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NSW Bar Association

Barrister struck from roll over claims ‘of most serious kind’ against solicitor
A barrister who once accused a tribunal member of “staring at him” and tried to have an entire bench recused has...
20 December 2024
By Naomi Neilson
NSW man claims counsel ‘bribed’ him with golf membership
A disgruntled man with a decades-long vendetta against members of the legal profession has accused his former barrister...
25 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Barristers must be exempt from AML/CTF regime, bar associations argue
Bar associations have “critical concerns” about the inclusion of barristers in the proposed expanded regime for...
21 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
19 reports made with NSW Bar’s bullying, sexual harassment service
In 12 months, just under 20 members of the NSW Bar made a report using an online tool for those who have experienced or...
16 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Anxiety, vicarious trauma behind ‘busy year’ for barrister’s mental health service
The mental health service providing support to NSW barristers reportedly had a “busy” year, with many of the...
15 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Number of complaints against NSW barristers soars by 43%
In the last 12 months, the Office of the Legal Services Commission referred over 100 complaints against barristers to...
10 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
26 NSW barristers appointed senior counsel
The NSW Bar Association appointed 26 barristers as senior
04 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister to be punished for ‘elaborate scheme’ involving client’s mother
A barrister found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct crafted an “elaborate...
14 August 2024
By Naomi Neilson
WATCH: A-G, Law Society warmly welcomes Industrial Court president
The new president to head up the latest chapter of the NSW Industrial Court was praised during his welcome ceremony for...
10 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister to be struck from roll for engaging in legal practice
A barrister’s name will be removed from the roll of practitioners for ignoring several orders not to engage in legal...
23 April 2024
By Naomi Neilson
‘Counterintuitive’ NSW bail laws continue to receive widespread criticism
Barristers, bar associations, and other legal bodies have continued their criticism of the new NSW bail laws, which...
25 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
Lawyer asks entire bench to recuse itself from disciplinary hearing
A lawyer tried to have an entire Court of Appeal bench recused from hearing an application to have his name struck...
29 February 2024
By Naomi Neilson
‘Giant of the Australian Bar’ mourned
Tributes are flowing for “consummate barrister” David Jackson AM KC, who was — the NSW Chief Justice opined — a...
16 May 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Close the gap in our Constitution,’ says NSW Bar
The nation’s oldest independent bar association has expressed support for the wording in the amendments proposed for...
14 April 2023
By Jess Feyder
Legal bodies push for revised regulation for minor drug offences
Peak bodies representing the NSW legal profession have called on both major parties to commit to introducing a...
07 March 2023
By Jess Feyder
‘The legal profession has lost one of its finest’
The NSW legal profession is mourning the loss of renowned media and defamation silk Sandy Dawson SC, who “was born to...
28 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
20 new SCs named in NSW
NSW Bar Association president Gabrielle Bashir SC has revealed the newest silks in the
04 October 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Budget announcements welcomed by NSW legal bodies
Following the 2022-23 budget announcements, legal bodies in NSW have welcomed extra funding in the justice system –...
23 June 2022
By Lauren Croft
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NSW Bar elects new president
The NSW Bar Association has elected a new president, following the decision of outgoing president Michael McHugh SC to...
16 May 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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NSW Bar president to step aside
After 18 months as president of the NSW Bar Association, Michael McHugh SC is passing the torch of
09 May 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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