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Supreme Courtof New South Wales
ANNUAL REVIEW 2010 & 2011
Foreword by Chief Justice of NSW 1
1 2010 & 2011: An Overview 2• RetirementoftheHon.JJSpigelman,AC,fromtheofficeofChiefJusticeofNSW 3• AppointmentoftheHon.TFBathurstasthe17thChiefJusticeofNSW 3• RefurbishmentoftheLawCourtsBuildinginQueensSquare 4• Courtoperations 4• Educationandpublicinformation 5• ConsultationwithCourtusers 5
2 Court Profile 6• TheCourt’sjurisdictionandDivisions 7• Whomakesthedecisions? 11
-TheJudges 11-Appointmentsandretirements 14-TheAssociateJudges 15-TheRegistrars 15
• SupportingtheCourt:theRegistry 17
3 Caseflow Management 18• Introduction 19• Overviewbyjurisdiction 19• RegionalsittingsoftheCourt 25• Alternativedisputeresolution 26
4 Court Operations 27• Overviewofoperationsbyjurisdiction 28• Timeliness 33
-Timestandards 33-Listingdelays 34
• UseofAlternativeDisputeResolution 35
5 Education and public information 36• Judicialofficereducation 37• Publiceducationprogramme 41• TheroleofthePublicInformationOfficer 41
6 Other Aspects of the Court’s work 43• UniformCivilProcedureRules 44• JusticeLinkandElectronicServices 44• LawCourtsLibrary 45• AdmissiontotheLegalProfessionandappointmentofPublicNotaries 45• AdmissionundertheMutualRecognitionActs 51• AdministrationoftheCostsAssessmentScheme 51• ProBonoScheme 52• JudicialAssistanceProgram 52
7 Appendices 53• i.Courtstatistics–comprehensivetableofstatistics 54• ii.TheCourt’sCommitteesandUserGroups 64• iii.Otherjudicialactivity:Conferences,SpeakingEngagements,Publications, 72
AppointmentstoLegalandCulturalOrganisations,DelegationsandInternationalAssistance,andCommissionsinOverseasCourts
CONTENTS
litigantstocometoCourt,orwhereevidencecanbetakenwithouttheneedforphysicalattendance.IamalsopleasedthattheGovernmenthasindicatedthattherecentincreaseinfilingfeeswillbeutilisedtoimproveandexpandtheelectronicfilingsystemoftheCourtandmaintainthepresentlevelofjudicialstaff.BoththesemattersareessentialastheCourtmovesintothe21stCentury.
AstheReviewpointsout,theCourthasanongoingcommitmenttotheuseofalternativedisputeresolution.Theuseofalternativedisputeresolutionprocedures,particularlymediation,isencouragedinalljurisdictionsoftheCourtandcommonlyrequiredtobeundertakenpriortothehearing.Inthatregard,oneofthenotablesuccessesoftheCourthasbeenthecourtmediationprocessinwhich,astheReviewpointsout,over50percentofcasesdealtwithbyitsettlewithoutthenecessityofacontestedhearing.
CanIexpressmyappreciationtoallthosepeopleinvolvedintheoperationoftheCourtandtrustthatthisReviewwillprovideaninformativeinsightintotheworkwhichtheyundertake.
TheHonTFBathurstChiefJusticeofNSW
ThisoverviewcontainsasummaryoftheprincipalactivitiesoftheCourtin2010and2011andthemannerinwhichitseekstofulfilitsobligationsasthesuperiorcourtinNewSouthWales.
TheReviewis,ofcourse,anoverviewandonlygivesthebroadestindicationofthebreadthandcomplexityoftheworkundertakenbythejudiciary,theircommitmenttotheirjudicialresponsibilitiesandthecommitmentoftheregistryanditsstaffinseekingtoassurethattheCourtfulfilsitsroleprovidingaccesstojusticetothepeopleofNewSouthWales.AstheReviewstates,IwasappointedtotheofficeofChiefJusticeinJune2011.Onematterwhichimmediatelystruckmewasthededicationandenergywhichalljudgesandregistrystaffapplytotheworkwhichtheyarerequiredtoundertake.
TheCourtcannotfunctionwithoutadequatephysicalortechnologicalfacilitiesorwithoutanadequatenumberofjudicialofficerstoenableittoperformitstasks.TherefurbishmentoftheLawCourtsBuildingwhichisongoingwillensurethattheCourtwillhaveadequatephysicalfacilitiesinthecomingyears.ThetechnologicaladvancesinthecourtroomsthemselveswillcontributetotheincreasingefficiencyoftheCourtsindealingwithcasesinvolvinginterstateorinternationaltransactionsorcases,orhearingswhereitisunnecessaryorinappropriateforsolicitorsor
FOREWORD BY CHIEF JUSTICE OF NSW
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1 2010 & 2011: AN OVERVIEW
• Retirement of the Hon. J J Spigelman, AC, from the office of Chief Justice of New South Wales
• Appointment of the Hon. T F Bathurst as the 17th Chief Justice of New South Wales
• Refurbishment of the Law Courts Building in Queens Square
• Court operations
• Education and public information
• Consultation with Court users
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Appointment of the Hon. T F Bathurst as the 17th Chief Justice of New South WalesOn1June2011,ThomasFrederickBathurst,QCwassworninasthe17thChiefJusticeofNewSouthWales.Priortohisappointment,ChiefJusticeBathurstwasformerlyPresidentoftheNSWBarAssociation,hadpreviouslyheldtheofficeofPresidentoftheAustraliaBarAssociation,andpractisedextensivelythroughoutAustraliaasacommerciallawyer,particularlyintheareasofbanking,insurance,property,tradepracticesandcompetitionlaw.OntheoccasionofhisHonour’sswearingin,ChiefJusticeBathurstacknowledgedthepotentiallyinvaluablerolethattheincreasedapplicationoftechnologyandalternativedisputeresolutioninmodernlitigation.HisHonouralsospoketotheimportantrolethemediacanplayinensuringthepublicremainsengagedwiththeCourtandthejudiciary.
Retirement of the Hon. J J Spigelman, AC, from the office of Chief Justice of New South WalesOn31May2011,theHon.JamesJacobSpigelman,ACretiredasthe16thChiefJusticeofNewSouthWales.TheHon.MrSpigelmanretired6daysaftercompleting13years’serviceintheoffice,havingbeensworninon25May1998.Whenannouncinghisresignation,hisHonourcitedreducedcourtdelays,theimplementationofinnovativecasemanagementpractices,increaseduseoftechnology,andthesignificantinvestmentintherefurbishmentoftheCourt’sprincipalpremises,theLawCourtsBuilding,asadministrativehighlightsofhistimeinoffice.Upontheoccasionofhisretirement,hisHonouraddressedsomeofthejudicialinitiativeshepersonallyinstigated,includingreinforcingtraditionaltieswiththeUnitedKingdom’sjudiciary,andincreasinginteractionbetweentheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesandmembersofthejudiciaryintheAsia-Pacificregion,particularly,thePeople’sRepublicofChina.
Photographs from the Ceremony marking the retirement of the Hon. J J Spigelman, AC © Gillian Tedder Photography P/L
Chief Justice T F Bathurst in full ceremonial robes on the occasion of his Honour’s Swearing In © Gillian Tedder Photography P/L
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Refurbishment of the Law Courts Building in Queens SquareSignificantprogressonthestagedrefurbishmentoftheLawCourtsLimitedBuildingwasmadein2010and2011.Bytheendof2011,24outof32courtroomshadbeenrenovated,andworkhadalreadycommencedontheremainingcourtroomsonLevels10and13.
InOctober2010,renovatedcourtroomsonLevels7and12wereofficiallyopened.Withthere-openingofLevel12,theCourtgainedaccesstoanewPresident’sCourtandalargeappealscourt,Court12D,whichiscapableofaccommodatingfivejudgesatthebench,38legalpractitionersatthebartableand30–40peopleinthepublicgallery.Court12DisalsocompatiblewithE-Court,aservicethatenablespractitionersatthebartabletoviewreal-timetranscriptsofproceedingsontheirlaptopcomputers.OnLevel7,improvementsweremadetomodernisethecourtroomsandacoustics.
Lessthanayearlater,inSeptember2011,therenovatedcourtroomsonLevels8and11wereofficiallyopened.All10oftherefurbishedcourtroomsonLevel8and11havein-courttechnologyinstalled,withmostnowalsoequippedwithhighdefinitionaudio-visualtechnologycapableoftransmittingwillimprovedrecordedevidenceandremotewitnesstestimony.TheciviljurycourtroomonLevel10wasspecificallydesignedtoaccommodate,forthefirsttime,ajurymemberrequiringaccesstothejuryboxanddeliberationroombywheelchair.
Court operationsTheyears2010and2011werechallengingfortheCourt.Ingeneral,listingdelaysandtheageoftheCourt’spendingcaseloadbothincreasedacrossthevariousareasofitsoperations.Arangeofcomplexfactorshascontributedtotheseresultsduringthetwo-yearperiod.IntheCourtofAppeal,fewercasessettledandmoreproceededtohearingsinwhichsubstantivejudgmentswererequired.IntheCourtofCriminalAppeal,thenumberofconvictionappealsincreasedbysevenpercentbetween2010and2011.Asthehearingtimerequiredtodetermineaconvictionappealisusuallyatleastdoublethat
requiredforasentence-onlyappeal,fewercasescouldbelistedwithintheavailablehearingtime.WithrespecttotheCourt’sfirstinstancecriminalcases,thenumberofdefendantsenteredintotheCriminalListwas30percenthigherattheendof2011thanattheendof2009.Furthermore,theaverageestimatedhearinglengthoftrialsincreasedthroughoutthetwo-yearperiod,asdidthenumberofguiltypleastakenaftertheCourthadsetatrialdate(36pleasweretakenafterarraignmentin2010,and29weretakenin2011;in2009,thefigurewas22).
IntermsoftheCourt’sfirstinstanceciviljurisdiction,theimplementationofanewcasemanagementsystem,JusticeLink,attheendof2009necessitatedacompletere-designofthereportsusedtomonitorandanalysetheCourt’scaseload.ThedevelopmentofnewreportshasbeenaparticularlychallengingundertakingasthevarietyofdatacapturedinJusticeLink,andthemannerinwhichthatdataisstored,isfundamentallydifferenttothesystemitreplaced,andsignificantlymorecomplex.Considerableprogresstowardsthedevelopmentofdetailedoperationalreportswasmadein2011,whichhasallowedtheCourttoextractcrucialcaseloadstatisticsfromJusticeLinkthathavebeenreproducedinthisReview.
However,theunavailabilityforthepasttwoyearsofanoperationalreportfromwhichtheCourtcouldidentifyinactivecaseseligibleforclosureofitsownmotionunderprovisionsintheUniformCivilProcedureRules2005hasresultedinanartificialincreaseintheageandsizeofitspendingcivilcaseloadattheendof2011.TheCourtisconfidentthatitsoperationalstatisticsfor2012willmoreaccuratelyillustratethecompositionofitscivilcaseloadonceithasbeenabletoresumeitspracticeofidentifyingandclosingpotentiallyinactivecases.
DetailedanalysisoftheCourt’scaseloadanditsachievementsagainsttimestandardsarefoundinChapter4ofthisReview.ThischaptershouldbereadinconjunctionwiththecomprehensivestatisticaldatainAppendix(i).
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Education and public informationManyjudicialofficersupdatedanddevelopedtheirskillsandknowledgeduringtheyearbyattendingconferences,seminarsandworkshops,someofwhichwerespecificallytailoredtotheCourt’sneeds.ThePublicInformationOfficercontinuedtoprovidethemedia,andconsequentlythegeneralpublic,withreliableinformationaboutcontentiousissuesandcourtproceedings.During2010and2011,theRegistrarsaddressedover1,400studentsandmembersofthegeneralpubliceachyear,providingtheattendeeswithauniqueinsightintotheCourt’sworkanditsplaceintheState’slegalsystem.ThesearesomeoftheactivitiesfeaturedinChapter5oftheReview,andinthecaseofjudicialeducation,elaboratedinfurtherdetailatAppendix(iii).
Consultation with Court usersTheCourtcontinuedtoworkcloselywithitsuserstoimprovesystemsandproceduresthroughanetworkofCommitteesandUserGroups.RepresentativesontheCommitteesandUserGroupsincludejudicialofficers(fromthisCourtandotherjurisdictions),seniorregistrystaffandrepresentativesfromjusticeagenciesandthelegalprofession.AlistoftheCourt’sCommitteesandUserGroupsandtheirmembersduring2010and2011formsAppendix(ii)tothisReview.
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2 COURT PROFILE
• The Court’s jurisdiction and Divisions
• Who makes the decisions?
• Supporting the Court: the Registry
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Court of AppealTheCourtofAppealisresponsibleforhearingappealsincivilmattersagainstthedecisionsofthejudicialofficersoftheSupremeCourt,othercourts,commissionsandtribunalswithintheState,asprescribedintheSupreme Court Act 1970.
Court of Criminal AppealTheCourtofCriminalAppealhearsappealsfromcriminalproceedingsintheSupremeCourt,theIndustrialCourt,theLandandEnvironmentCourt,theDistrictCourtandtheDrugCourt.Appealsmaychallengeconvictionsandsentencesimposeduponindictmentorinthetrialcourt’ssummaryjurisdiction,orinterlocutoryordersmadebythetrialcourt.AppealsfromcommittalproceedingsintheLocalCourtmayalsobeheardincertaincircumstances.
SittingsoftheCourtofCriminalAppealareorganisedonarosterbasiswhilsttakingintoaccounttheotherregularjudicialdutiesandcommitmentsoftheJudgeswhoformtheCourt’sbench.TheJudgeswhositintheCourtofCriminalAppealaretheChiefJustice,thePresident,theJudgesoftheCourtofAppeal,theChiefJudgeatCommonLawandJudgesoftheCommonLawDivision.During2010and2011,theCourtofCriminalAppealbenchescomprisedatleasttwoCommonLawjudges,withthepresidingjudgebeingeithertheChiefJustice,thePresident,aJudgeofAppeal,ortheChiefJudgeatCommonLaw.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales: our place in the court systemThecourtsysteminNewSouthWalesisstructuredonahierarchicalbasis.TheSupremeCourtisthesuperiorcourtofrecordinNewSouthWalesand,assuch,hasaninherentjurisdictioninadditiontoitsspecificstatutoryjurisdiction.
TheSupremeCourthasappellateandtrialjurisdictions.Theappellatecourtsarethe:
• CourtofAppeal,and• CourtofCriminalAppeal.
ThetrialworkofthecriminalandciviljurisdictionsisdividedbetweentwoDivisions:
• CommonLawDivision,and• EquityDivision.
Thisstructurefacilitatestheconvenientdespatchofbusinessinaccordancewiththeprovisionsundersection38oftheSupreme Court Act 1970.
Section23oftheSupreme Court Act 1970providestheCourtwithalljurisdictionnecessaryfortheadministrationofjusticeinNewSouthWales.TheSupremeCourthassupervisoryjurisdictionoverothercourtsandtribunalsintheState.TheCourtgenerallyexercisesitssupervisoryjurisdictionthroughitsappellatecourts.
TheIndustrialCourtofNewSouthWalesandtheLandandEnvironmentCourtofNewSouthWalesarespecialistcourtsofstatutoryjurisdiction.TheJudgesofthesecourtshavethestatusofSupremeCourtJudges.
TheDistrictCourtofNewSouthWalesisanintermediatecourtwhosejurisdictionisdeterminedbystatute.TheLocalCourtsitsatthebottomofthehierarchyofNewSouthWalescourts,andhasbroadcriminalandciviljurisdictions.TherearealsotribunalsandcommissionsinNewSouthWaleswithstatutorypowerssimilartotheDistrictandLocalCourts.
Figures2.1and2.2overleafillustratethecourthierarchyinNewSouthWalesandthegatewaystoappealinthecriminalandciviljurisdictions.
THE COURT’S JURISDICTION AND DIVISIONS
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Common Law DivisionTheDivisionhearsbothcriminalandcivilmatters.Thecriminalmattersheardinvolvehomicideoffencesandoffenceswheretheprosecutionseekslifeimprisonment.OthermattersinvolvingseriouscriminalityorthepublicinterestmaybebroughtbeforetheCourtwiththeChiefJustice’sapproval.TheJudgesoftheDivisionalsohearbailapplications,mattersconcerningproceedsofcrime,andpost-convictioninquiries.
TheDivisiondealswithallseriouspersonalinjuryandcontractualactions,inwhichtheCourthasunlimitedjurisdiction.ThecivilbusinessoftheDivisionalsocomprises:
• claimsfordamages;• claimsofprofessionalnegligence;• claimsrelatingtothepossessionofland;• claimsofdefamation;• administrativelawcasesseekingthereviewof
decisionsbygovernmentandadministrativetribunals;and
• appealsfromLocalcourts.
Equity DivisionTheEquityDivisionexercisesthetraditionalequityjurisdictiondealingwithclaimsforremediesotherthandamagesandrecoveryofdebts,includingcontractualactions,rightsofproperty,anddisputesrelatingtopartnerships,trusts,anddeceasedestates.TheDivisionhearsapplicationsbroughtundernumerousstatutes,includingtheCorporations Act 2001 (Cth),theSuccession Act 2006,andtheProperty (Relationships) Act 1984.TheDivisionalsohandlesadiverserangeofapplicationsintheareasofAdmiraltylaw,Commerciallaw,TechnologyandConstruction,ProbateandtheCourt’sAdoptionandProtectivejurisdictions.
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Figure2.1NSW Court system – criminal jurisdiction
Note:TheabovediagramisasimplifiedrepresentationoftheappealprocessinNSW.Actualappealrightsaredeterminedbytherelevantlegislation.
* TheCourtofCriminalAppealmayhearsomeappealsinmattersrelatingtosection32AoftheOccupational Health and Safety Act 2000
** SomeappealsaremadetotheDistrictCourtofNSW.# SomeappealsfromcommittalproceedingsmaybemadetotheCCA.
Drug Court of NSW**
Local Courts#
District Court of NSW
Court of Criminal Appeal
High Court of Australia
Land and Environment Court of NSW
Industrial Court of NSW*
Supreme Court of NSW
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Figure2.2NSW Court system – civil jurisdiction
Note:TheabovediagramisasimplifiedrepresentationoftheappealandjudicialreviewprocessinNSW.Actualappealrightsaredeterminedbytherelevantlegislation.
* NoappealliestotheCourtofAppealfromdecisionoftheIndustrialCourtofNSW;however,someproceedingsmaybebroughtbywayofjudicialreview.
** SomeclaimsmayinsteadbemadedirectlytotheCourtofAppealpursuanttoSection48oftheSupreme Court Act 1970.
High Court of Australia
Court of Appeal
Consumer Trader and Tenancy
Tribunal
Administrative Decisions Tribunal**
Local Court
Land and Environment
Court
Industrial Court of NSW*
Supreme Court of NSW
District Court of NSW
Dust Diseases Tribunal
Workers Compensation Commission
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As at 31 December 2010
Chief JusticeTheHonourableJamesJacobSpigelmanAC
PresidentTheHonourableJusticeJamesBainAllsop
Judges of AppealTheHonourableJusticeMargaretJoanBeazleyAOTheHonourableJusticeRogerDavidGilesTheHonourableJusticeDavidHargravesHodgson
AOTheHonourableJusticeMurrayHerbertTobiasAM
RFDTheHonourableJusticeRuthStephanieMcCollAOTheHonourableJusticeJohnBastenTheHonourableJusticeJosephCharlesCampbellTheHonourableJusticeRobertBruceMacfarlanTheHonourableMrJusticePeterWolstenholme
YoungAO
Chief Judge at Common LawTheHonourableJusticePeterDavidMcClellanAM
Chief Judge in EquityTheHonourableJusticePatriciaAnneBergin
JudgesTheHonourableMrJusticeBruceMeredithJamesTheHonourableMrJusticeRobertShallcrossHulmeTheHonourableJusticeCarolynChalmersSimpsonTheHonourableJusticePeterJohnHiddenAMTheHonourableJusticeCliffordRoyEinsteinTheHonourableJusticeMichaelFrederickAdamsTheHonourableJusticeDavidKirbyTheHonourableJusticeAnthonyGerardJoseph
WhealyTheHonourableJusticeReginaldIanBarrettTheHonourableJusticeGeorgeAlfredPalmerAMTheHonourableJusticeTerenceLionelBuddinTheHonourableJusticeIanVitalyGzellTheHonourableJusticeWilliamHenricNicholasTheHonourableJusticeRobertCalderMcDougallTheHonourableJusticeJohnDavidHislopTheHonourableJusticeRichardWeeksWhiteTheHonourableJusticeCliftonRalphRussell
HoebenAMRFDTheHonourableJusticePeterAnthonyJohnsonTheHonourableJusticePeterMichaelHall
TheJudicialOfficersoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesareitsJudgesandAssociateJudges.TheRegistrarsoftheCourthavelimiteddecision-makingpowers.
