-host the 13th Mahla Pearlman Oration on 19 June 2025 in Sydney...
Read more >
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...
Read more >
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Board decided on 20 May 2025 to lower the cash rate target to 3.85%. Accordingly, the rate of interest on unpaid legal costs prescribed by s 195 of the Legal...
Read more >
Each year on 21 May, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is celebrated. World Day for Cultural Diversity is a United Nations (UN) sanctioned observance day...
Read more >
The NSW Government has issued a media release regarding Circle Sentencing being expanded to Sydney’s Downing Centre.
Click here for the media release.
Read more >
Today marks National Pro Bono Day and we take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks for our barristers’ service through the New South Wales Bar Association’s Duty Barrister Scheme and...
Read more >
A western facing, light-filled room is available for licence in the renovated 8th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers at 53 Martin Place. This opportunity is available from June through September 2025...
Read more >
The CLA is running an extended series this year as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations. The line-up includes the Hon Justices Elisabeth Peden, Ian Pike, Scott Nixon, Jane Needham and Fabian...
Read more >
Members are invited to attend the swearing in of 7 new magistrates to the Local Court of New South Wales. A full bench ceremony will take place at 9am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing...
Read more >© New South Wales Bar Association.
All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
To top