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The Bar • 07 July 2016
SA Law Society fights for ‘chronically underfunded’ courts
In the lead-up to the South Australian budget announcement, the state law society has called on the government to...
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The Bar • 07 July 2016
New judge for Supreme Court of WA
Katrina Banks-Smith SC has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, beginning 18 July.
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The Bar • 06 July 2016
Correction orders not reducing imprisonment
The increased use of community correction orders by Victorian courts has not resulted in fewer people being sent to prison, a...
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The Bar • 01 July 2016
Supreme Court appointments in Tasmania and Victoria
Judicial appointments announced this week will see Tasmanian Chief Magistrate Michael Brett and Victorian county court judge...
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The Law Council of Australia (LCA) has adopted an updated equitable briefing policy that sets out targets for the...
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The Law Society Northern Territory and the Law Society of Western Australia have welcomed the announcement of new...
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John Robson SC will be sworn in as a judge of the NSW Land and Environment Court next month.
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Legal bodies in the ACT have heavily criticised a proposal by the territory government to grant the Director of Public...
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Five barristers have been ushered out of court on the opening day of a trial for donning their wigs in the Victorian...
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Female lawyers contemplating their calling to the bar have been urged to give it a go by barrister Michelle Painter...
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The NSW Bar Association is undertaking a review of its Best Practice Guidelines, which seek to assist chambers to create...
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Tributes have poured in for prominent barrister Ross Ray QC, who died on Sunday in a quad bike accident.
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The way the media reports sentencing outcomes creates an unrealistic representation of crime, but the legal industry...
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The need for an Australian international commercial court to provide an alternative to cross-country arbitration is...
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