The JudgesTheGovernorofNewSouthWalesformallyappointstheJudgesoftheCourtfollowingadecisionbyCabinet.Judicialappointmentsaremadeonthebasisofalegalpractitioner’sintegrity,highleveloflegalskillsandthedepthofhisorherpracticalexperience.
TheGovernorappointsjudgespursuanttosection25oftheSupreme Court Act 1970.Section25specifiesthattheCourtwillinclude:aChiefJustice,aPresidentoftheCourtofAppealandsuchotherJudgesofAppeal,JudgesandAssociateJudges,astheGovernormayappointfromtimetotime.TheGovernorisalsoempoweredtoappointqualifiedpersonsasActingJudgesofAppealorActingJudgeswhentheneedarises.
TheChiefJusticeis,byvirtueofhisoffice,aJudgeofAppeal,andtheseniormemberoftheCourtofAppeal.TheothermembersoftheCourtofAppealarethePresidentandtheotherJudgesofAppeal.TheJudgesoftheCourtareassignedtospecificDivisions,andordinarilyconfinetheiractivitiestothebusinessofthoseDivisions.Incertaincircumstances,theChiefJusticemaycertifythataparticularJudgeshouldactasanadditionalJudgeofAppealincertainproceedingsbeforetheCourtofAppeal.
TheSupreme Court Act 1970alsoprovidesthattheChiefJusticemayappointJudgestoadministeraspecificlistwithintheCommonLaworEquityDivisions.DetailsoftheJudgesassignedtotheselistsin2010and2011canbefoundinthechapterentitledCaseflow Management.
ThetableoverleafdetailstheJudges,inorderofseniority,asat31December2010and31December2011.
WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS?
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TheHonourableJusticeMeganFayLathamTheHonourableJusticeStephenRothmanAMTheHonourableJusticePaulLeGayBreretonAM
RFDTheHonourableJusticeDerekMichaelPriceAMTheHonourableJusticeDavidJacobHammerschlagTheHonourableJusticeIanGordonHarrisonTheHonourableJusticeElizabethLillianFullertonTheHonourableJusticeLucyMcCallumTheHonourableJusticeNigelGeoffreyReinTheHonourableJusticeJulieKathrynWardTheHonourableJusticeRobertAllanHulmeTheHonourableJusticeMichaelJohnSlatteryTheHonourableJusticeDavidLloydDaviesTheHonourableJusticeMonikaSchmidtTheHonourableJusticeMichaelAndrewPembrokeTheHonourableJusticeMichaelLeeBallTheHonourableJusticePeterRichardGarlingRFD
As at 31 December 2011
Chief JusticeTheHonourableThomasFrederickBathurst
PresidentTheHonourableJusticeJamesBainAllsop
Judges of AppealTheHonourableJusticeMargaretJoanBeazleyAOTheHonourableJusticeRuthStephanieMcCollAOTheHonourableJusticeJohnBastenTheHonourableJusticeJosephCharlesCampbellTheHonourableJusticeRobertBruceMacfarlanTheHonourableMrJusticePeterWolstenholme
YoungAOTheHonourableJusticeAnthonyGerardJoseph
WhealyTheHonourableJusticeAnthonyMeaghe
Chief Judge at Common LawTheHonourableJusticePeterDavidMcClellanAM
Chief Judge in EquityTheHonourableJusticePatriciaAnneBergin
JudgesTheHonourableMrJusticeRobertShallcrossHulmeTheHonourableJusticeCarolynChalmersSimpsonTheHonourableJusticePeterJohnHiddenAMTheHonourableJusticeCliffordRoyEinsteinTheHonourableJusticeMichaelFrederickAdamsTheHonourableJusticeReginaldIanBarrettTheHonourableJusticeTerenceLionelBuddinTheHonourableJusticeIanVitalyGzellTheHonourableJusticeWilliamHenricNicholasTheHonourableJusticeRobertCalderMcDougallTheHonourableJusticeJohnDavidHislopTheHonourableJusticeRichardWeeksWhiteTheHonourableJusticeCliftonRalphRussell
HoebenAMRFDTheHonourableJusticePeterAnthonyJohnsonTheHonourableJusticePeterMichaelHallTheHonourableJusticeMeganFayLathamTheHonourableJusticeStephenRothmanAMTheHonourableJusticePaulLeGayBreretonAM
RFDTheHonourableJusticeDerekMichaelPriceAMTheHonourableJusticeDavidJacobHammerschlagTheHonourableJusticeIanGordonHarrisonTheHonourableJusticeElizabethLillianFullertonTheHonourableJusticeLucyMcCallumTheHonourableJusticeNigelGeoffreyReinTheHonourableJusticeJulieKathrynWardTheHonourableJusticeRobertAllanHulmeTheHonourableJusticeMichaelJohnSlatteryTheHonourableJusticeDavidLloydDaviesTheHonourableJusticeMonikaSchmidtTheHonourableJusticeMichaelAndrewPembrokeTheHonourableJusticeMichaelLeeBallTheHonourableJusticePeterRichardGarlingRFDTheHonourableJusticeJohnRobertsonSackarTheHonourableJusticeAshleyJohnBlackTheHonourableJusticeChristineElizabeth
Adamson
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Acting JudgesThefollowingtabledetailsthosepersonswhoheldcommissionsasactingjudgesduringthe2010and2011calendaryears.Unlessotherwiseindicatedinbrackets,thejudicialofficer’scommissionwaseffectivefortheentirecalendaryear.
ActingJudgesareaskedtopresideoverspecifichearingsastheneedarises.ThetotalnumberofdayseachpersonactedasaJudgeoftheCourtduring2010and2011yearsisalsodetailedinbrackets.
2010
Acting Judges of Appeal (in alphabetical order)• TheHonourableJohnPurdyBrysonQC,former
JudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesandJudgeofAppeal(commissioneffectivebetween1Januaryand30April,and1Julyand31December;actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor69days).
• TheHonourableKennethRobertHandleyAOQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesandJudgeofAppeal(commissioneffectivebetween29Januaryand31December;actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor161days).
• TheHonourableKevinEdmundLindgrenQC,formerJudgeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia(commissioneffectivebetween31Mayand3September;actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor89days).
• TheHonourableJaneHamiltonMathewsAO,formerJudgeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia(commissioneffectivebetween1Januaryand15April,and1Julyand31December;actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor6days).
• TheHonourableRonaldSackvilleAOQC,formerJudgeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia(actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor166days).
• TheHonourableBrianJohnMichaelTamberlinQC,formerJudgeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia(actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor77days).
Acting Judges (in alphabetical order)• TheHonourableGrahamRussellBarrQC,former
JudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween1Julyand31December;actedasaJudgefor122days).
• TheHonourablePeterMeldrumBiscoe,aJudgeoftheLandandEnvironmentCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween9Marchand28May;actedasaJudgefor41days).
• TheHonourableJohnPerryHamiltonQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(actedasaJudgefor50days).
• TheHonourableRoderickNeilHowieQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween6Septemberand31December;actedasaJudgefor20days).
• TheHonourableRexFosterSmart,formerjudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween20Marchand31December;actedasaJudgefor105.5days).
• TheHonourableTimothyJamesStuddertQC,formerjudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween1Januaryand4November;actedasaJudgefor67days).
• TheHonourableWilliamVictorWindeyerAMRFDED,formerjudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween15Marchand28May,and27Septemberand5November;actedasaJudgefor80days).
2011
Acting Judges of Appeal (in alphabetical order)• TheHonourableJohnPurdyBrysonQC,former
JudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesandJudgeofAppeal(commissioneffectivebetween24Octoberand16December;actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor40days).
• TheHonourableKennethRobertHandleyAOQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesandJudgeofAppeal(actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor173days).
• TheHonourableDavidHargravesHodgsonAO,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesandJudgeofAppeal(commissioneffectivebetween10Augustand31December;wasnotrequiredtoactasaJudgeoftheCourtduringthisperiod).
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• TheHonourableJaneHamiltonMathewsAO,formerJudgeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia(actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor49days).
• TheHonourableRonaldSackvilleAOQC,formerJudgeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia(actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor171days).
• TheHonourableBrianJohnMichaelTamberlinQC,formerJudgeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia(commissioneffectivebetween1Januaryand30June;actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor42days).
• TheHonourableMurrayHerbertTobiasAMRFDQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesandJudgeofAppeal(commissioneffectivebetween2Mayand31December2011;actedasaJudgeandJudgeofAppealfor118days).
Acting Judges (in alphabetical order)• TheHonourableGrahamRussellBarrQC,former
JudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(actedasaJudgefor106days).
• TheHonourableMichaelBrianGroveQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween31Januaryand31December;actedasaJudgefor93days).
• TheHonourableJohnPerryHamiltonQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissionseffectivebetween1Januaryand30June,butwasnotrequiredtoactasaJudgeduringthisperiod).
• TheHonourableRoderickNeilHowieQC,formerJudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween1Januaryand30June,butwasnotrequiredtoactaJudgeduringthisperiod).
• TheHonourableRexFosterSmartQC,formerjudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(actedasaJudgefor57.5days).
• HisHonourJudgeStephenLewisWalmsleySC,JudgeoftheDistrictCourtofNewSouthWales(commissioneffectivebetween9Septemberand16December;actedasaJudgefor65days).
• TheHonourableWilliamVictorWindeyerAMRFDED,formerjudgeoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(commissionseffectivebetween18Apriland24Juneand31Octoberand25November;actedasaJudgefor66days).
Appointments• MichaelAndrewPembrokeSCwasappointeda
JudgeoftheSupremeCourton12April2010.• MichaelLeeBallwasappointedaJudgeofthe
SupremeCourton13April2010.• PeterRichardGarlingRFDSCwasappointeda
JudgeoftheSupremeCourton7June2010.• PhillipHallenSCwasappointedanAssociate
JudgeoftheSupremeCourton5July2010.• JohnRobertsonSackarQCwasappointeda
JudgeoftheSupremeCourton1February2011.• ThomasFrederickBathurstQCwasappointedas
theChiefJusticeofNewSouthWaleson1June2011.
• JohnAshleyBlackwasappointedaJudgeoftheSupremeCourton4July2011.
• AnthonyJohnMeagherSCwasappointedaJudgeoftheSupremeCourton10August2011.
• ChristineElizabethAdamsonSCwasappointedaJudgeoftheSupremeCourton17October2011.
Retirements• TheHonourableJusticeRobertPeterAustin
retiredon5March2010.• TheHonourableJusticeRobertGaborForster
retiredon26March2010.• TheHonourableJusticeRoderickNeilHowie
retiredon14May2010.• TheHonourableAssociateJusticeJohnKennedy
McLaughlinretiredon4July2010.• TheHonourableMrJusticeMichaelBrianGrove
RFDretiredon11October2010.• TheHonourableJusticeMurrayHerbertTobias
AMRFDretiredon25March2011.• TheHonourableJamesJacobSpigelmanAC,
ChiefJusticeofNewSouthWales,retiredon31May2011.
• TheHonourableJusticeGeorgeAlfredPalmerAMretiredon3June2011.
• TheHonourableJusticeDavidHargravesHodgsonAOretiredon9August2011.
• TheHonourableJusticeDavidKirbyretiredon14October2011.
• TheHonourableJusticeBruceMeredithJamesretiredon9December2011.
• TheHonourableJusticeRogerDavidGilesretiredon23December2011.
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The RegistrarsRegistrarstotheCourtareappointedundersection120oftheSupreme Court Act 1970pursuanttotheprovisionsofthePublic Sector Management Act 2002.TheChiefJusticemayalsocertifyofficersoftheSupremeCourtorLocalCourtstoactasdeputyregistrarsoftheCourtfromtimetotime.
RegistrarsareallocatedtoworkwithintheCourtofAppeal,theCourtofCriminalAppeal,ortooneoftheCourt’sDivisions.However,theyarepermittedtoworkoutsidetheseboundariesifrequired.
RegistrarsareaffordedlimitedpowersoftheCourtundertheSupreme Court Rules 1970andtheUniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005,andundertakesomeofthefunctionsformerlyperformedbyJudgesandAssociateJudges.
TheworkoftheRegistrarscommonlyincludes:
• defendedapplicationsinrelationtosecurityforcosts,discovery,interrogatories,provisionofparticularsandsubpoenas;
• costsdisputesiftheamountinquestionisunlikelytoexceed$20,000;
• unopposedapplicationsfortheremovalofcasesto,orfrom,theDistrictCourt;
• conductingexaminationsundervariousActs,includingtheCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)andtheProceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Cth);
• dealingwithapplicationsforordersundermanyoftheprovisionsoftheCorporations Act 2001 (Cth),suchasthewindingupofcompanies;
• handlingapplicationsasreferredtothembyanAssociateJudge;
• issuingcourtordersandwritsofexecution;and• enteringdefaultjudgments.
TheSupreme Court Rules 1970anddelegationsundertheCivil Procedure Act 2005permitRegistrarstodirectlyassisttheJudgesincaseflowmanagement.Forinstance,intheCourtofAppeal,theRegistrardealswithmostinterlocutoryapplications,excludingapplicationstostayjudgmentpendinganappeal;intheCommonLawDivision,aRegistrarconductsstatusandfinalconferencesintheGeneralCaseManagementList,andalsoassiststhePossessionListandProfessionalNegligenceListJudges.
The Associate JudgesTheGovernorappointsAssociateJudgestotheCourtundersection111oftheSupreme Court Act 1970.AssociateJudgesareusuallyassignedtoperformworkwithineithertheEquityorCommonLawDivision,butmaybeaskedtoworkoutsidetheconfinesoftheseDivisionsintheinterestsofflexibility.
TheworkoftheAssociateJudgesgenerallyinvolveshearingapplicationsthatarisebeforetrial,certaintypesoftrialworkandworkonproceedingsthattheCourtofAppealoraJudgemayrefertothem.
Applicationsthatarisebeforetrialinclude:
• applicationsforsummaryjudgment;• applicationsfordismissalofproceedings;• applicationsforextensionsoftimetocommence;• proceedingsundervariousActs;and• applicationsforthereviewofdecisionsof
Registrars.
IntheCommonLawDivision,AssociateJudgesconducttrialsofactionsforpersonalinjuryandpossessionofproperty.AssociateJudgesalsohearothertrials(withoutajury)thatarereferredtothembytheCourtofAppealoraJudge,inadditiontoappealsfromtheLocalCourtandvarioustribunals.
IntheEquityDivision,AssociateJudgesdealwithproceedingsundertheFamily Provision Act 1982andtheProperty (Relationships) Act 1984,andapplicationsforthewindingupofcompaniesundertheCorporations Act 2001 (Cth).Theyalsodealwithinquiriesastodamages,oraccountsreferredtothembytheCourtofAppealorEquityJudges,alongwithapplicationsrelatingtotheadministrationoftrusts,andcertainprobatematters.
Asat31December2010and31December2011,theAssociateJudgeswere:
• TheHonourableAssociateJusticeRichardHughMacready;
• TheHonourableAssociateJusticeJoanneRuthHarrison;and
• TheHonourableAssociateJusticePhillipHallen.
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31 December 2011
Chief Executive Officer and Principal RegistrarLindaMurphy
Manager, Court Services and ProthonotaryStevenJupp
Registrar, Court of AppealJerryRiznyczok
Registrar, Crime and Court of Criminal AppealMichaelCrompton
Registrar, Common Law Case ManagementChristopherBradford
Acting Registrar in EquityAndrewMusgrave
Acting Registrar, Corporations ListJamesHoward
Senior Deputy RegistrarsPaulStuddertNicholasFlaskasJamesHoward
Deputy RegistrarsEmokeDurkinBhaskariSivaSuzinYooBrendanBellachRebelKennaIrinaHoskinson(acting)
TheRegistrarsmayalsobecalledupontomediatecases.During2010,eightoftheCourt’sRegistrarswerequalifiedmediatorsandavailabletoconductmediationsthroughouttheyearonarosteredbasis.
DeputyRegistrarsarerosteredtoactasDutyRegistrarandprovideproceduralassistancetocourtusersintheRegistryeachday.Theyalsoattendtotheissueofcourtorders,writsofexecutionandothermiscellaneousmatters.
TheRegistrars,asat31December2010and31December2011,wereasfollows:
31 December 2010
Acting Chief Executive Officer and Principal RegistrarPaulMcKnight
Manager, Court Services and ProthonotaryStevenJupp
Registrar, Court of AppealJerryRiznyczok
Registrar, Crime and Court of Criminal AppealMichaelCrompton
Registrar, Common Law Case ManagementChristopherBradford
Registrar in EquityLeonieWalton
Registrar, Corporations ListAndrewMusgrave
Senior Deputy RegistrarsPaulStuddertNicholasFlaskasJamesHoward
Deputy RegistrarsEmokeDurkinBhaskariSivaSuzinYooBrendanBellachIrinaHoskinson(acting)
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SUPPORTING THE COURT: THE REGISTRY
How the Registry is managedTheChiefJusticedirectstheprioritiestobepursuedbytheRegistry.Ingeneral,theprioritiesreflectthecentralaimofmeetingtheexpectationsofCourtuserscompetently,efficientlyandprofessionally.
DaytodaymanagementoftheRegistryishandledbytheChiefExecutiveOfficerandPrincipalRegistraroftheCourt.TheChiefExecutiveOfficerisalsoresponsibleforsecuringandmanagingtheresourcestheNSWDepartmentofJusticeandAttorneyGeneralprovidestheCourt,providingexecutivesupporttotheCourt’sjudicialofficersanddevelopingstrategiestoimprovethedeliveryofRegistryservices.TheChiefExecutiveOfficerundertakesthesedutiesincloseconsultationwiththeChiefJustice,otherjudicialofficers,theDepartment,andrepresentativesfromkeyprofessionalbodiesandotherCourtusers.
The Work of the RegistryTheCourtoperateswiththesupportoftheRegistrythatprovidesadministrativeandclericalsupporttotheCourt.Incivilmatters,theRegistryisresponsiblefor:acceptingdocumentsfiledattheCourt;securingthecustodyofcourtdocumentsincludingexhibitsanddocumentsproducedundersubpoena;listingmattersforhearing;issuingcourtprocess;attendingtotheinformationneedsoftheCourt’susersbyprovidingproceduralguidance;maintainingtheCourt’sphysicalfilesandcomputerrecords,andensuringthatallthenecessaryfacilitiesareavailableforhearings.Incriminalmatters,theRegistryprovidessupportinprocessingcommittals,bailapplications,applicationsunderPart7oftheCrimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 andCommonLawDivisioncriminalsummaryjurisdictionproceedings.
InrespectoftheCourtofAppeal,theRegistryprovidesspecialistadministrativeandclericalsupporttotheCourtofAppeal’sjudgesandoffersproceduralguidancetolitigantsandtheirrepresentatives.Similarly,incriminalappealmatters,theRegistryprovidessupporttotheCourtofCriminalAppeal’sjudgesandusers,andalsoenforcesordersconcerningthecustodyofprisoners.
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3 CASEFLOW MANAGEMENT
• Overview by jurisdiction
• Regional sittings of the Court
• Alternative dispute resolution
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OVERVIEW BY JURISDICTION
Court of AppealNewappealcasesarereviewedforcompetencyand,ifnecessary,referredbacktolegalrepresentativestoeithersubstantiatetheclaimofappealasofrightorseekleavetoappeal.Applicationsforleavetoappealareexaminedtoascertainwhethertheyaresuitableforhearingconcurrentlywiththeargumentonappeal.
AppealsareallocatedadirectionscalloverdatebeforetheRegistrarwhenanoticeofappealisfiled.Atthatcallover,theappealmaybelistedforhearingiftheappellanthasfiledwrittensubmissionsandtheredappealbook.Furthercasemanagementmaybeorderedwithrespecttolengthyorcomplexappeals.
TheRegistrarcase-managesandlistsmostappealsandapplicationsforleavetoappeal,althoughsomecasesmaybereferredtoaJudgeofAppealforspecialcasemanagement.Urgentcasesareexpeditedandcanbeheardatshortnotice,ifappropriate.TheRegistrarintheCourtofAppealalsodealswithmostinterlocutoryapplications,exceptcontestedapplicationstostayjudgmentspendinganappeal,andapplicationsforexpeditedhearing.
Mediationisofferedtopartiesinappealsidentifiedascapableofresolutionbythisprocess.DetailedstatisticsregardingthenumberofmattersreferredtomediationcanbefoundinAppendix(i).
FormoredetailedinformationaboutcasemanagementpracticesintheCourtofAppeal,pleaserefertoPracticeNoteSCCA1.
Court of Criminal AppealAccusedpersonsmayinitiallylodgeaNoticeofIntentiontoAppeal,withoutspecifyingtheirgroundsofappeal.TheNoticeofIntentiontoAppealallowstheaccusedpersonsixmonths(orsuchlongertimeastheCourtgrants)tofileanactualappeal.Transcriptsandexhibitsarenowprovidedtoaccusedpersonsfreeofchargetofacilitatethepreparationofanactualappeal.
Casemanagementbeginswhenanappealorapplicationforleavetoappealisfiledintheregistry.Theappealorapplicationislistedforcalloverwithintwoweeksoffiling.Calloversareheldfortnightly,althoughspecialcalloverscanbeheldinurgentmatters.Atthecallover,thepresidingRegistrar
TheCourtmanagestheflowofitscasesfrominceptiontocompletioninanumberofdifferentways,andiscontinuallylookingtoimproveitsprocessesandoutcomes.
CaseflowmanagementstrategiesarereflectedintheUniformCivilProcedureRules,theRulesoftheSupremeCourtandthePracticeNotesissuedbytheChiefJustice.TheJudges,AssociateJudgesandRegistrarsworktogethertoensurethatcasesareresolvedasefficientlyandjustlyaspossible.
Commonly,caseswillbeallocatedtoRegistrarstoestablishthecoreargumentsindisputeanddeterminewhencasesshouldprogresstohearingbeforeaJudgeoranAssociateJudge.ARegistrarmakesdirectionstoensurethatacaseisproperlypreparedforhearing.IfanissuearisesthatfallsoutsidethespecifieddutiesofaRegistrar,heorshemayreferthatcasetoaJudgeoranAssociateJudge.
INTRODUCTION
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TheDutyJudgealsoconductsanapplicationslisteachMonday.TheapplicationsinthislistaremattersthatcannotbedeterminedbyanAssociateJudgeoraRegistrar.ThesemattersincludeappealsfromtheLocalCourtundertheCrimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001,applicationsforrestrainingorders,applicationsfordeclaratoryrelief,andapplicationstodispensewithajury.Mattersareinitiallylistedat9ambeforeaRegistrartodeterminewhethertheapplicationisreadytoproceed.TheDutyJudgemayspeciallyfixmattersthatcannotbeheardontheMondaytolaterthatweek.
TheDutyJudgedeterminesinterlocutoryapplicationsforrestrainingassetsandissuingexaminationordersundertheConfiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989,Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990,andProceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Commonwealth).TheDutyJudgealsoconsiders,inchambers,applicationsseekingauthorisationofwarrants,suchasthosemadeundertheSurveillance Devices Act 2007.
Associate Judges’ list TheAssociateJudgesintheCommonLawDivisiondealwithstatutoryappealsfromtheLocalCourt(exceptundertheCrimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001)andtheConsumerTraderandTenancyTribunal.TheAssociateJudgesalsodealwithapplicationsforsummaryjudgmentanddismissal,applicationsforextensionundertheLimitation Act 1969,andopposedapplicationstotransfermattersfromtheDistrictCourt.TheAssociateJudgesmaydealwithothermattersasoutlinedinScheduleDoftheSupreme Court Rules 1970.
MattersallocatedtotheAssociateJudges’ListarecasemanagedbyaRegistrardailyat9am.TheRegistrarrefersapplicationstoanAssociateJudgewhenreadyforhearing.
willfixahearingdateandmakedirectionsforthefilingandservingofsubmissionsbytheparties.TheRegistraralsocasemanagesmattersthataredeemedtorequirespecialattention.
Generally,threeJudgeshearanappealorapplication.TheChiefJusticemayalsodirectthatmorethanthreeJudgessitonanappealorapplication,particularlyinmattersinvolvinganimportantissueoflaw.Insomecircumstances,theChiefJusticemaydirectthattwoJudgeshearanappealagainstsentence.AsinglejudgehearssentenceappealsfromtheDrugCourtofNewSouthWales,andalsodealswithbailapplicationsandotherinterlocutoryapplicationsintheCourt.
Common Law DivisionCasemanagementintheDivisionbeginswhenasummonsorstatementofclaimisfiledintheregistry.Eachsummonsorstatementofclaim(withtheexceptionofdefaultmatters)isgivenareturndatebeforeaJudgeorRegistrarandplacedinaList.AJudgeisappointedtomanageeachList,whiletheCommonLawListJudgemonitorsallmatterslistedforhearingbeforeaJudge.Registrarshandledefaultmattersadministratively.
Common Law List JudgeTheListJudgeallocatesmatterslistedforhearingtospecificjudges.Whendecidingwhichjudgewillhearamatter,theListJudgeconsidersthetypeofmatter,itsestimatedhearinglength,andwhetherthejudgehasotherCourtcommitments.TheListJudgealsohearsvariousapplicationsinmattersalreadylistedforhearing,includingallapplicationsforadjournment.Fromtimetotime,theListJudgewillissuefurthercasemanagementdirectionsinmattersalreadylistedforhearing.JusticeHarrisonwastheCommonLawListJudgethroughout2010andJusticeGarlingwastheListJudgeduring2011.
Common Law Duty Judge listTheDutyJudgeisavailableeachdaytohearurgentapplications,includingapplicationsforinterlocutoryinjunctions,duringandoutsidenormalCourthourswhenrequired.JudgesoftheDivisionarerosteredtoactastheDutyJudgeforaweekatatimeduringlawterm.AVacationJudgeisrosteredduringthecourtvacationtoperformthissamerole.
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Lists of the DivisionInadditiontotheabove,theworkoftheDivisionisalsodistributedamongstanumberofspecialisedLists.TheChiefJusticeappointsaspecificJudgetoberesponsibleforthemanagementofaListthroughouttheyear.TheseListsaresetoutbelowinalphabeticalorder,togetherwiththeidentityoftheJudgeappointedtomanageeachListin2010and2011.
SPECIALIST CASE MANAGEMENT LIST
JUDGE APPOINTED TO THE LIST IN 2010
JUDGE APPOINTED TO THE LIST IN 2011
Administrative Law List JusticeHall JusticeHall
Bails List JusticeLatham JusticeLatham
Criminal List JusticeHowie(untilMay);JusticeLatham(fromMayonwards)
JusticeLatham
Defamation List JusticeNicholas JusticeNicholas
General Case Management List JusticeHoeben JusticeHoeben
Possession List JusticeDavies JusticeDavies
Professional Negligence List JusticeHislop JusticeHislop
Administrative Law ListTheAdministrativeLawListreviewsdecisionsofgovernment,publicofficialsandadministrativetribunalssuchastheConsumerTraderandTenancyTribunal.TheAdministrativeLawListoperatesinaccordancewiththeproceduresoutlinedinPracticeNoteSCCL3.
Bails ListApplicationsforbailortoreviewbaildeterminationscanbemadetotheSupremeCourtundertheBail Act 1978inrespectofanypersonaccusedofanyoffence,evenifthetrialwillnotbeheardintheSupremeCourt.Theseapplicationsarelistedthroughouttheyear,includingduringthecourtvacation.CommonLawDivisionJudgesarerosteredonaweeklybasistodeterminetheseapplications.
Criminal ListArraignmenthearingsareheldeachmonthduringLawTerm.Theaimofthearraignmentprocedureistominimisethelossofavailablejudicialtimethatoccurswhentrialsarevacatedaftertheyarelistedforhearing,orwhenaguiltypleaisenteredimmediatelypriorto,oronthedayof,thetrial’scommencement.
Thearraignmentprocedureinvolvescounselatanearlystageoftheproceedings.Thisallowsboththeprosecutionanddefencetoconsiderarangeofissuesthatmayprovideanopportunityforanearlypleaofguilty,orshortenthedurationofthetrial.TheproceduresforarraignmentaredetailedinPracticeNoteSCCL2.
Defamation ListMattersfiledinthisListafter1January2006arehandledinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheDefamation Act 2005.MattersarefirstlistedbeforeaRegistrarfordirections.OncetheRegistrarissatisfiedthattheinitiatingprocessisinorder,heorshewillreferthemattertoaJudgeforfurtherdirectionsandlegalargument.ThepartiesmayalsoasktheJudgetoconsiderifthedisputeshouldbetriedbeforeajury.Ifthejudgegrantsanapplicationfortrialbyajury,thematterwillbesetdownforhearing.Thejurywilldetermineifthematerialinquestionisdefamatoryandifthereisanylawfuldefenceforpublishingthematerial.Ifthejuryfindsthattheplaintiffhasbeendefamedwithoutanylawfuldefencebeingestablished,theJudgewillthendetermineanydamagespayableandresolveanyoutstandingissuesunderdispute.
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mediationbetweentheparties.PracticeNoteSCCL7appliestothisList.
TheProfessionalNegligenceListJudgehearsapplicationsandmakesdirectionsaccordingtothespecificneedsofeachmatter.
Equity DivisionProceedingsintheEquityDivisionarecasemanagedbyRegistrarsandJudgesoftheDivisiontoachievethejust,quickandcheapresolutionoftherealissuesindisputebetweenthelitigants.TheworkoftheDivisionisadministeredthroughtheGenerallistandanumberofSpecialistLists.
Expedition listCasesareexpeditedwhensufficienturgencyisshown.ApplicationsforExpeditionaremadetotheExpeditionJudgeonFridays.TheExpeditionJudgecasemanagesallexpeditedcasesandhearsthosecaseswhentheyarereadyfortrial.During2010,theExpeditionJudgeswereJusticeBergin,JusticeWhite,JusticeSlatteryandJusticePembroke.In2011,JusticePembrokewastheExpeditionJudge,andinhisHonour’sabsence,JusticeSlatterymanagedexpeditedcases.
Equity Duty Judge listAJudgeoftheDivisionisavailableatalltimesforurgentapplications.DutyJudgesarerosteredinblocksoftwoweeks.Ifamatterrequiresanurgentfinalhearing,theDutyJudgewillconsultwiththeChiefJudgeinrespectofthepossibleallocationofanurgentfinalhearingdate.
General listAllcasesotherthanthoseintheSpecialistLists,includingapplicationsforfamilyprovisionunderChapter3oftheSuccession Act 2006orFamily Provision Act 1982,areenteredintotheGenerallist.CasesintheGenerallistarecasemanagedbytheRegistrarinEquityinaccordancewithPracticeNotesSCEq1andSCEq7.
TheRegistrarsetsmattersdownforhearingbeforetheJudgesoftheDivision.During2010,theRegistrarofferedpartiesahearingdatewithinfourmonthsofthefinaldirectionshearing.Throughout2010and2011,theRegistrarofferedhearingdateswithintwotofourmonthsofthefinaldirections
Mattersfiledbefore1January2006arecasemanagedinanidenticalway,buttheissuesconsideredbythejurydifferslightly.Inthesematters,thejuryisaskedtoconsiderwhetherthemattercomplainedofcarriestheimputationalleged,andifitdoes,whethertheimputationisdefamatory.
PracticeNoteSCCL4governstheoperationofthisList.
General Case Management (GCM) ListThisListcomprisesallcivilcasescommencedbyStatementofClaimthatarenotincludedintheAdministrativeLaw,Defamation,ProfessionalNegligenceorPossessionLists.Itincludesmoneyclaims,personalinjuryclaims,claimsforpossession(excludingland),breachofcontract,personalpropertydamage,maliciousprosecution,andclaimsundertheCompensation to Relatives Act 1897.Thesecasesarecase-managedbyaRegistrarwhoconductsstatusconferencesandfinalconferences.Atthestatusconference,theRegistrargivesdirectionstoensurethecaseisreadyforhearingbythecompliancedateandencouragestheearlyresolutionofdisputesthroughmediationorsettlement.TheproceduresassociatedwiththerunningofthisListaresetoutinPracticeNoteSCCL5.
Possession ListThePossessionListdealswithallproceedingsfortherecoveryofpossessionofland.ThemanagementoftheListencouragesearlyresolutionofcasesthroughmediation,otheralternativedisputeresolutionprocesses,orsettlement.Casemanagementisalsousedtoclarifytherealissuesindispute.PracticeNoteSCCL6appliestocasesinthisList.
Professional Negligence ListClaimsagainstmedicalpractitioners,alliedhealthprofessionals(suchasdentists,chemistsandphysiotherapists),hospitals,solicitorsandbarristersareallocatedtotheProfessionalNegligenceList.SpecialisationintheListallowspartiestofocusontherealissuesunderdisputeinthesetypesofclaims.ARegistrarmonitorscasesatregularconferencehearings.Conferencehearingsprovideanopportunityforpartiestodiscussoutstandingissuesinthecase,andprovideaforumfor
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withimmediately,andadjourningthebalance.TheRegistraronlyrefersmatterswherethehearingtimeisnotexpectedtoexceedanhour.MorecomplexmattersarelistedforhearingintheAssociateJudges’listatalaterdate.Urgentreferrals,suchastheextensionofacaveat,maybemadeatanytime.
Specialist Lists of the DivisionTheEquityDivision’scaseloadisalsomanagedbyallocatingcertainmatterstospecificListsaccordingtothenatureoftheclaims.TheseListsaresetoutbelowinalphabeticalorder,togetherwiththeidentityoftheJudgeappointedtomanageeachlistin2010and2011.
hearing.TheRegistrarwillconsultwiththeChiefJudgeinEquityinrelationtolongand/orcomplexmatters.
Associate Judges’ listTheworkoftheEquityDivisionAssociateJudgesincludesdealingwithcontestedproceduralapplicationsandconductinginquiriesasdirectedbyJudges.TheirworkalsoincludesthehearingofmostapplicationsundertheSuccession Act 2006,theProperty (Relationships) Act 1984,andcertainprovisionsoftheCorporations Act 2001 (Cth).AnAssociateJudgehandlesweeklyreferralsfromtheRegistrar,determiningthosethatcanbedealt
SPECIALIST CASE MANAGEMENT LIST
JUDGE APPOINTED TO THE LIST IN 2010
JUDGE APPOINTED TO THE LIST IN 2011
Admiralty List JusticeRein JusticeRein
Adoptions List JusticePalmer JusticeBrereton
Commercial List JusticeHammerschlag JusticeHammerschlag
Commercial Arbitration List JusticeHammerschlag JusticeHammerschlag
Corporations List JusticeBarrett JusticeBarrett
Probate List JusticePalmer JusticeWhite
Protective List JusticePalmer JusticeWhite
Revenue List JusticeGzell JusticeGzell
Technology and Construction List JusticeHammerschlag JusticeHammerschlag
Admiralty ListTheAdmiraltyListdealswithmaritimeandshippingdisputes.ItisadministeredinthesamemannerastheCommercialList(seebelow).
Adoptions ListThisListdealswithapplicationsforadoptionordersanddeclarationsofthevalidityofforeignadoptionsundertheAdoptions Act 2000.Mostapplicationsareunopposed.Onceallsupportingaffidavitsarefiled,aJudgewilldealwiththeapplicationintheabsenceofthepublic,andwithouttheattendanceoftheapplicantsortheirlawyers.Unopposedapplicationsrequirecloseattentionforcompliancewithformalrequirements,butthereislittledelay.Asmallnumberofcontentioushearingstakeplaceincourtintheabsenceofthepublic.Mostoftheserelatetodispensingwithconsenttoadoption.
TheRegistrarinEquitydealswithrequestsforinformationundertheAdoptions Act 2000.
Commercial ListTheCommercialListisconcernedwithcasesarisingoutoftransactionsintradeorcommerce.ThecaseflowmanagementstrategyappliedtotherunningofthisListaimstohavemattersbroughtonforhearingquicklyby:
• attendingtothetrueissuesatanearlystage;• ensuringwitnessstatementsareexchangedina
timelymanner;and• intensemonitoringofthepreparationofevery
case.
Thereisalsoadherencetotheallottedhearingdates,andhearingsarecontinuedtoconclusion,eventhoughtimeestimatesmaybeexceeded.
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Incourt,theRegistrarconsidersroutineapplications,andapplicationsconcerningaccounts.Shouldaroutineapplicationrequireadecisiononamatterofprinciple,theapplicationisreferredtotheProbateListJudge.
TheProbateListJudgesitsonceaweektodealwithcomplexapplications.Ifanapplicationcanbedealtwithquickly,itisusuallyheardimmediately.Othersaresetdownforhearing,normallywithinamonth.
ContentiousmattersaremonitoredbyeitheraJudgeoraRegistrar.Contentiousmatterscommonlyincludedisputesastowhatwasatestator’slastvalidwill.Whenthesecasesarereadytoproceed,theyareplacedinthecalloverlisttoreceiveahearingdatebeforeanEquityJudge.
TheProbateListJudgemeetswiththeRegistrarsonaregularbasistodiscusstheefficientworkingoftheList.
Protective ListTheworkofthisListinvolvesensuringthattheaffairsofpeopledeemedincapableoflookingaftertheirproperty,orthemselves,areproperlymanaged.TheListalsodealswithappealsfromtheGuardianshipTribunalofNSW,alongwithapplications(inchambers)bytheNewSouthWalesTrusteeandGuardianforadviceregardingtheadministrationofestates.TheCourtalsoconsidersapplicationsregardingmissingpersons’estatesand,incertaincircumstances,mayorderthattheirestatebemanagedundertheNSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009.
Often,theissuesunderdisputeintheProtectiveListareofahighlysensitivenature.TheCourtacknowledgesthissituation,andhandlestheseproceedingswiththeminimumdegreeofformality.However,whenthereisadisputewhichcannotbesolvedinthisway,itisdecidedaccordingtolaw.
TheRegistrarsitsincourtonedayaweek.TheDeputyRegistrarmaysubmitacasetobedeterminedbytheJudgewithoutfurtherappearanceoradjournacaseintotheJudge’slist.AJudgesitsonceaweektodealwithanyreferredcases.MostcasesareconsideredontheJudge’s
Commercial Arbitration ListTheListprovidespartieswithaquickandeffectivemechanismforresolvingdisputesinrelationtoarbitrationagreements,orwhichariseinthecontextof,orfrom,arbitralproceedings.
DisputesenteredintotheListarisefromthecontextofarbitralproceedingsinwhichtheCourthasprescribedintheCommercial Arbitration Act2010,orbyvirtueofaprovisionwithinanarbitrationagreement,orotherwise.
TheJudgeassignedtomanagetheListcallsoverallpendingapplicationsfortnightly,andpartiestomattersenteredintotheListareexpectedtocomplywiththeprovisionsofPracticeNoteSCEq9.
Corporations ListAJudgesitseachdayoftheweektohearmostapplicationsandhearingsundertheCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)andrelatedlegislation.TheRegistrarmayreferapplicationstotheJudgeonaMonday.TheRegistrardeterminesroutineapplicationstowind-upcompanies,applicationsforleavetoproceedagainstcompaniesinliquidation(limitedtopersonalinjuryactions)andapplicationstoreinstatecompanies.
TheJudgewillgivedirectionsandmonitorpreparationsforhearinginlongermatters,aswellasinothercomplexcorporatecases.CasesmanagedinthisListaregenerallygivenahearingdateassoonastheyareready.
PracticeNoteSCEq4appliestocasesenteredintotheCorporationsList.
Probate ListTheworkperformedbytheJudgesandtheProbateRegistryconsistsofbothcontentiousandnon-contentiousmatters.Themajorityofnon-contentiouscasesaredealtwithbytheRegistrarandDeputyRegistrars.Thisincludesthegrantingofcommonformprobatewhereapplicationsareinorderandunopposed.
BoththeProbateListJudgeandtheRegistrarshaveprocedureswherebysomesupervisioniskeptoverexecutorsinthefilingofaccounts,andensuringbeneficiariesarepaid.
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REGIONAL SITTINGS OF THE COURT
In2010,firstinstancecriminaltrialswereconductedinthefollowingregionallocations:Armidale,Bellingen,CoffsHarbour,Gosford,Goulburn,Lismore,Newcastle,Queanbeyan,Tamworth,WaggaWaggaandWollongong.Duringthesameperiod,civilhearingswereheldatregionalvenuesbyspecialfixtureatAlbury,Bellingen,EastMaitlandandWaggaWagga.
In2011,theCourtconductedcriminaltrialsatAlbury,Armidale,LismoreandNewcastle.Duringthesameperiod,civilhearingswereheldatregionalvenuesbyspecialfixtureatAlbury,TamworthandWaggaWagga.
AllproceedingsaremanagedfromSydneyirrespectiveofwheretheproceedingswerecommencedorthevenueforhearing.
CriminaltrialsandcivilhearingswillcontinuetobeheldinvenuesoutsideSydneyasrequired.
usualsittingdayassoonasthepartiesareready.Longercases,however,arespeciallyfixed,usuallywithinonemonth.
TheProtectiveListJudgeconsultsregularlywiththeRegistrartodiscusstheefficientworkingoftheList.
Revenue ListTheRevenueListisalistdedicatedtothehearingoftaxationmatters.TheListwascreatedtoensurethatthesemattersareheardasefficientlyaspossible.MattersintheRevenueListareheardbyaspecificEquityDivisionJudgeeachmonth,andallocatedtheearliesthearingdatepossiblebeforethissameJudge.
Technology and Construction ListCasesinvolvingcomplextechnologicalissuesanddisputesarisingoutofbuildingorengineeringcontractsareallocatedtothisList.TheListisadministeredbythesameJudgesandinthesamemannerasthoseintheCommercialList.
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SettlementofdisputesbymediationisencouragedintheCourtofAppeal,andintheCommonLawandEquityDivisions.Partiesmayderivethefollowingbenefitsfrommediation:
• anearlyresolutiontotheirdispute;• lowercosts;and• greaterflexibilityinresolvingthedisputeasthe
solutionsthatmaybeexploredthroughmediationarebroaderthanthoseopentotheCourt’sconsiderationinconventionallitigation.
Evenwheremediationfailstoresolveamatterentirelyandthedisputeproceedstocourt,theimpactofmediationcanoftenbecomeapparentatthesubsequentcontestedhearing.Mediationoftenhelpstodefinetherealissuesoftheproceedingsandthismayresultinareductionineventualcourttimeand,consequently,lowerlegalcosts.
Alternativedisputeresolutionisabroadtermthatreferstothemeansbywhichpartiesseektoresolvetheirdispute,withtheassistanceofaneutralperson,butwithoutaconventionalcontestedhearingbeforeaJudgeorAssociateJudge.ThealternativedisputeresolutionmethodmostcommonlyemployedinSupremeCourtproceedingsismediation.
MediationMediationisavailableformostcivilproceedingspursuanttoPart4oftheCivil Procedure Act 2005.Mediationisnotavailableincriminalproceedings.
Theroleofthemediatoristoassistpartiesinresolvingtheirdisputebyalertingthemtopossiblesolutions,whileallowingthepartiestochoosewhichoptionisthemostagreeable.Themediatordoesnotimposeasolutionontheparties.EightqualifiedRegistrarsandDeputyRegistrarswerecertifiedtoconductmediationsthroughout2010and2011atspecifiedtimeseachweek.Alternatively,partiesmayuseprivatemediators.
Amattermayproceedtomediationattherequestoftheparties,ortheCourtmayreferappropriatecasestomediation,withorwithouttheconsentofparties.IftheCourtordersthatamatterbereferredtomediation,thereareseveralwaysinwhichamediatormaybeappointed.Ifthepartiesareinagreementastoaparticularmediator,thentheycanasktheCourttoappointthatmediator,whomayalsobeaRegistraroftheCourt.Ifpartiescannotagreeuponamediator,thentheyshouldattempttoagreeonhowtheCourtcanappointaqualifiedmediator.SomeoptionsaresetoutinPracticeNoteSCGen6.
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4 COURT OPERATIONS
• Overview of operations by jurisdiction
• Timeliness
– Time Standards
– Listing Delays
• Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Thelistingdelayforhearingofsubstantiveappealsandforconcurrenthearingshasincreased:itwas1.5monthsattheendof2009,threemonthsattheendof2010,andfourmonthsbytheendof2011.Duringthesameperiodthelistingdelayforleaveapplicationshasbeenmaintainedatonemonthorless.
Figure4.1Court of Appeal achievements against time standards for pending caseload
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Court of Criminal AppealThenumberofnewcasescomingtotheCourtofCriminalAppealin2011was382,eightpercentlowerthanthenumberin2010.Thisfollowedasixpercentincreasefrom2009to2010.Otherwisetherehasbeenasteadytrendofreductioninfilingssince2004.
Thedisposalratedecreasedby18percentduring2011.ThisisdespitenoreductioninthesittingtimeoftheCourtofCriminalAppeal.However,therehasbeenachangeinthemixofcasescomingtotheCourt:theproportionofconvictionappealsincreasedfrom21.5percentto28.5percent,withacommensuratereductioninsentence-onlyappeals.Theconvictionappealsaremorecomplexandtypicallyrequirelongerhearingsthansentence-onlyappeals,andareusuallyatleastdoublethelengthofasentence-onlyappeal.
Court of AppealThenetnumberofnewcasescomingtotheCourtofAppealhasremainedrelativelystableoverthelastthreeyears.Therewasadecreaseofonlytwopercentinnewcasesfor2011,comparedwithnewcasesin2010.Thisfollowedanincreaseofonlyonepercentin2010,comparedwith2009.
Thenetnumberofdisposalsreturnedtoahigherandmoretypicallevelin2011.In2010thedisposalratewas17percentlowerthantheratein2009;however,in2011thedisposalratewasonlytwopercentlowerthanthe2009rate.Overall,theproportionofcasesthataredisposedthroughsettlementisdeclining.In2011,20percentofcasedisposalsin2011wereachievedthroughsettlement,comparedwith23percentin2010and26percentin2009.
In2011,73percentofthetotaldisposalswerebywayofajudgment(inanappealororiginaljurisdictionmatter)orarefusalofleavetoappeal.Thiscompareswith71percentin2010and2009.Thesefiguresincludecasesfinalisedbyaconcurrenthearing.Aconcurrenthearingenablestheleaveapplicationandconsequentappeal,whereleaveisgranted,tobedeterminedinasinglehearing.
Whiletheoverallfilingrateremainedrelativelyconstant,thefluctuationinthedisposalratecontributedtotheoverallCourtofAppealcaseloadincreasingby17percentduring2010(from329to384cases)andthendecreasingby12percentduring2011(to338cases).
TheageprofileoftheCourtofAppeal’spendingcaseloadhasimprovedduring2011followingatemporarydeclineduring2010.Attheendof2011theproportionofpendingcaseslessthan12monthsoldwas88percent,andtheproportionofpendingcaseslessthan24monthsoldwas96percent(seeFigure4.1).Thenumberofcasesolderthan24monthsincreasedfromnineto15.Thereareexternalfactors(outsidethecontroloftheCourtofAppeal)delayingfinalisationinsixofthose15cases.
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Common Law Division criminal casesDuring2011,138defendantsenteredtheCriminalList,comparedwith112during2010and106during2009.AfterenteringtheList,thenextstepusuallyisarraignment.Themajorityofdefendantsenterapleaof“notguilty”atarraignment,andthosecasesarethenlistedfortrial.
Atarraignmentsheldduring2011,atotalof163trialorfitnesshearinglistingsweregiventodefendantsand20pleasof“guilty”weretaken.Thetriallistingswerefortrialsstartingineither2011or2012.Atthearraignmentsheldduring2010,atotalof71trialorfitnesshearingswerelistedand16pleasof“guilty”weretaken.
Somedefendantschangetheirpleaafterbeinggivenatrialdate(sometimesaslateasthestartoforduringthetrial).During2011,anoveralltotalof29pleasof“guilty”weretaken,comparedwith36during2010.
Thelistingdelayforcriminaltrialsthatrequireatleastthreeweeksofhearingtimedecreasedduring2010fromthreemonthsto1.5months,aremarkablylowlistingdelay.However,thelistingdelayincreasedthereafter,reachingfivemonthsbytheendof2011.Nearlyallthetrialsareconductedwithajury.
ForcriminaltrialsarraignedduringtheyearthehearingestimatesgiventotheCourtrangedfromonedayto24weeks.Fortrialsonhandattheendofeachmonth,theaveragehearingestimatewasconsistentlyhigherduring2011thanin2010.Theendofmonthaveragesrangedfrom3.8to4.8weeksduring2010,butrangedfrom4.0to5.7weeksduring2011.Thisrepresentsanincreaseddemandforjudicialtimeduring2011,impactingontheabilitytomaintainorreducethenumberofcasesonhand.Withoutaccesstoactingjudges,itwouldbeunlikelythattheCourtcouldmaintainanacceptableageprofilefortheCriminalListexceptbywithdrawingJudgesfromotherareasofwork.
During2011,trialsfor95defendantswerelistedtostart.For21ofthosedefendantsthetrialeithercollapsedorwasadjourned.During2010,trialsfor75defendantswerelistedtostart,andfornineofthosedefendantstherewaseitheracollapseoradjournmentofthetrial.During2009,trialsfor100defendantswerelistedtostart,andfor24ofthosedefendants,therewaseitheracollapse
Ofthecriminalappealsfinalisedduring2011,91percentrequiredasubstantivehearing,whichisusual.Theproportionin2010was94percent,whichwasunusuallyhigh.Thepercentageofcasesthatwerefinalisedbytheappellantabandoningtheproceedingsorwithdrawingtheappealwassixpercentin2010,comparedwitheightpercentin2011.
Thependingcaseloadincreasedduring2011duetothereducednumberofcasedisposals.During2011,thenumberofcasesonhandincreasedfrom180to222.Thecaseloadhadbeenmaintainedatarelativelysteadylevelforthefiveyearspreceding2011.
TheageprofileoftheCourtofCriminalAppeal’scaseloaddeclinedslightlyduring2011,butremainedgoodrelativetothenationaltimestandards(seeFigure4.2).Overthepasttwoyearsthenumberofcasesolderthan12monthsincreasedfrom16to17,whilethenumberofcasesolderthan24monthsdecreasedfromeighttothree.
Thelistingdelayforcriminalappealsthatarereadyforhearingimprovedduring2010,reducingfrom2.5monthstotwomonths.Bytheendof2011,however,thelistingdelayhadincreasedtofourmonths.
Figure4.2Court of Criminal Appeal achievements against time standards for pending caseload
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Attheendof2011,andcomparedwiththepositionattheendof2009,thenumberofpendingdefendantswithcasesolderthan12monthsincreasedfrom22to35,andthenumberofcasesolderthan24monthsdecreasedfrom12tothree.ManyoftheoldestcasesintheCriminalListhavebeendelayedbyinterlocutoryappeals(includingappealstotheHighCourt),theneedtoaccommodatelongtrials,andtheneedtovacateandre-listlongtrials.
Figure4.3 Criminal List achievements against time standards for pending defendant caseload
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Common Law Division civil casesThecivilworkoftheCommonLawDivisioncanbeseparatedintotwobroadgroups:defendedcases(includingthespecialisedcase-managedlists)anduncontestedcases(suchasthoseproceedingtodefaultjudgmentandapplicationsdealtwithadministrativelybyRegistrarsandRegistryofficers).
TheDivision’scivilfilingraterosebyeightpercentin2011,afteradecreaseof15percentin2010.Thisrepresentsadecreaseofthreepercentinthefilingratedefendedcasesoverthelasttwoyears(assumingthatonlyfivepercentofPossessionListcasesaredefended),andadecreaseofsevenpercentforuncontestedcases.Appendix(i)showstheyearlyfilingsforeachList.ThefilingratesfortheAdministrativeLawListandtheCommonLawGeneralListshouldbeviewedwithcautionastheCourtiscurrentlyinvestigatingwhethertheadministrativelawdescriptorisbeingincorrectlyappliedtocasesthatshouldbeintheGeneralList.
oradjournmentofthetrial.ThecollapseoradjournmentoftrialsreducestheCourt’scapacitytodealwithitsbacklogofcases.
Forthesixthconsecutiveyear,notrialwas“notreached”(wheretheCourt,ratherthantheparties,cannotstartatrial).Thereissomeover-listingofcriminaltrials,andwithover-listingthereissomeriskof“notreaching”alistedtrial.However,theCourtisawareofthefinancialimpactforthevariouspubliclyfundedagenciesinvolvedinthecriminaljusticesystem,andoftheemotionalandfinancialimpactforfamilyofthevictimandforwitnesses,whentrialsareunabletorun.ItisahighpriorityfortheCourttoallocateitsresourcessothateverycriminaltrialcanstartonitslistedday.
During2011,atotalof85defendants’caseswerefinalised,comparedwith106during2010,and112during2009.TheCourtpreparedandhandeddown51sentencesduring2011,79during2010,and80during2009.
Bytheendof2011,therewere143defendantswithcasespendingintheCriminalList,anincreaseof59percentfromthepositionattheendof2010(90defendants).ThecombinationofalargenumberofdefendantsenteringtheListduring2011andarelativelylownumberofdisposalsduringthesameperiodhascausedthislargeincreaseincasesonhand.
TheageprofileforpendingcasesinthisListimprovedduring2010tofullymatchthenationaltimestandards,butduring2011,theproportionofcasesyoungerthan12monthsdeclinedsignificantly(seeFigure4.3).WhenevaluatingtheCourt’sperformanceagainstthenationaltimestandardsitisimportanttonotethatalmostallindictmentspresentedtotheSupremeCourtareforoffencesofmurderormanslaughter,orotherwisehavethepotentialforalifesentencetobeimposed.Therangeofchargesroutinelybroughtincriminallistsofsupremecourtsinotherstatesandterritoriesisbroaderandincludeslessermaximumsentences.ForthecriminaltrialsconductedintheCourt,a12-monthtimeframe,forcommittaltosentencing,isthereforechallenging.Additionally,thevolumeofcasesisrelativelylow,sothereispotentialforasmallnumberofcasestomakealargechangetothepercentagesthatarethencomparedtothenationalstandards.
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Sothatavailablejudicialtimeisusedoptimally,theCommonLawDivision’scivilhearingsareover-listed.Thiscarriesariskthatsomecasesmaybe“notreached”.In2011,ninecaseswerenotreached(onepercentoflistedmatters).In2010,onlyonecase(lessthanonepercentoflistedmatters)was“notreached”,whichwasthesameresultasfor2009and2008.
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WhenthefilingsforbothoftheseListsviewedasonegroup,thereislittlechangeinthefilingrateforthegroupoverthelasttwoyears.
Overall,thedisposalratewas46percentlowerin2011thanin2009.ThiswasdirectlyattributabletodifficultieswiththeJusticeLinksystem,whichwasnotenablingtimelycullingofinactivecasesfromthecaseload.ManyPossessionListcasesbecomeinactiveandtheCourt’susualprocedureistouseprovisionswithintheUniformCivilProcedureRulestodisposeofinactivecases.JusticeLinksystemreportsthatwereavailableduring2010and2011werenotaccuratelyidentifyinginactivecases.Thisproblemshouldbeaddressedtosomeextentduring2012,whenimprovedreportsareavailable.TheRegistryexpectstobeabletoclosemorethan2,000inactivecasesasaresult.
Becauseofproblemsinidentifyingandclosinginactivecases,thenumberofpendingcasesintheCommonLawDivisionhasincreasedby78percentoverthetwoyearstotheendof2011(seeFigure4.4).ThePossessionList(whereapproximately95percentofcasesareuncontested)isresponsiblefor78percentofthisincrease.TheotherareaofsignificantincreaseistheCommonLawGeneralList.Whentheidentificationofinactivecasesimproves,theextenttowhichthereisanyincrease(ordecrease)intheamountofrealworkonhandwillbecomeclearer.
ThisisthefirsttimetheJusticeLinksystemisbeingusedtoreporttheageofpendingcivilcases(seeFigure4.5).However,itisknownthatthereportedpendingcaseloadcontainsalargenumberofinactivecasesthattheCourtexpectstoclosefrom2012onwards.
Formostof2010,thelistingdelayforCommonLawDivisioncivilcasesthatrequireuptofivedaysofhearingtimewasthreemonthsorless.Bytheendoftheyearitwas1.5months.However,bytheendof2011thelistingdelayhadincreasedto7months.
Duringtheyeartherewere948matterslistedforhearing(seeFigure4.6),ofwhich63percentproceededtoahearingand24percentsettledafterbeinglistedforhearing.In2010therewere819matterslistedforhearing,ofwhich58percentproceededtohearingand26percentsettled.
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theendof2011(seeFigure4.7).Principally,thisoccurredforFamilyProvisionandothercaseswithintheEquityGeneralList,intheCorporationsList,theCommercialListcasesandtheTechnologyandConstructionList.Theproblemswithidentifyinginactivecasesfordisposal,asdescribedfortheCommonLawDivision,alsoextendtotheEquityDivision,buttoalesserdegree.TheyneverthelesspreventclearunderstandingoftheextenttowhichtheincreasedcaseloadrepresentsadditionalrealworkfortheCourt.
ThisisthefirsttimetheJusticeLinksystemisbeingusedtoreporttheageofpendingcivilcases(seeFigure4.8).ItisknownthatthereportedpendingcaseloadcontainsanumberofinactivecasesthattheCourtexpectstoreviewincomingmonths.
Atthecloseof2011thelistingdelayforGeneralListandProbateListcasesthatrequireuptotwodaysofhearingtimewas2.5months,improvedfrom3.3monthsattheendof2010andastrongimprovementfromthepositionattheendof2007(5-6months).
TheJusticeLinksystemdoesnotyetprovidereportsregardingtheoutcomesofcasesthatarelistedforhearing,sohearingratesandsettlementratesarenotknownfor2011and2010.TheEquityDivisiondoesnotroutinelyover-listthecasesforhearing,sothereareno“notreached”cases.
UncontestedapplicationsrelatingtoprobatemattersarefinalisedbyRegistrars.Atotalof24,449applicationswerefiledduring2011,and22,324werefiledduring2010.Theprocessingtimeforapplicationsforagrantofprobate,lettersofadministrationorare-seal(ofaprobategrant),wheretheinitialapplicationsmetallproceduralrequirements,increasedtoseveralweeksattimesduring2009andearly2010.Increasedresourceswereallocatedtobringthedelaybacktonormallevels.Theprocessingtimeconsequentlyimprovedto3workingdaysbymid-2010.Theprocessingtimeincreasedagaininlate2010(to19workingdays).Thiswasaddressedand,fromMarch2011onwards,theprocessingtimewaskeptbetweenoneandfourworkingdays.
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TherateoffilingintheEquityDivisiondecreasedbyninepercentin2011,followingansixpercentdecreasein2010.Appendix(i)showstheyearlyfilingsforeachList.ThemostsignificanttrendsarecontinuedreductionsintheCorporationsListandtheCommercialList,andincreasesintheTechnologyandConstructionListandwithinFamilyProvisioncasesintheEquityGeneralList.
Overall,thedisposalratewas26percentlowerin2011thanin2009.ThedecreasewasoverwhelminglywithintheEquityGeneralListandtheCorporationsList.ThereducednumberofdisposalsreportedfortheEquityDivisionislikelytobeaffectedbythesamedifficulties(relatingtoreliableidentificationofinactiveorunlistedcases)asdescribedfortheCommonLawDivision.
ThenumberofpendingcasesintheDivisionincreasedby27percentoverthetwoyearsto
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Time standardsTheCourt’sperformanceindealingwithcasesinatimelywayisreportedintermsoftheageofthependingcaseload.MeasurementoftheagedistributionwithinapendingcaseloadhelpstheCourttoassessovertimethesuccessofdelayreductionstrategiesandtoidentifyareaswherefurthercasemanagementwouldbebeneficial.
Appendix(i)showsthepositionreachedat31Decemberofthereportingyearincomparisonwiththenationalstandards.
Othercourtsandorganisationsmayusedifferentmethodstomeasuretheageofcasesorreporttimelinessofcasehandling,andthiscanproducestatisticsthatarenotnecessarilycomparable.Tocitecriminalcasesasanexample,theDistrictCourtofNewSouthWalesreportsperformanceintermsofthetimebetweencommittalandthecommencementoftrial,whiletheAustralianBureauofStatisticsproducesnationalstatisticsthatreportperformanceintermsofthetimefromcommittaltoacquittalorsentencing.
TheCourt’stimelinessreportingforcriminalmatters(includingcriminalappeals)alignswiththemethodsusedbytheProductivityCommissioninitsannualReport on Government Services. TimelinessreportingfortheCourtofAppealisalsoalignedwiththemethodsusedbytheProductivityCommission,butisconfinedtothosecaseslodgedintheCourtofAppeal(whereastheProductivityCommission’sfigurescoverallcivilcasesthatareappellateinnature,notjustthoselodgedintheCourtofAppeal).TheCourt’stimelinessreportingforitscivilcasesisnotalignedtotheProductivityCommission’smethods:theCourt’sfiguresreportallcivilcasesaccordingtotheDivision(CommonLaworEquity),thereisnoexclusionofcasesthatareappellateinnature,andnopendingcaseisexcluded(theProductivityCommission’scountingrulesallowforexclusionofpendingcasesthathavebeeninactiveforatleast12months).
Figure4.7Equity Division pending civil caseloads at 31 December
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Bythecloseof2011,thelistingdelaysacrossallthenominatedareasoftheCourt’swork(otherthantheEquityDivisionandtheBailsList)werehigherthanatthesamepointin2010.Thefive-monthdelayforstandardcriminaltrialsandtheseven-monthdelayforstandardcivilcasehearingsintheCommonLawDivisionareofparticularconcernandwillbemonitoredcloselyduring2012.
Incontrasttothemeasurementsofageofpendingcasesandcasefinalisationtimes,themeasurementoflistingdelayslargelyeliminatestheimpactoffactorsoutsidethecontrolofthecourt.Suchfactorscaninclude,forexample,delaysinservingcourtdocuments,delayscausedbytheneedtojoinadditionalpartiestoproceedings,timetakenupwithinterlocutoryissues,timeneededforpartiestopreparetheirevidence,timethatelapseswhilepartiesattemptmediationortakepointsonappeal,andthedelayscausedwhenpartiesrequestatrialdatethatislaterthanthefirstavailable.
ThisisthefirstAnnualReviewinwhichtheNSWcourts’caseinformationsystem,JusticeLink,hasbeenusedtoreportthesizeandageprofileoftheSupremeCourt’scivilcaseload.ThereportingfunctionswithinJusticeLinkarestillbeingrefined.Inparticular,JusticeLink’scapacitytoreportinactivecivilcases(sothattheCourtmayassessthemforeitherdisposalorfurthermanagement)isnotyetfullyreliable.Weestimatethatthisproblemhascausedthependingcaseloadtoincreasebyatleast2,000casesthatwouldotherwisehavebeenclosedbytheendof2011.During2012weexpectaccuratereportingofinactivecasestobecomeavailabletoenableproperreviewanddisposalormanagementofthosecases.Whenthat“cleansing”ofthecaseloadiscompleted,amoreaccuratepresentationofthesizeandageprofileoftheSupremeCourtcivilcaseloadwillbepossible.
Listing delaysThelistingdelaysindicatehowquicklytheCourtisprovidinghearingsforvarioustypesofcasesoncetheyareassessedasreadyforhearing,providingthepartiesarewillingtoselectfromthefirstavailablegroupofhearingdatesofferedbytheCourt.
ThetableinAppendix(i)showsthelistingdelaythatwillapplyatthestartofthenewlawtermfollowingthecloseofthereportingyear.Thelistingdelaysrefertohearing-timerequirementsthatareconsideredrepresentativeortypicalofthevariousareasoftheCourt.Thevariouslistingdelayscanchangeduringtheyear,andupdatedinformationispublisheddailyinthecourtlist.
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anytimeafterthecloseofthemediationsession,thosesettlementsarenotrecordedas“settledatmediation”,eventhoughthemediationproceduremayhavehelpedthepartiestoeventuallyreachthatsettlement.Therearenostatisticsonsettlementratesforcasesreferredtoprivatemediators.
Thelistingdelayforcourt-annexedmediationsessionsrangedbetweenoneandeightweeksduring2011,andformostmonthsoftheyearitwasfiveweeksorless.Thelistingdelaycanchangeduringtheyear,andupdatedinformationispublisheddailyinthecourtlist.
UseofarbitrationforSupremeCourtcasesisnowextremelyrare.Nocaseswerelistedforarbitrationduring2011or2010.TheuseofarbitrationdeclinedintheSupremeCourt,followingre-alignmentoftheworkthatishandledwithintheState’scourts.ThetypesofcasesthathadtypicallybeenreferredbytheSupremeCourttoarbitrationnolongercometotheSupremeCourt.
Duringthepastsixyears,theCourthasreferredonlyonecasetoarbitration.
MediationisthemostpopularformofalternativedisputeresolutionforSupremeCourtproceedings.During2011theRegistryrecorded902referralstomediation,ofwhichapproximately77percentwerereferralstocourt-annexedmediationconductedbytheCourt’sRegistrars.During2010,1,144referralstomediationwererecorded,ofwhichapproximately63percentwerereferralstocourt-annexedmediation.
Litigantsinanycontestedcivilcase(includingappeals)canconsiderusingmediation.During2011,approximately4,640civilcaseswerefiledinwhichmediationmightbepossible.During2010,thenumberwasapproximately4,860.Mediationisinapplicabletotheothercivilcasesthatwerecommenced(largelycaseswherenodefendantconteststheclaim,routineprobateapplications,applicationsforadoptionofchildren,applicationstowindupcompanies,applicationsforrecoveryofproceedsofcrimeandapplicationsthatrequireadministrativeprocessingonly).
The“mediationreferralindex”comparestherateofreferringcasestomediationwiththefilingrateforcaseinwhichmediationmightbepossible.For2011,themediationreferralindexwas19.4percent;for2010,itwas23.5percent.Therehasbeenstronggrowthinthemediationreferralindexoverthelastsixyears(in2006,themediationreferralindexwas10.0percent).
Withinthecourt-annexedmediationprogram,thesettlementratecontinuedatthesamegoodlevel(50percentsettlementatmediationduring2011,and51percentduring2010).Casesarerecordedas“settledatmediation”onlyifthepartieshaveagreedtofinalisingordersbythecloseofthemediationprocedureorhavedraftedheadsofagreement.Ifpartiesagreetosettletheirdisputeat
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TheHonourableMurrayGleesonACQCspokeabouttheAppellate Jurisdictions of the Court and ProfessorPeterButtprovidedareviewofrecentissuesinthelawofeasementsinhissessionDevelopments in Equity: Easing into Easements.SirBrianLeveson’ssession,The Expert Debate: Setting the Limits on the Use of Expert Evidence,discussedtheappropriatelimitsontheuseofexpertevidenceincriminalandcivilproceedings.ProfessorJohnAmour’ssession,Regulating Banker Excess – An International Perspective, providedanoverviewofdifferentregulatorystrategiesdevelopedinresponsetotheglobalfinancialcrisis.ProfessorMaxBennettspokeonPsychiatric Diseases, Brain Function and Diminished Responsibility,andProfessorIanHickiespokeontheDevelopment of the Brain.
• InSeptember,11Judgesattendedatwilightseminar“WorkingEffectivelywithInterpretersintheCourt”presentedbyAssociateProfessorSandraHale,LeaderoftheInterpretingandTranslationResearchGroup,UniversityofWesternSydney
• InOctober,fourJudgesfromtheSupremeCourtattendedafive-dayresidentialNationalJudicialOrientationProgram.Thisprogramassistsnewlyappointedjudicialofficerswiththeirtransitiontojudicialofficebyfacilitatingthedevelopmentandrefinementoftheskillsandknowledgenecessaryforeffectivejudging.ItisconductedbytheNationalJudicialCollegeofAustraliawiththeassistanceoftheJudicialCommissionofNewSouthWalesandtheAustralianInstituteofJudicialAdministration.
• InOctober,sixJudgesattendedtheJudicialConferenceofAustraliaAnnualColloquiuminHobart.
• InNovember,21SupremeCourtJudgesattendedacross-jurisdictionalseminarpresentedbytheHonourableJusticeIanBinniefromtheSupremeCourtofCanadaon“Uses&AbusesofExpertEvidence”.
• InNovember,threeJudgesattendedtheAIJAAppellateJudges’ConferenceinMelbourne.
• Duringthecourseoftheyear,fourJudgesattendedacross-jurisdictionalJudgmentWritingWorkshop.Theseinteractiveworkshopshelpjudicialofficersdevelopandrefinetheabilityto
Manyjudicialofficersupdatedanddevelopedtheirskillsandknowledgeduringtheyearbyattendingconferences,seminarsandworkshops.SomeoftheprogrammesaretailoredspecificallytotheCourt’sneeds,whileotherstargettheinternationallegalcommunity.Anoverviewofsomeoftheeducationalactivitiescompletedduring2010and2011appearsbelow.Foramorecomprehensivelistofactivities,pleaserefertoAppendix(iii)“OtherJudicialActivity”.
Domestic judicial education activities undertaken in 2010 • InJanuary,eightJudgesattendedtheSupreme
andFederalCourtJudges’ConferenceinCanberra.Thethree-dayConferencefeaturedsessionsonadiverserangeoflegalandsocialissues,includingclimatechangeandwaterconservation,therelationshipbetweenthejudiciaryandthelegalprofession,theuseofaudio-visualrecordsoftrialwitnessesinappellatecourts,voluntaryadministration,oraladvocacyandjudicialmediation.JusticeFullertonalsoco-chairedasessionentitledWorking with a JurywiththeHonourableBrianMartin,formerChiefJusticeoftheNorthernTerritory
• InMay,JudgesparticipatedinafieldtriptotheForensicHospitalatLongBayCorrectionalCentre.Thisvisitaimedtoprovidejudgeswithaclearerpictureaboutavailabletreatmentfacilitiesandprocessesforforensicpatients,includingthenatureofassessments,careandtreatmentgiven.
• InAugust,47JudgesandthreeAssociateJudgesattendedthethree-dayAnnualSupremeCourtJudges’ConferenceatPeppersAnchorageinPortStephens.ThekeynotespeakerwasLordHoffmanonPublic Service and Private Law.SeveraloftheCourt’sJudgespresentedsessionsattheConference:JusticeRAHulme’ssession,Developments in Criminal Trials,providedanupdateonsignificantdecisionsanddevelopmentsinthecriminallawoverthepreceding12monthsintheSupremeCourt,theCourtofCriminalAppealandtheHighCourt.JusticeBreretondiscussedthecurrentcostsassessmentsystemandproceduresandhowjudicialordersmayimpactontheminhissession, A Less Taxing Process? Issues in Costs Assessment. Therewerealsoseveralguestpresentersattheconference.
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providedanupdateonsignificantdecisionsanddevelopmentsinthecriminallawoverthepreceding12months.JusticeRothmanAMprovidedabriefoverviewoftheJudicialCommission’sNgaraYura Program,andthebenefitsjudgescanobtainbyparticipatingintheprogram.InthesessionPublic Access to Courts and Information, JusticesLathamandReinjoinedJudgeHelenMurrellSCfromtheDistrictCourttodiscussthenewcourtinformationlegislationfromcriminalandcivilviewpointsinordertoincreaseunderstandingabouttheimpactofthelegislationonjudgesandpotentialproblems.Therewerealsoseveralguestpresentersattheconference.TheSolicitorGeneralofAustralia,MrStephenGagelerSC,spokeengaginglyaboutanimportanttopicdirectlyrelevanttothejudges’workJudicial Review Post Kirk, andProfessorPeterButtdiscussedfamousUKlandlawcases.ProfessorDonLangevoort’ssession,The Fiduciary Business,examinedthefavouredtraitsinthefiduciarybusinessandhowtheyinteractwith—andeasilyfrustrate—thelaw’seffortstoinsistonfiduciaryresponsibilityfromthosewhoare,inheartandsoul,salespeople.ProfessorIanFrazer’ssession,Preventing Cancer in the 21st Century, exploredwaystoreducethecancerburdeninthedevelopedanddevelopingworldthroughbehaviourchange,andthroughpreventionofcancerinitiatinginfections.ProfessorAngelavanDaal’ssession,Current Issues in DNA Evidence, discussedtheissuessurroundingcurrentDNAtypingpractises,includingthepotentialfor‘DNAevidenceonly’trials.JusticeSathavyKimfromCambodiaspokeonherexperiencesofSurviving the Khmer Rouge.
• InSeptember,12Judgesattendedatwilightseminaron“Cybercrime,TechnologyTrendsandElectronicEvidencepresentedbyMrMatthewNevin,ProjectManagereCourtandProsecutionSupport,HighTechCrimeOperations,AustralianFederalPolice.Thispresentationprovidedanoverviewofseveraltechnologytrendsimpactingonthecollectionandpresentationofelectronicevidenceincriminalandcivilmatters.
writeclear,concise,well-structuredjudgments.ThirtytwoSupremeCourtJudgeshavenowattendedoneoftheseworkshopsovertheyears.
Domestic judicial education activities undertaken 2011• InFebruary,fourjudgesattendedtheConference
onExpertEvidenceorganisedbytheNationalJudicialCollegeandAustralianNationalUniversity.
• InMay,nineJudgesparticipatedinaFieldTriptotheNSWPoliceTelecommunicationInterceptionBranch(TIB)andStateElectronicEvidenceBranch(SEEB).JudgesweregiventheopportunitytogainaninsightintotheoperationsoftheTIBandSEEB,toobservethetelecommunicationinterceptionsystemandtoaskquestions.
• InJune,fourJudgesattendedacross-jurisdictionalseminaron“CriminalCaseManagement”.Thepanel,whichcomprisedJusticeMcClellanAM,JusticeHoebenAMRFD,JusticeLatham,JusticeRAHulmeandJusticeBlanchAM,sharedtheirexperiencesofthepracticaloperationofthenewcasemanagementprovisionscontainedinPart3,Division3oftheCriminal Procedure Act 1986.
• InJune,threeJudgesparticipatedinaFieldTriptotheForensicHospitalatMalabarwhichaimedtoprovidejudgeswithaclearerpictureaboutavailabletreatmentfacilitiesandprocessesforforensicpatients.
• InJuly,13Judgesattendedatwilightseminaron“RepresentativeActions”presentedbyJusticeBastenandActingJusticeSackvilleAOQC.ThisseminarfocusedontheoperationofPart10oftheCivil Procedure Act2005anditsimpactonrepresentativeactionsintheSupremeCourt.
• InAugust,37Judges,threeAssociateJudgesandtwoActingJudgesattendedthethree-dayAnnualSupremeCourtJudges’ConferenceinPortStephens.ThekeynotespeakerwasLordBurnton,whogaveaninterestingandinformativeaddressonOccam’s Razor and the Law. SeveraloftheCourt’sJudgespresentedsessionsattheConference:JusticeRAHulme’ssession,Developments in Criminal Trials,
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• InOctober,26Judgesattendedatwilightseminaron“PersonalPropertySecurities”presentedbyMrRobertNewlindsSC.MrNewlindsprovidedanoverviewoftheimportantandpervasivereformsintroducedbythePersonal Property Securities Act2009.
Itisalsorelevanttonotethatthroughoutboth2010and2011,theCourtcontinuedtoworkwiththeJudicialCommissiontoensuretheCriminal Trials Courts Bench BookandtheCivil Trials Bench Book wereregularlyupdatedbyJudgestoreflectdevelopmentsinthelawandsentencing.
International judicial education activities undertaken in 2010InJanuary,fiveJudgesattendedtheSecondJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigationinHongKong.ThesecondSeminarbuildsuponthesuccessfulinauguraleventin2008,whichwasjointlyhostedbythisCourtandtheHighCourtoftheHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegion.TheHonourableJJSpigelman,AC,wasoneoftheJudgeswhoattendedandhisHonourdeliveredapaperentitledCross Border Issues for Commercial Courts: an Overview.JusticeHammerschlagalsoaddressedtheSeminar,deliveringhispaperentitledThe Erosion of the Right to be Heard.
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by36delegatesfrom12countriesintheAsiaPacificRegion,includingsevenJudgesfromthisCourt.TheseminarprovidedaworkingforumforjudgesfromtheRegiontoexchangeideasandexperiencesinrelationtobestpracticeinthemanagementofcommercialandcorporatelitigation.Itwasdesignedtoimprovemutualunderstandingofpracticesandpromoteconsiderationofcross-borderelementsthatarisebetweenjurisdictions.
• InMay,threeMemorandumsofUnderstandingonJudicialExchangewereestablishedbetweenthisCourtandtheHighPeople’sCourtofShanghai,theHighPeople’sCourtsoftheGuangdongProvince,andtheHighPeople’sCourtoftheHubeiProvince.TheseMemorandumsformallyestablishanexpectationthatthejudicialofficersofthesignatorycourtswillshareknowledgewitheachother,andcooperatewitheachother.
International judicial education activities undertaken in 2011• InJanuary,sevenjudgesattendedtheSupreme
andFederalCourtJudges’ConferenceinWellington,NewZealand.Thethree-dayConferenceprogramincludedsessionsontopicsrelevanttobothAustralianandNewZealandcourtsandaddressedawiderangeoftopicsincluding:accesstojustice;vulnerablewitnesses;mentallyimpairedaccused;cultural/interpretationissues;theTreatyofWaitangi;thefuturedirectionofjudicialeducation;extracurialjudicialactivities;mediaandtheCourts;cybercrime,andtheHumanGenomeproject.
• From21-23March,theSupremeCourtofNSW,theHighCourtofHongKongandtheSupremeCourtofSingaporejointlyhostedtheThirdJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigationinSydney.Theeventwasattended
Supreme Court of New South Wales, High Court of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Supreme Court Singapore THIRD JUDICIAL SEMINAR ON COMMERCIAL LITIGATION 21-23 March 2011, Sheraton on the Park, SydneyGroup photo: from left to right
Front Row: Justice Patricia Bergin, Justice V K Rajah, Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma, Chief Justice James Spigelman, Chief Justice S H Kapadia, Justice Liu Xuewen, Senior Judge Zhang Yongjian.
Second Row: Ms Annie Tang, Senior Judge Yu Qiuwei, Justice Anantham Kasinather, Judge Takashi Omine, Justice Derek Hartshorn, Justice Mohan Bharwaney, Justice Dato’ Rohana Yusuf, Judge Ruwan Fernando, Mr Harish Juneja, Justice David Hammerschlag, Assistant Judge Zheng Ying, Mr Jordan Tan.
Third Row: Senior Judge AO Guang’en, Associate Judge Hidemasa Yasukawa, Justice Ian Gzell, Justice Anselmo Reyes, Justice Robert Macfarlan, Justice Steven Chong, Presiding Judge Soonhyung Kwon, Justice Chu Kin, Justice Reginald Barrett, Justice Clifford Einstein, Justice Helen Winkelmann, Justice Andrew Cheung, Judge Ahsan Marikar.
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PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
TheCourt’sPublicInformationOfficer(PIO)istheprincipalmediaspokespersonforthesuperiorNSWcourtsandprovidesaprofessionalcourt-medialiaisonservice.
ThemajorroleofthepositionistoprovidethemediawithinformationaboutcourtproceedingsintheNSWSupremeCourt,theLandandEnvironmentCourt,theIndustrialRelationsCommissionofNSWandtheDistrictCourtofNSW.
ThePIOworkswiththemediatoensurethatjudicialdecisionsarecorrectlyinterpretedandreportedtothecommunityandwidelypromoteanyinitiativestakenbythecourtstoenhanceaccesstojustice.
ThePIOisalsoresponsibleforensuringthatmediaoutletsarealerttoanysuppressionordersissuedinproceedings,andthattheyarefamiliarwiththetermsandimpactsoftheseorders.
Thedistributionof,andadherenceto,suppressionornon-publicationordersiscriticalasthemedia’sfailuretoacknowledgethemintheircoveragecouldcompromiseproceedings.
During2010,thePIOhandled3,260requestsforinformation.Ofthese:
• 69percent(2,249enquiries)relatedtoSupremeCourtmatters;
• 25percent(815enquiries)relatedtoDistrictCourtmatters,and
• 6percent(196enquiries)relatedtoothercourts,includingtheIndustrialRelationsCommissionandtheLandandEnvironmentCourt.
Sixtyfivepercentofthe3,260requestsforinformationreceivedin2010emanatedfromSydneymetropolitanjournalists/reportersfrommajornewspapersandradioandTVstations;18percentwerefromNSWregionalnewspapers,radioandTVstations,andthreepercentwerefromsuburbanSydneynewspapers.Theremaining14percentoftheenquirieswerefrominterstateoroverseasjournalists,writersforspecialist/tradepublications,bookauthors,lawyers,studentsormembersofthepublic.
EachweektheCourt’sRegistrarsaddresssecondaryschoolstudentsandcommunitygroupsregardingtheCourt’sjurisdictionanddailyoperations.Afterthelecture,thegroupistakentoanappropriatecourtroomtoobserveaSupremeCourttrial.TheCourtoffersthisserviceatnocosttotheattendees,anddemandforthesegrouptalksremainshigh,particularlyamongstsecondaryschoolLegalStudiesstudents.Morethan1,400studentsandmembersofthepublicattendedtheselecturesinboth2010and2011.
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In2011,thePIOhandled4,818requestsforinformation,anincreaseof48percentonthepreviousyear.Ofthese:
71percent(3,421enquiries)relatedtoSupremeCourtmatters;
25percent(1,204enquiries)relatedtoDistrictCourtmatters,and
4percent(193enquiries)relatedtoothercourts,includingtheIndustrialRelationsCommissionandtheLandandEnvironmentCourt.
Sixtysixpercentofthe4,818requestsforinformationreceivedin2011emanatedfromSydneymetropolitanjournalists/reportersfrommajornewspapersandradioandTVstations;15percentwerefromNSWregionalnewspapers,radioandTVstations,andthreepercentwerefromsuburbanSydneynewspapers.Theremaining16percentoftheenquirieswerefrominterstateoroverseasjournalists,writersforspecialist/tradepublications,bookauthors,lawyers,studentsormembersofthepublic.
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6 OTHER ASPECTS OF THE COURT’S WORK
• Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
• JusticeLink & Electronic Services
• Law Courts Library
• Admission to the Legal Profession and appointment of Public Notaries
• Admission under the Mutual Recognition Acts
• Administration of the Costs Assessment Scheme
• Pro Bono scheme
• Judicial Assistance Program
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JUSTICELINK & ELECTRONIC SERVICES
SincemidDecember2009,JusticeLinkhasbeenutilisedinthemanagementoftheentireCourt’scaseload.TheCourtcontinuedtobeactivelyinvolvedintheNSWDepartmentofAttorneyGeneralandJustice’sJusticeLinkandLegaleServicesprojectsduring2010and2011,particularlythroughtheJusticeLinkSteeringCommitteeandtheJudicialElectronicCaseManagementSteeringCommittee.
TheCommitteeisaninitiativeoftheDepartmentandincludesrepresentativesfromtheSupreme,DistrictandLocalCourts.ItaimstoensuretheJusticeLinksystemmeetstheneedsofcourtsandotherjusticeagenciesintheDepartment.ThefollowingSupremeCourtjudicialofficersandregistrystaffservedontheCommitteein2010and2011.
• TheHonourableJusticeGzell;• TheHonourableJusticeLatham;• TheHonourableJusticeRein(throughout2010
only);• TheHonourableAssociateJusticeMacready;• MsMeganGreenwood,ChiefExecutiveOfficer
andPrincipalRegistrar(untilSeptember2010);• MrPaulMcKnight,A/ChiefExecutiveOfficerand
PrincipalRegistrar(fromSeptember2010toApril2011),and
• MsLindaMurphy,ChiefExecutiveOfficerandPrincipalRegistrar(fromApril2011).
InApril2011,theCourtreceiveditsfirstintegratedelectronicservicesproductwiththelaunchoftheOnlineCourtList.Thisproductallowscourtuserstosearchforaparticularcasebyname,casenumber,location,date,jurisdiction,titleofpresidingofficerandtypeoflisting(forexample,directions,hearing,judgmentandsoon).Courtuserscansearchforcaseslisteduptotwoweeksinadvance,andforpreviouslistingsthathaveoccurredinthelastsevendays.
TheUniformCivilProcedureRulesprojectcommencedin2003whentheAttorneyGeneral’sDepartmentdevelopedacross-jurisdictionalWorkingParty.TheWorkingParty’schiefaimwastoconsolidateprovisionsaboutcivilprocedureintoasingleActanddevelopacommonsetofrulesforcivilprocessesintheSupreme,DistrictandLocalCourts.
Thisaimwassubstantiallyachievedthroughthecommencementin2005oftheCivil Procedure Act 2005andUniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.AUniformRulesCommitteewasestablishedundersections8,17andSchedule2oftheAct.TheCommitteeischairedbytheChiefJustice.ThePresidentoftheCourtofAppeal,JusticeHoebenandJusticeReinalsorepresentedtheCourtontheCommitteethroughout2010and2011.
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TheLegalProfessionAdmissionBoardisaself-fundingstatutorybodyestablishedundertheLegal Profession Act 2004.TheBoardmakesandappliesrulesgoverningtheadmissionoflawyersandappointmentofpublicnotariesinNewSouthWales.Italsoassessesthequalificationsofoverseasapplicantsandaccreditsacademiclawdegreesandpracticallegaltrainingcourses.SuccessfulcompletionoftheBoard’sexaminationsleadstotheawardofaDiplomainLawthat,forthepurposeofadmissionasalawyerinNewSouthWales,istheequivalentofadegreefromanaccreditedlawschool.Onceadmittedasalawyer,apersonmayapplytotheLawSocietyofNSWortheNSWBarAssociationforapractisingcertificateaseitherasolicitororbarrister.
TheBoardcomprisestheChiefJustice,threeotherJudgesoftheSupremeCourt,anomineeoftheAttorneyGeneralaswellasacademicsandkeymembersofthelegalprofession.TheBoardmaintainsacloseworkingrelationshipwiththeCourtinotherrespects,byprovidingofficerstoassistintheadministrationandconductofadmissionceremonies,maintainingtheRollsofLawyersandPublicNotaries,andliaisingwiththeCourt’sRegistryaboutapplicationsmadeundertheMutualRecognitionActs.Inaddition,fiveJudgesoftheCourtprovideimportantpolicyinputbymaintainingpositionsontheBoard’scommitteesandtheLawAdmissionsConsultativeCommittee(LACC).
During2010,themembersoftheLegalProfessionAdmissionBoardwere:
TheHonourabletheChiefJusticeTheHonourableJusticeTobiasAMRFD(Presiding
Member)TheHonourableJusticeDaviesTheHonourableJusticeSlattery(DeputyPresiding
Member)MrJGormlySCMrGMcGrathMrCCawleyMrJDobsonProfessorSColbranProfessorJMcKeough(until10February)ProfessorLMcNamara(from10February)
ADMISSION TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC NOTARIES
TheLawCourtsLibraryisalegalresourceandinformationcentreforalljudicialofficers,chamberstaffandRegistrarsintheLawCourtsBuilding.
TheNSWDepartmentofAttorneyGeneralandJusticeandtheFederalCourtofAustraliajointlyfundtheLawCourtsLibrary.TwocommitteesoverseetheoperationsoftheLibrary:theOperationsCommitteeandtheAdvisoryCommittee.
TheOperationsCommitteecomprisesanequalnumberofrepresentativesfromtheNSWDepartmentofJusticeandAttorneyGeneralandtheFederalCourtofAustralia.TheOperationsCommitteeisresponsibleforsettingbudgetpriorities,revenue,businessplanningandLibrarypolicy.TheAdvisoryCommitteeconsistsofthreeJudgesfromtheFederalCourtofAustraliaandthreeJudgesfromtheSupremeCourtofNSW.TheAdvisoryCommitteeconsultswiththeOperationsCommitteeonmattersofbudget,collectiondevelopmentandserviceprovision.
During2010and2011,theSupremeCourtrepresentativesontheAdvisoryCommitteewere:
TheHonourableJusticeAllsop;TheHonourableJusticeBasten,andTheHonourableJusticeMacfarlan.
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facilitatesconsistencyinuniformdecision-makingandensuresUniformPrincipleproceduresareadjustedfromtimetotimetoreflectaccumulatedexperience.
• TheBoardcontinuedtomakeimprovementstoitsDiplomainLawcoursetoremaincompetitiveandrelevantwithlawschools.Anewelectivesubjectisnowofferedtoprovidestudentswithskillsininterpretinglegislation:“UnderstandingLegalLanguageandLegislation”.TheBoardalsoconsideredareviewtoitsassessmentprocessandagreedonaproposalthatassignmentmarkscontributetowardsthefinalexaminationmarks.
• TheBoarddisplayedsignificantinitiativeintheongoingassessmentofqualificationsforoverseasapplicants.StandardsofoverseasuniversitycourseswereconsideredandtheBoardintroducednewproceduresforassessingstudentswhoobtainedmarksoflessthan50%.ThispolicywasadoptedbyLACC,incorporatedintotheUniformPrinciplesforassessingthequalificationsofoverseasapplicantsandpractitionerswhoseekentrytothelegalprofessioninAustraliaandhasnowbeenadoptedbyalladmittingauthorities.
• TheBoardconsideredproposedrevisionsoftheaccreditationoflawdegreesofferedbyinstitutions;specifically,minimumdurationofacademiclegalstudies.TheBoardheldthepositionthatacquiringtheacademicqualificationinlawshouldtakethreeyearsfull-timestudying.Anewcourse,theJurisDoctorattheUniversityofSydney,wasaccreditedbytheBoard.ConsiderationoffutureonlinelawdegreeswasalsoaddressedbytheBoardinrecognitionthattechnologyischangingthedeliveryofeducation.
• InlinewiththeBoard’scommitmenttoofferahighstandardofflexibleandaffordablelegaleducation,theBoardtogetherwiththeLawExtensionCommitteeoftheUniversityofSydneyparticipatedintheSydneyMorningHerald’sHSCandCareersExpowherepresentationswereheldandinformationprovidedtoprospectivestudents-at-law.
MsMTangney(NSWDepartmentofJusticeandAttorneyGeneral)
ExecutiveOfficerandSecretary:MsRSzabo
During2011,themembersoftheLegalProfessionAdmissionBoardwere:
TheHonourabletheChiefJusticeTheHonourableJusticeSlattery(PresidingMember)TheHonourableJusticeDavies(DeputyPresiding
Member)TheHonourableJusticePembroke(to1Aug11)TheHonourableJusticeSackar(from1Aug11)MrJGormlySCMrGMcGrathSCMrCCawleyMrJDobsonProfessorSColbranProfessorLMcNamaraMsMaureenTangney(NSWDepartmentofAttorney
GeneralandJustice)ExecutiveOfficerandSecretary:MsRSzabo
The Board’s work during 2010• TheNationalLegalProfessionReformProject
continuedwithproposalstocentraliseanumberofareasthatregulatetheprofession,includingestablishingaNationalBoardtoassessapplicantswhoseekadmissiontotheprofession.TheBoardhasbeenactiveinitsreviewoftheDraftNationalLawandDraftRulesandhasprovidedcommentaryonaspectsoftheadministrationandoperationofthenationalbody,itsimpactonthecurrentadmittingauthoritiesandprocedures.ItworkedcloselywiththeLawAdmissionsConsultativeCouncil(LACC)andotheradmittingauthoritiestofacilitatethereforms,identifyanypotentialdifficultiesandmakerecommendationstoachieveuniformity.TheBoardmadesignificantcontributionstothelegislativeframeworkwithinwhichthenewoperationswouldexistbywayofitscommentariestothedraftlegislation,whichwereusedasthebasisofotheradmittingauthoritiescommentaries.
• TheBoardcontinuedtoshareinformationwithotheradmittingauthoritiesaboutinstanceswhereadiscretiontoexemptexperiencedpractitionersisexercised.Suchapractice
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andenterthelegalprofession.TheimpositionofadditionalregulatoryrequirementswouldalmostcertainlyresultinasignificantincreaseintheBoard’soperationalcosts.
Table6.1:Summary and comparison of the legal profession admission board’s workload
2009 2010 2011
LawyeradmissionsapprovedbytheBoard
1,839 1,830 1793
CertificatesofCurrentAdmissionproducedbytheBoard
324 326 315
PublicNotariesappointedbytheBoard
66 61 50
Students-at-Lawregistrations
610 519 517
(Note:admissionsunderMutualRecognitionActsarenotincluded.PleaserefertothesectionbelowentitledAdmission Under Mutual Recognition Acts)
Legal Qualifications CommitteeTheLegalQualificationsCommittee(LQC)isconstitutedundertheLegalProfessionAdmissionRules2005tosuperintendthequalificationofcandidatesforadmissionandtoadvisetheBoardinrelationtotheaccreditationofacademicandpracticaltrainingcoursesinNewSouthWales.TheLQCanditsSub-CommitteesprovideexpertadviceandcommenttotheBoardandLACCinrelationtomatterspertainingtotheassessmentofthequalificationsofoverseasapplicantsorpractitionerswhoseekentrytotheAustralianlegalprofessionandonanyproposalsforchangecirculatedbyLACC.TheCommitteeperformsitsworklargelythroughitssub-committeesandreviewsdecisionsofthesesub-committeesattherequestofaggrievedapplicants.Inadditiontoappealsfromsub-committeedecisionsandrequestsforextensionsoftheperiodsofvalidityofacademicandpracticaltrainingexemptions,itconsidersapplicationsfromstudents-at-lawwhoseekapprovalunderrule97(9)toapplyforexemptionsonthebasisofstudiesundertakenatotherinstitutionsafterregistrationasastudent-at-lawwiththeBoard.
The Board’s work during 2011TheimpactoftheNationalLegalProfessionReformsremainsuncertain,asafewjurisdictionshavewithdrawntheirsupportforthenewsystemofnationalregulation.UndertheLegal Profession National Law,itisproposedthatanewlyestablishedNationalLegalServiceBoard,tobelocatedinNewSouthWales,willundertakesomefunctionscurrentlyperformedbylocaladmittingauthoritiesandotherbodies.Undertheproposedreforms,whichareyettobefinalised,thenewBoard,inconsultationwithlocalauthorities,wouldberesponsiblefordraftingtheNationalRulesandestablishingcommitteestoprovideexpertadviceinspecificareas.Lawyerswillcontinuetobeadmittedbythecourtsineachjurisdiction,howeversomefunctionsmightbetransferredtotheNationalLegalServicesBoard.
TheBoardhasplayedanactiveroleinreviewingandrespondingtonumerousproposalsputforwardbytheLawAdmissionsConsultativeCommittee(LACC)andhashighlightedissuesarisingfromitsannualreviewandaccreditationoflawdegreesandpracticallegaltrainingcourses.TheBoardobtainedfurtherdetailsfromlawschoolsaboutthedurationofitslawdegreesandsubstitutionofacademicsubjectswithpracticallegaltrainingsubjects.TheadviceoftheNSWBoardanditsCommitteesisalsooftensoughtbyotherauthoritiesinrespecttomattersofadmissionandtheassessmentofoverseasqualifications.
TheintroductionoftheTertiaryEducationQualityandStandardsAgency(TEQSA)thatestablishedanewauthoritytoregisterandevaluatetheperformanceofallhighereducationprovidersagainstanewHigherEducationStandardsFrameworkhasrequiredtheBoard’sattentionandallocationofresources.TheBoardsoughtindependentlegaladviceandhasengagedinacloseconsultationprocesswithTEQSAinordertodeterminetheextentoftheimpactofthenewlegislationontheBoardanditsDiplomainLawcourse.Thisuniquecoursehasarichhistoryandisrecognisedasanaccessibleandaffordablemeansofallowingpeoplefromallwalksoflife,includingcountryresidents,anopportunitytostudylaw
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Work during 2010• Asubstantialvolumeofmaterialwaspresented
totheLQCforreviewduring2010.ItconsideredproposalssetoutinaLACCdiscussionpapertointegrateThresholdLearningOutcomes(TLOs)tobeadoptedbyuniversitiesasoutcomemeasuresforlawundergraduateswithcurrentacademicrequirementsforadmission(Priestley11).TheCommitteeadvisedtheBoardthatwhilstitacceptsthatthePriestleysubjectsmaybesubjecttoreview,theadoptionoftheTLOsbyuniversitiesisnotareasonforamendingthedescriptionsorreducingthesubstanceofthesubjectsanditrecommendedthattheBoardnotadopttheLACCproposals.
• TheLQCprovidedtheBoardwithadviceandrecommendationsaboutthedurationofacademicstudiesandintegrationbysomeinstitutionsofacademicandpracticallegaltraining.ItrecommendedtotheBoardthatacademicrequirementsforEnglishapplicants(England,WalesandNorthernIreland)beamendedinthesubjectsofAdministrativeLawandPropertyLaw.SuchproposalinitiatedamendmentstotheUniformPrinciplesinordertomaintainconsistencyinapproachestothegivingofexemptionsforoverseasapplicantsbyotheradmittingauthorities.AlaterproposalbytheCommitteeresultedintheadoptionofasimilarapproachforapplicantswhohavestudiedAdministrativeLawasaseparatesubjectoverafullcourseofstudyinacomparablejurisdiction.
• TheLQCalsoconsideredandprovidedcommentandrecommendationstotheBoardonanumberofotherproposedamendmentstotheUniformPrinciplesincludingexperiencedpractitionerprovisions.ItalsorecommendedthattheBoardrecommendtoLACCthatthecontentsoftheUniformPrinciplesandtheGuidelinesthatwerenotavailabletothepublic,beincorporatedintoonedocumentinaharmoniouswayandtheresultantdocumentbepublished.
During2010themembersoftheLegalQualificationsCommitteewere:
TheHonourableJusticeWhite(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeSlattery(Deputy
Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeHarrison(to1July)TheHonourableJusticePembroke(from1July)MrJFernonSCMsSLeisMsEPickerMrHMacken(to30June)MsMMacken(from1July)MrCCawleyMrJDobsonMrGRossMrRHarrisMrPUnderwoodMsJEggleton(from1July)ProfessorALambAMDrGElkingtonExecutiveOfficerandSecretary:MsRSzabo
During2011themembersoftheLegalQualificationsCommitteewere:
TheHonourableJusticeWhite(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeSlattery(to17May2011)TheHonourableJusticeDavies(from17May2011)TheHonourableAssociateJusticeHallenMrJFernonSCMsSLeisMsEPickerMsMMackenMrCCawleyMrJDobsonMrGRossMrRHarrisMrPUnderwoodMsJEggletonProfessorALambAMDrGElkingtonExecutiveOfficerandSecretary:MsRSzabo
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Examinations CommitteeTheExaminationsCommitteeisconstitutedundertheLegalProfessionAdmissionRules2005tooverseethecontentandconductoftheBoard’sexaminationsandthecandidaturesofStudents-at-Law.Ithasthreesub-committees.ThePerformanceReviewSub-CommitteedeterminesapplicationsfromstudentsseekingtoavoidorovercomeexclusionfromtheBoard’sexaminations.TheCurriculumSub-Committee,inconsultationwiththeBoard’sexaminersandrevisingexaminers,plansthecurriculumfortheBoard’sexaminations,andtheQualitySub-Committeeoverseesthequalityofexaminationsandmarkingofexaminationpapers.
During2010,themembersoftheExaminationsCommitteewere:
TheHonourableJusticeSimpson(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeHall(DeputyChairperson)MrMChristieSCMrJDobsonMrFAstillMsSCarterMrRAndersonExecutiveOfficerandSecretary:MsRSzabo
During2011,themembersoftheExaminationsCommitteewere:
TheHonourableJusticeSimpson(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeHallMrMChristieSCMrJDobsonMrFAstillMsSCarterMrRAndersonExecutiveOfficerandSecretary:MsRSzabo
Work during 2011• DiscussionscontinuedbetweentheCommittee,
theBoardandLACCaboutLACC’sproposaltolinktheacademicrequirementsforadmission(thePriestley11subjects)withtheproposedThresholdLearningOutcomes.TheBoardadoptedtheLQC’srecommendationsandadvisedLACCthatitwasnotinfavourofitsproposal,aviewsharedbytheCouncilofChiefJustices,andatLACC’smeetingon24June2011,theproposalwasabandoned.
• Thedurationofacademicstudiescontinuedtobeanissuein2011,withtheCommitteemaintainingitsviewthatanapprovedacademiclawcourseshouldincludeatleastthreeyearsfulltimestudy,regardlessofwhetherthecourseisanLLBorJD.
• TheCommitteeconsideredapaperfromLACCwhichproposedthatgraduatesoftheCommonProfessionalExam(CPE)orGraduateDiplomainLaw(GDL)intheUnitedKingdombereferredtouniversitiestoseekadmissiontoalawdegreead eundem statuminsteadofapplyingtoadmittingauthoritiesforassessment.TheCommitteeremindedLACCthatitisthepracticeoftheCommitteeanditssub-committeestoconsiderapplicationsfromallapplicants,whetherornottheyhaveundertakentheCPEorGDL.
• AproposalwasputforwardbyLACCthatapplicantsfromtheUKandIrelandwhohavecompletedalegalPracticeCourse(LPC)ortheBarVocationalTrainingCourse(BVTC)butwhohavenotbeenadmittedshouldbeallowedtoapplyforpracticaltrainingexemptions.TheCommitteeraiseditsconcernswiththeBoard,andrecommendedthattheproposalnotbeadopted.
Table6.2:Applications considered by the Legal Qualifications Committee
2009 2010 2011
ApplicationsforAcademicExemptions
443 428 397
ApplicationsforPracticalTrainingExemptions
103 99 122
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monitoredtoassessitsimpactontheBoard’scourse.Initialfindingsindicatedadropinthefailureratesinsomesubjectswithatraditionallyhigherfailurerateandmarkeddifferencesbetweensomeexamandassignmentresultsforcertainsubjects.However,closerinvestigationsrevealedthatfactorsunrelatedtothenewmakingregimewereacceptedasthemoreprobablereasonsforthestatisticalactivity.TheCommitteehasrecommendedcontinuedmonitoringoftheimpactofassignmentmarksonoverallsubjectresultsforfuturesemesters.
• TheLPABandLawExtensionCommitteeoftheUniversityofSydney(LEC)wererepresentedatthe“ReinventYourCareer”ExpoinSeptember.Thisexpotargetsmatureagepeopleseekingre-entryintotheworkforceorachangeofcareer.TherewassubstantialinterestintheBoard’scourse,anditwasfeltthatitwasamoreeffectiveopportunitytoincreaseawarenessoftheBoard’scoursethantheschoolleavers’expoinwhichtheBoardtraditionallyparticipates.
Table6.3:Three-year comparison of the Examinations Committee’s workload
2009 2010 2011
ExaminationsubjectenrolmentsbyStudents-at-Law
4,804 4,993 4,818
Approvedapplicationstositexaminationsinnon-scheduledvenues
45 17 5
Approvedapplicationsforspecialexaminationconditions
41 26 29
Student-at-lawcourseapplications
248 180 181
Applicationsfromstudents-at-lawliableforexclusionfromtheBoard’sexaminations
315 252 299
Work during 2010• TheExaminationsCommitteecontinuedto
closelymonitoreachsubject’sexaminationperformancestatisticsandcontinuedtoplanthecurriculumandsyllabifortheBoard’sexaminations.TheCommitteedeterminedthatimprovementswererequiredregardingtheresponsibilitiesofExaminersandRevisingExaminersandmaderecommendationstotheBoard.Theresponsibilitieshavebeenstructuredtoensurethesmoothrunningoftheexaminationprocess.Inparticular,amendmentstotheBoard’spoliciessawtheintroductionofnewproceduresformarkingexaminationpapers,witharequirementtocompleteaMarkingAdviceSheet.Thishasfacilitatedearlydetectionofanyirregularpatternsthatmayariseduringthemarkingprocessandallowedforinvestigationbeforethereleaseofresults.
• ConsistentwiththeBoard’scommitmenttoofferingflexibilityinaccessinglegaleducation,theCommitteerecommendedachangetotheDiplomainLawCoursepolicy,givinggraduateswhowishtoreturntothecoursetoundertakefurtherstudy,theopportunitytodoso.
• Followingitsconsiderationofanallegationofacademicmisconductagainstastudent-at-law,theCommitteedecidedthatanoralhearingshouldbeheld.Thehearingcommittee’sreportwasreferredtotheBoardandthestudentexcludedfromfurtherexaminationsforaperiodoftwoyears.
Work during 2011• Inadditiontoperformingcourserelatedtasks,
includingappointingExaminers,hearingapplicationsandreviewingSub-Committeedecisions,theExaminationsCommitteecontinuedtomonitorandconsiderproposalstomaintainandenhancethequalityoftheBoard’sDiplomainLawcourse.Thenewmarkingpolicywherebyassignmentmarkscontributetoastudent’sfinalmarkwasimplementedforthefirsttimeintheSeptember2011examinations.AnautomatedspreadsheetwascreatedtoassistExaminersandtobettermanagethenewassessmentregimewhichisbeingclosely
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TheCostsAssessmentSchemecommencedon1July1994.Itistheprocessbywhichclientsandpractitionersdeterminetheamountofcoststobepaidintwoprincipalareas:betweenpractitionersandtheirclientsandparty/partycosts.Party/partycostsarecoststobepaidwhenanorderismadefromaCourt(orTribunal)forunspecifiedcosts.TheCostsAssessmentsectionoftheRegistryundertakestheday-to-dayadministrationoftheCostsAssessmentScheme.
TheCostsAssessmentSchemeistheexclusivemethodofassessmentoflegalcostsformostjurisdictions.ApplicationsundertheSchemearedeterminedbyexternalassessorsappointedbytheChiefJustice.Allassessorsaremembersofthelegalprofession.TheChiefJusticealsoappointscostsassessorstotheCostsAssessmentRulesCommittee.MrGordonSalierAM,solicitor,wastheChairoftheCostsAssessmentRulesCommitteeduring2010and2011.TherewerefourmeetingsoftheCostsAssessmentRulesCommitteein2010,andsixmeetingsin2011.
ACostsAssessmentUsers’Groupmeetsonaquarterlybasistodiscussissuesincostsassessmentfromauser’sperspective.TheCostsAssessmentUsers’GroupischairedbyJusticeBreretonandconsistsoftheManager,CostsAssessment,costsassessors,costsconsultantsandarepresentativeoftheOfficeoftheLegalServicesCommissioner.
During2010,1,862applicationswerelodged.Ofthese,1,005(54percent)relatedtocostsbetweenparties;209(11percent)werebroughtbyclientsagainstpractitioners,and461(25percent)werebroughtbypractitioners.
In2011,1,659applicationswerelodged.Ofthese,912(55percent)relatedtocostsbetweenparties;190(11percent)werebroughtbyclientsagainstpractitioners,and557(34percent)werebroughtbypractitioners.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE COSTS ASSESSMENT SCHEME
ThemanagementofapplicationsfromlegalpractitionersforadmissionundertheMutualRecognitionActsformsanotheraspectoftheRegistry’swork.TheRegistryliaiseswiththeLegalProfessionAdmissionBoardinperformingthistask.In2011,90NewZealandpractitionerswereenrolledundertheTransTasmanMutualRecognitionAct1997.Forcomparisonpurposes,therewere43Trans-Tasmanadmissionsin2010,and40in2009.ThenumberofpractitionersenrolledundertheMutualRecognitionAct1992remainsnegligibleaftereachStateandTerritoryexceptSouthAustraliaenactedlegislationthatallowsinterstatepractitionerstopractiseseamlesslythroughoutAustralia.TherehavebeenfiveenrolmentsrecordedundertheMutualRecognitionAct1992inNewSouthWalessinceJanuary2007.
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TheCourtinitiallyestablishedtheProBonoSchemewithsupportfromtheNSWBarAssociationandLawSocietyofNSWin2001.TheSchemeoperatesinaccordancewithPart7Division9oftheUniformCivilProcedureRules2005andenablesunrepresentedlitigantstobereferredtoabarristerand/orsolicitoroncetheCourtdeterminestheyaredeservingofassistance.During2010,theCourtmade35referralsundertheScheme:onereferralwasmadeinaCourtofAppealmatter,and17referralsweremadebyJudgesineachoftheCommonLawandEquityDivisions.In2011,theCourtmade66referrals:13referralsweremadeinCourtofAppealmatters,39weremadebyJudgesintheCommonLawDivision,and14referralsweremadeincasesintheEquityDivision.TheScheme’ssuccessdependsuponthecontinuedgoodwillofbarristersandsolicitors,andtheCourtgratefullyacknowledgesthosewhosupporttheSchemebyvolunteeringtheirservices.
JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
AJudicialAssistanceProgramwaslaunchedtohelpNewSouthWalesjudicialofficersmeetthedemandsoftheirworkwhilstmaintaininggoodhealthandwell-being.Theschemeprovidesfor24-houraccesstoaprofessional,confidentialcounsellingserviceandfreeannualhealthassessments.TheCourtadministersthisProgramonbehalfofallthejurisdictions.
Thereviewprocess,whichisrelativelyinformalinnature,iscarriedoutbytwoseniorassessorsofappropriateexperienceandexpertiseandisconductedalongsimilarlinestothatusedintheoriginalassessmentprocess.Thereviewpanelcanvarytheoriginalassessmentandisrequiredtoprovideashortstatementofitsreasons.In2010and2011,therespectivetotalsforthenumberofapplicationsforreviewofcostsassessmentdeterminationswere187and218.
Thereisstillprovisiontoappealthereviewpanel’sdecisiontotheCourt,asofrightonquestionsoflawandotherwisebyleave.However,followingalegislativechangeon1September2008,theseappealsareheardintheDistrictCourt,nottheSupremeCourt,unlessinthecaseofaparty/partyapplicationapartyseeksleavetoappealtothecourtortribunalthatmadethecostsorder.
InSeptember2011,theChiefJusticeofNewSouthWalesannouncedthattheCourtwouldundertakethefirsteverReviewintotheoperationoftheCostsAssessmentScheme.TheoverarchingaimoftheReviewwastoevaluatetheextenttowhichtheScheme’sexistingstructureandoperationssupportthejust,quickandcheapresolutionofcostsdisputes.
InresponsetotheChiefJustice’spublicinvitationforsubmissionstotheReview,theCourtreceivedmorethan30responsesfromawiderangeofinterestedpartiesincludingpeakprofessionalbodies,currentandretiredcostsassessors,costsconsultants,commercialandgovernmentlawyers,andself-representedlitigants.
ThesesubmissionshavebeenreferredtoapanelofrepresentativesfromtheSupremeCourt,NSWBarAssociation,LawSocietyofNSW,andtheOfficeoftheLegalServicesCommissioner.Oncethisconsultationgrouphashadanopportunitytothoroughlyreviewandanalysethewrittensubmissions,theCourtwillpublishareportofitsrecommendations.
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7 APPENDICES
i. Court statistics – comprehensive table of statistics
ii. The Court’s Committees and User Groups
iii. Other judicial activity: Conferences, Speaking, Engagements, Publications, Appointments to Legal and Cultural Organisations, Delegations and International Assistance and commissions in Overseas Courts
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• Filings, disposals and pending cases• Timeliness
– Court of Appeal, Court of Criminal Appeal, Criminal List – age of pending cases at 31 December
– Other lists – waiting times– Listing delays
• Alternative dispute resolution
Filings, disposals and pending cases
NOTES:Thefiguresforpendingcasesforeachlistcanincludecasesthathavebeenre-openedafterjudgment,andcasesreferredfromothercasemanagementlists.Forthisreason,pendingcaseloadfiguresdonotalwaysreconcilewithassociatedfilinganddisposalfigures.
Thestatisticsfor2010and2011forcivilcasesintheCommonLawDivisionandfortheEquityDivision(otherthantheAdoptionsList,ProtectiveListandcontestedProbateListcases)havebeenextractedfromtheJusticeLinksystem.TheJusticeLinkstatisticalandoperationalreportingfunctionsarestillunderdevelopmentandsothefiguresreportedareprovisional.
ThestatisticsfortheCourtofAppeal,CourtofCriminalAppeal,CriminalList,BailsList,AdoptionsList,ProtectiveListandcontestedProbateListmatterscontinuetobemanuallycollatedandaresubjecttoauditandrevision.
“n/a”–figuresnotavailableornotseparatelyreported
“-“–itemnotapplicable“0“–zerocount
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
COURT OF APPEAL 1
Filings
Appeals and applications for relief 377 361 339 353 320
Applications for leave to appeal 2 206 185 172 166 182
Net new cases 3 564 530 496 501 490
Disposals
Appeals and applications for relief 338 380 368 313 365
Applications for leave to appeal 218 196 192 156 177
Net disposals 4 537 560 545 451 533
Pendingcasesat31December
Appeals and applications for relief 292 273 241 285 237
Applications for leave to appeal 116 106 88 99 101
Total 408 379 329 384 338
1 Thesestatisticsexclude holdingnoticesofappeal,holdingsummonsesforleavetoappealandnoticesofintentiontoappealbecausethoseformsdonotcommencesubstantiveappealsorapplications.
2 Thisitemalsoincludesapplicationswherepartieshaveelectedtohaveaconcurrenthearingofboththeapplicationforleavetoappealandtheappeal(ifleaveisgranted).
3 Forreportingthenetnewcases,ifaCourtofAppealcaseiscommencedbyasummonsforleavetoappealandthenanoticeofappealisfiledpursuanttoagrantofleave,thisiscountedasonecontinuousappealcase(nottwoseparatecases).
4 Forreportingthenetdisposals,whereanappealhasbeenprecededbyagrantofleave,thisiscountedasonecontinuouscaseandadisposaliscountedonlywhenthesubstantiveappealisfinalised.
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 1
Filings 441 422 389 414 382
Disposals 444 414 391 417 340
Pendingcasesat31December 177 185 183 180 222
1 ThesestatisticsexcludeappealsfromdecisionsoftheNSWStateParoleAuthority.In2010,fourparoledecisionappealswerefiled.
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
COMMON LAW DIVISION – Criminal 1, 2
Criminal List
Filings3 133 101 106 112 138
Disposals4 115 122 112 106 85
Pendingcasesat31December 111 90 84 90 143
Bails List 5
Filings(applications) 2,866 2,822 2,826 2,678 3,317
Disposals(applications)6 1,123 2,490 2,016 2,115 2,343
Pendingapplicantsat31December 270 243 304 279 372
Summary jurisdiction cases 7
Filings 11 237 0 - -
Disposals 0 0 248 - -
Pendingcasesat31December 11 248 0 - -
1 Inallyears,thefiguresexcludemattersunderPart7oftheCrimes (Appeal and Review) Act(formerlys474DoftheCrimes Act)andapplicationsforre-determinationofalifesentence.
2 Since2005,theCourthasusedcountingrulesthatalignwithnationalcountingrules.Thereforethesefiguresarenotdirectlycomparablewithfiguresreportedbefore2005.
3 Thefiguresincludecommittalsfortrial/sentence,exofficioindictments,re-trialsorderedbytheCourtofCriminalAppealorHighCourt,mattersreferredfromtheMentalHealthReviewTribunal,transfersfromtheDistrictCourt,andre-activatedmatters(egwhereabenchwarrantisexecuted).
4 Disposalsarecountedatsentence,acquittalorotherfinaldisposal.Previouslydisposalswerecountedatverdict,pleaofguilty,orotherfinaldisposal.(“Otherfinaldisposal”includesreferraltotheMentalHealthTribunal,nobill,deathoftheaccused,orderforabenchwarranttoissue,transfertoanothercourt,andotherfinalorders).
5 ThefiguresforpendingBailsListcasesdonotreconcilewiththefiguresforfilingsanddisposals.Thisisbecausethefiguresforfilingsanddisposalsarecountsofapplications,whilethefiguresforpendingcasesarecountsofapplicants.TheCourtcandealconcurrentlywithmultipleapplicationsforanapplicant.
6 Thecountsfordisposalsunder-representthenumberofbailapplicationsthathavebeenheardanddetermined.WhilecorrectorderswererecordedontheJusticeLinksystem,forasignificantnumberofcasesthemethodofenteringthecourtresultdidnotrecordadisposalforthebailapplication.
7 Normally,thefewsummaryjurisdictioncasesthatcometotheCourtareincludedwithcivilcaseswithintheSummonsListoftheCommonLawDivision,wheretheyaremanaged.During2007and2008,atotalof248relatedprosecutionsundertheFood Act 2003(againstonecompanyanditstwodirectors)werelodged.ThesehavebeenseparatelyreportedtopreventskewingofthestatisticsintheSummonsList.Notethatthe248casesreportedherewerereportedtotheProductivityCommissionas9casesonly,inaccordancewiththenationalcountingrules.
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2007 2008 20091 20102 2011
COMMON LAW DIVISION – Civil
Administrative Law List
Filings 145 150 125 186 183
Disposals 195 191 110 218 156
Pendingcasesat31December 78 52 74 180 222
Defamation List
Filings 61 73 73 72 59
Disposals 65 74 89 65 63
Pendingcasesat31December 93 99 88 99 100
Common Law General List (formerly the General Case Management List) 3
Filings 963 1,096 1,072 939 1,012
Contested claims 271 317 402 472 462
– personal injury 169 213 272 275 230
– other claims 102 104 130 197 232
Uncontested claims 128 208 173 65 100
ProceedsofCrimecases 179 119 127 114 125
Othersummonscases 385 452 370 288 325
Disposals 1,048 1,033 1,073 778 863
Contested claims 442 383 414 337 422
– personal injury 228 194 232 219 188
– other 214 189 182 118 234
Uncontested claims 92 85 120 135 105
ProceedsofCrimecases 149 153 127 95 74
Othersummonscases 365 412 412 211 262
Pendingcasesat31December 1,104 1,127 1,168 1,342 1,648
Contested claims 674 680 770 843 923
– personal injury 381 391 443 483 550
– other 293 289 327 360 373
Uncontested claims 62 107 105 192 243
ProceedsofCrimecases 165 153 156 157 216
Othersummonscases 203 187 137 150 266
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Possession List 4
Filings 5,454 5,472 4,610 3,658 3,994
Contested 256 282 286 n/a n/a
Uncontested 5,198 5,190 4,324 n/a n/a
Disposals 5,918 5,296 5,431 2,827 2,239
Contested 196 224 286 n/a n/a
Uncontested 5,722 5,072 5,145 n/a n/a
Pendingcasesat31December 2,458 2,741 2,007 2,679 4,319
Contested 189 243 220 n/a n/a
Uncontested 2,269 2,498 1,787 n/a n/a
Professional Negligence List
Filings 152 211 172 202 150
Disposals 139 182 185 167 189
Pendingcasesat31December 373 418 419 406 394
Miscellaneous applications 5
Filings 281 314 261 339 525
Disposals 162 130 491 319 490
Pendingcasesat31December 280 369 50 45 85
COMMON LAW DIVISION TOTALS – Civil
Filings 7,056 7,316 6,313 5,396 5,923
Disposals 7,544 6,955 7,395 4,374 4,000
Pending cases at 31 December 4,386 4,806 3,806 4,751 6,768
1 Between17and21December2009theCourtchangedtoanewcaseinformationandmanagementsystem–JusticeLink.Thedatafor2009weretakenat17December2009,not31December2009.
2 Thefiguresreportedfor2010and2011havebeenextractedfromtheJusticeLinksystembutareconsideredtobeprovisionalbecausethecaseloadreportingfunctionofJusticeLinkisstillbeingrefined.Somereportingissuesstillneedtoberesolved(forexample,accurateseparationofAdministrativeLawListcasesfromCommonLawGeneralListcases).
3 For2007,2008and2009,thefiguresexclude248summonscasesthatcomprisedagroupofrelatedprosecutionsundertheFood Act 2003–thosecasesarereportedundertheheading‘Summaryjurisdictioncases’withinthecriminalworkloadofthisDivision.
4 Thestatisticsfor2010and2011arefromtheJusticeLinkreports,whichdonotyetenableseparatecountingofthePossessionListcasesthatbecomecontested.Basedonhistoricaldata,approximately5percentofPossessionListcasesbecomecontested.
5 TheseincludeapplicationsundertheMutualRecognitionAct,Trans-TasmanMutualRecognitionAct,applicationsforproductionorders,requestsforservicewithinNSWofdocumentsrelatedtocivilproceedingsbeingconductedoutsideNSW,andapplicationstoenforcejudgmentsgivenoutsideAustralia.Thislistwasauditedduring2009andapproximately350caseswerefinalisedasaresultoftheaudit.
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2007 2008 20091 20102 2011
EQUITY DIVISION
Admiralty List
Filings 2 4 22 11 4
Disposals 3 4 4 16 10
Pendingcasesat31December 3 3 21 17 11
Adoptions List 3
Applications 161 203 220 212 189
Ordersmade 167 204 204 199 194
Pendingcasesat31December 20 19 35 48 43
Commercial List
Filings 249 264 212 172 178
Disposals 251 246 240 173 188
Pendingcasesat31December 263 298 283 308 328
Commercial Arbitration List
Filings - - - 5 7
Disposals - - - 3 5
Pendingcasesat31December - - - 3 8
Corporations List
Filings 3,008 3,150 2,764 2,149 1,837
Disposals4 2,401 2,223 2,201 2,198 1,767
Pendingcasesat31December 631 858 686 672 838
Equity General List 5
Filings 2,187 2,228 1,993 2,250 2,101
– family provision cases 624 641 512 858 803
– other 1,563 1,587 1,481 1,392 1,298
Disposals6 3,205 3,615 3,098 2,031 1,944
– family provision cases 594 781 605 719 738
– other 2,611 2,834 2,493 1,312 1,206
Pendingcasesat31December 2,431 2,037 1,856 2,111 2,410
– family provision cases 660 551 459 646 760
– other6 1,771 1,486 1,397 1,465 1,650
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Probate (Contentious Matters) List
Filings 141 150 125 172 138
Disposals 140 152 123 160 145
Pendingcasesat31December 91 89 92 104 97
Protective List 7
Applications 112 91 75 80 72
Disposals 107 104 73 58 95
Pendingapplicationsat31December 28 15 17 39 16
Revenue List 8
Filings - - - 21 17
Disposals - - - 3 8
Pendingapplicationsat31December - - - 22 32
Technology and Construction List
Filings 104 114 115 100 147
Disposals 91 109 109 91 119
Pendingcasesat31December 138 150 163 178 221
EQUITY DIVISION TOTALS
Filings 5,964 6,205 5,526 5,172 4,690
Disposals 9 6,365 6,655 6,052 4,932 4,475
Pending cases at 31 December 3,605 3,472 3,153 3,502 4,004
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
PROBATE – UNCONTESTED MATTERS10
Applications for grant of probate etc 11 21,711 22,421 21,580 22,324 22,449
Other matters lodged12 962 1,007 1,404 859 776
Total applications received 22,673 23,428 22,985 23,183 24,225
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1Between17and21December2009theCourtchangedtoanewcaseinformationandmanagementsystem–JusticeLink.Thedatafor2009weretakenat17December–theexceptionsaretheAdoptionsList,ProtectiveListandProbate(ContentiousMatters)List,forwhichthedataweretakenat31December.
2Thefiguresreportedforfilingsfor2010and2011(exceptfortheAdoptionsList,Probate(ContentiousMatters)ListandProtectiveList)havebeenextractedfromtheJusticeLinksystembutareconsideredtobeprovisionalbecausethecaseloadreportingfunctionofJusticeLinkisstillbeingrefined.
3InthisList,allapplicationstypesarecounted,includinginformationapplications.Asaresultofaudits,the2008figureswererevisedin2009.
4For2009andearlier,theseareRegistrars’disposalsonly,withdisposalsbyJudgesandAssociateJudgesbeingincludedinthetotalfortheEquityGeneralList.For2010andonwards,alldisposalsinthisListarerecorded.Typically,Registrarsfinaliseabout90percentofCorporationsListcases.
5TheEquityGeneralListfiguresfor2009andearlierincludeRevenueListcases.6ThedisposalsinthisListfor2009andearlieralsoincludecasesdisposedfromtheCorporationsListbyaJudgeorAssociate
Judge.7Applicationsarecountedinsteadof“cases”becausecasesinthisListcanbeofaperpetualnature.Duringtheperiodwhena
person’saffairsorpropertyaremanagedundertheProtected Estates Act,itispossiblethatmorethanoneapplicationwillbemadeinrelationtothatperson.‘Disposals’referstothenumberofdisposedapplications.Followinganauditin2009,thefiguresfor2008wererevised.
8For2009andearlier,theRevenueListcaseshavebeenincludedwithintheEquityGeneralList.9For2009andearlier,thecountsofdisposalsfortheEquityDivisionshouldbeconsideredwithcautionbecause,forthetwo
largestlists,asignificantnumberofcasesmayhavemorethanonedisposalrecordedpercase.Thisisbecausemanycasesarere-opened(butnotcountedasafreshfilings).Consequently,suchmatters(whichhavebeenrecordedonlyonceasafiling)mayhavemorethanonedisposalrecordedagainstthem.
10ThisincludesallapplicationsfiledintheProbateList.Registrarsdealwithuncontestedapplications.OnlyasmallproportionofProbateListcasesarecontestedandtheyarehandledintheProbate(ContentiousMatters)List.
11Thesearetheapplicationsforgrantofvariousformsofprobateorlettersofadministration,orforresealofprobategrants.12Thesearetheprobate-relatedmattershandledbytheregistryotherthanapplicationsforagrantofprobate–forexample,
probateaccountsmatters,caveats,depositedwills,andelectionstoadministerestates.
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Timeliness – age of pending cases at 31 December 1, 2, 3
Number pending (and % of total) National standard 4 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
COURT OF APPEAL
Totalnumberofcasespending 408 379 329 384 338
Caseswithin12monthsofage90%
364(89%)
328(87%)
295(90%)
328(85%)
296(88%)
Caseswithin24monthsofage100%
399(98%)
373(98%)
320(97%)
373(97%)
323(96%)
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
Totalnumberofcasespending 177 185 183 180 222
Caseswithin12monthsofage90%
172(97%)
174(94%)
167(91%)
170(94%)
205(92%)
Caseswithin24monthsofage100%
175(99%)
184(99%)
175(96%)
176(98%)
219(99%)
COMMON LAW DIVISION – Criminal 5, 6
Totalnumberofdefendantspending 93 111 90 84 143
Caseswithin12monthsofage90%
92(83%)
73(81%)
68(81%)
81(90%)
108(76%)
Caseswithin24monthsofage100%
108(97%)
85(94%)
78(93%)
90(100%)
140(98%)
COMMON LAW DIVISION – Civil
Totalnumberofcasespending 4,386 4,806 3,806 4,751 6,768
Caseswithin12monthsofage90%
- - - 3,513(74%)
3,689(55%)
Caseswithin24monthsofage100%
- - - 4,193(88%)
5,938(88%)
EQUITY DIVISION (excluding uncontested probate matters)
Totalnumberofcasespending 3,605 3,472 3,153 3,502 4,004
Caseswithin12monthsofage90%
- - - 2,340(67%)
2,356(59%)
Caseswithin24monthsofage100%
- - - 2,960(85%)
3,302(82%)
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1EquityDivisioncasesandthecivilcasesoftheCommonLawDivisionhavebeenincludedinthistableforthesince2010onlyandtheinformationisbasedondatafromtheJusticeLinksystem.Thedataextractionprocessesarestillbeingrefinedandthereportedinformationisprovisional.FortheCourtofAppeal,theCourtofCriminalAppealandCriminallistcasestheinformationcomesfrommanuallycollateddata.
2ForcasesintheCourtofAppealandtheCourtofCriminalAppeal,theageofcasesincludestimetakentodealwithanyassociatedapplicationforleavetoappeal.
3ThesefiguresincludetheeffectoffactorsoutsidethecontroloftheCourt,suchasthetimetakentocompleterelevantcasesinothercourts,interlocutoryappeals,timetakentoprepareessentialreports,andtimeoccupiedbytrialsthatresultinahungjury.
4Thenationalstandardsaretakenfromthe“backlog”performanceindicatorwithintheCourtAdministrationchapteroftheReport on Government Services (publishedbytheProductivityCommission).Notethatthenationalstandardsapplytodistrict/countycourtsaswellassupremecourts.Thenationalstandardsthereforeapplytoalargerangeofindictmentsandcriminality.MostindictmentspresentedintheCriminalListinthisCourtarefortheoffenceofmurder.OthermattersmaybebroughtbeforethisCourtonlywiththeapprovaloftheChiefJusticeandgenerallyinvolvethemostseriouscriminality.OthersupremecourtsinAustraliausuallydealwithabroaderrangeofcriminalcases.
5ThefiguresexcludemattersunderPart7oftheCrimes (Appeal and Review) Act(formerlys474DoftheCrimes Act)andapplicationsforre-determinationofalifesentence.
6Thefiguresarecomparablefromyeartoyear:thecountingunitisdefendants.Casesareconsideredtobependinguntilthetimeofsentence/acquittalorotherfinaldisposal.Whereatrialcollapsesandanewtrialisordered,thecountingoftheageofthecaseiscalculatedfromthedateofcommittal(notfromthedateoftheorderforthenewtrial).
Timeliness – listing delays at the end of the year 1, 2
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
COURT OF APPEAL3 4months 3.5months 1.5months 3months 4months
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 2months 3months 2.5months 2months 4months
COMMON LAW DIVISION
Criminal List 4 4-5months 2.5months 3months 1.5months 5months
Civil lists 5 3-4months 2.5months 3months 1.5months 7months
Bails List 3-4weeks 6weeks 3weeks 4weeks 2.5weeks
EQUITY DIVISION 6 5-6months 5months 2.5months 3.3months 2.5months
1ThisisthetimebetweentheestablishmentofreadinessforhearingandthefirstgroupofavailablehearingdatesthattheCourtoffersforcriminalandciviltrialcases,criminalandcivilappealsandBailsListcases.ThesedelaysdonotapplyiftheCourtordersanexpeditedhearing.
2Thelistingdelaysshowthepositionatthestartofthenewlawterm(forexample,for2011itisthepositionatthestartofthe2012lawterm).Thisremovestheend-of-yearimpactofthelawvacation.
3Thisreferstosubstantiveappeals(includingthoseheardconcurrentlywithaleaveapplication).Thelistingdelayissignificantlyshorterforahearingofaleaveapplicationalone.
4Thisreferstocasesrequiringatleast3weeksofhearingtime.5Thisreferstocasesrequiringupto5daysofhearingtime.6ThisrefersonlytoGeneralListandProbate(ContentiousMatters)Listcasesrequiring2ormoredaysofhearingtimebeforea
Judge.
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Alternative dispute resolution
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Court-annexed mediations listed 1, 2
Total 282 568 666 719 698
– Common Law Division 24 37 68 55 57
– Equity Division – not probate cases 246 518 553 651 623
– Equity Division – probate cases 11 12 36 12 18
– Court of Appeal 1 1 9 1 0
Percentageofcasessettlingatmediation3
49% 59% 49% 51% 50%
Listingdelay4 7weeks 6weeks 5weeks 7-8weeks 5weeks
Referrals to mediation generally
Totalreferralsrecorded5 748 868 1,111 1,144 902
Mediationreferralindex6 15.6% 17.1% 23.9% 23.5% 19.4%
Arbitrations listed
CommonLawDivision 0 0 0 0 0
1 “Court-annexedmediation”referstomediationsconductedbytheRegistrarsoftheCourtwhoarealsoqualifiedasmediators.Itexcludesmediationsconductedbyprivatemediators.
2 Thissectionreferstocourt-annexedmediationlistingsfortheyear–notethatreferralstocourt-annexedmediationthataremadelateinoneyearmayresultinlistingsearlyinthefollowingyear.
3 Thisrefersonlytocasesthathavesettledandeitheragreeduponfinalisingordersordraftedheadsofagreementby the close of the mediation procedure.Itdoesnotincludecasesthatadviseasettlementatanylatertime(eventhoughthemediationmayhavecontributedsignificantlytoreachingthatsettlement).TheRegistrydoesnotcollectsettlementdataformediationsconductedbyprivatemediators.
4 Thisisthedelayuntilthefirstavailablegroupofmediationsessionswithinthecourt-annexedmediationprogram,asreportedatthestartofthenewlawterm(forexample,for2011itisthepositionatthestartofthe2012lawterm).Earliermediationsessionsarearranged,iforderedbytheCourt.
5 ThiscoversalloccasionswhentheCourtrefersacasetomediation,regardlessofwhetherthemediationistobeconductedthroughthecourt-annexedmediationprogramorbyaprivatemediator.
6 The“mediationreferralindex”comparesthenumberofcasesreferredtomediationduringtheyearwiththenumberofcaseslodged(inthatyear)thatareofatypeforwhichmediationispossible.Forthepurposeofcalculatingthemediationreferralindex,mediationisconsideredpossibleforallcivilcasestypes(includingappealcases)exceptforproceedsofcrimecases,casesthathaveahighlikelihoodofproceedingtodefaultjudgmentorhavenodefendantelement,allcasesintheAdoptionslistorProtectiveList,and90percentofcasesintheCorporationsList.Whileacasemaybeofatypeforwhichmediationispossible,theremaybeparticularaspectsofthatcasethatmakeitinappropriateformediation;however,thecalculationofthemediationreferralindexdoesnotexcludeanycasesonthatbasis.
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thepowertoalter,addto,orrescindanyoftheRulescontainedin,orcreatedunder,theSupreme Court Act 1970.TheCommittee’smembershipisdefinedinsection123oftheAct,andincludesrepresentativesfromeachDivisionoftheCourtandkeyorganisationswithinthelegalprofession.ManyoftherulesthatgoverncivilproceedingsarenowincorporatedintheUniformCivilProcedureRules,assuchfewermeetingsoftheSupremeCourtRuleCommitteehavebeenrequired.TherewerenomeetingsoftheSupremeCourtRuleCommitteein2010or2011.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourabletheChiefJustice(Chairperson)TheHonourablethePresidentTheHonourableJusticeHodgsonAO
(untilAugust2011)TheHonourableMrJusticeJames
(untilDecember2011)TheHonourableJusticeHoebenAMRFDTheHonourableJusticeHallTheHonourableJusticeReinMrGeoffLindsaySC(NSWBarAssociation)MrSWestgarth(LawSocietyofNSW)MrSJupp(Secretary)SeniorDeputyRegistrarFlaskas(AdvisingOfficer)
Education Committee TheSupremeCourt,inpartnershipwiththeJudicialCommissionofNewSouthWales,providescontinuingjudicialeducationforSupremeCourtJudgesandAssociateJudges.TheCommitteeaimstomaintainaregularseriesof“TwilightSeminars”duringtheyeardealingwithimportantstatutorychangesandpracticalissuesincasemanagement.JudgesfromtheLandandEnvironmentCourtalsoregularlyattendsuchseminars.
TheCommitteealsodevelopstheprogramforanannualSupremeCourtConferenceattendedbyallavailablejudicialofficersfromtheCourt.Theprogramisdesignedtocoverissuesofbroadimportancetotheadministrationofjusticeandthedevelopmentofthelaw.ItiscurrentpracticetohaveadistinguishedoverseasjudicialofficerandoftenadistinguishedAustralianjudgeorretiredjudgefromanotherjurisdictionaddressthe
Chief Justice’s Policy and Planning CommitteeTheCommitteemeetseachmonthtodeterminestrategicpolicytobeadoptedbytheCourt,particularlyinrelationtolegislative,proceduraloradministrativechangesthatarelikelytoaffecttheCourtanditsusers.ThePolicyandPlanningCommitteeisoneofonlytwoCourtCommitteeswithdecision-makingresponsibilities,theotherbeingtheRuleCommittee.Caseloadmanagementremainedanimportantfocusthroughouttheyear.TheCommitteealsocontinuedtoreviewpolicyandproceduralinitiativessubmittedbytheCourt’sotherCommitteesdetailedinthisAppendix.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourabletheChiefJustice(Chairperson)TheHonourablethePresidentTheHonourableJusticeBeazleyAOTheHonourableJusticeGilesTheHonourableJusticeMcClellanAMTheHonourableJusticeBerginMsMGreenwood(Secretary–untilSeptember
2010)MrPMcKnight(Secretary–fromSeptember
2010–April2011)MsLMurphy(Secretary–fromMay2011)
Supreme Court Executive CommitteeTheExecutiveCommitteewasestablishedinAugust2011tofacilitatecontemporaneousconsiderationandresolutionofsignificantoperationalandstrategicissues.TheCommitteemetweeklythroughout2011.
Members during 2011TheHonourabletheChiefJustice(Chairperson)TheHonourablethePresidentTheHonourableJusticeBeazleyAOTheHonourableJusticeGilesTheHonourableJusticeMcClellanAMMsLMurphy(Secretary)
Supreme Court Rule Committee TheRuleCommitteemeetsasrequiredtoconsiderproposedchangestotheSupremeCourtRules1970withaviewtoincreasingtheefficiencyoftheCourt’soperations,andreducingcostanddelayinaccordancewiththerequirementsofaccesstojustice.TheCommitteeisastatutorybodythathas
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Building Committee TheCommitteemeetsapproximatelyeverytwomonthstodiscussmattersaffectingthebuildingswithintheDarlinghurstandKingStreetcourtcomplexes,andtheLawCourtsBuildinginPhillipStreet.TheCommitteesubmitsrecommendationstotheChiefJusticethroughthePolicyandPlanningCommitteeconcerningmaintenanceandrestorationwork,includingthedesiredoutcomefromthework.TheCommitteealsoidentifiesfacilitiesthatarerequiredtosupportcourtroomoperationsandtheneedsofCourtusers.TherefurbishmentoftheLawCourtsBuildingandtheongoingrefurbishmentoftheKingStreetCourtComplexremainedtheCommittee’sprimaryconcernsduringthe2010and2011years.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeMcDougall(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeGilesTheHonourableJusticeHoebenAMRFDTheHonourableJusticeMcClellanAMTheHonourableJusticeBreretonAMRFDTheHonourableJusticePriceAMTheHonourableJusticeMcCallumTheHonourableAssociateJusticeHallenMsMGreenwood(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MrNSanderson-GoughMrKMarshall(AssetManagementBranch,
DepartmentofAttorneyGeneral&Justice)MrMLevy(AssetManagementBranch,Department
ofAttorneyGeneral&Justice)MrJGrant(SupremeCourt,Secretary)
Information Technology Committee TheInformationTechnologyCommitteemeetseverytwomonthstoassesstheinformationtechnologyneedsofjudicialofficersandtheirstaff,andtoreviewtheimplementationofITservices.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeGzell(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeMcCollAOTheHonourableJusticeEinsteinTheHonourableJusticeLathamTheHonourableJusticeSlattery
conference.TheconferencealsoincludesasessionontopicsofinterestnotdirectlyrelatedtothedailyworkoftheCourt,providedbyexpertsinthechosenfield.
Inaddition,theCommitteeplansvisitstocorrectionalcentresandotherfacilitiesinordertofurtherunderstandingofthepracticaloperationofotherarmsofgovernmentinvolvedintheadministrationofjustice.Moregenerally,withtheassistanceoftheJudicialCommission,theCommitteeseekstomaintainahighstandardofprofessionaldevelopmentandtrainingforjudgesontheCourt.
TheCommitteeiscomprisedofanumberofjudgesselectedbytheChiefJusticetogetherwiththeEducationDirectorandtheManager,ConferencesandCommunication,fromtheJudicialCommission.TheChairoftheCommitteeisalsotheChairoftheJudicialCommission’sStandingAdvisoryCommitteeonJudicialEducation.
Members during 2010 and 2011:TheHonourableJusticeBeazleyAO(Chairfrom
November2011)TheHonourableJusticeBasten(ChairtoNovember
2011)TheHonourableJusticeJCCampbellTheHonourableJusticeHoebenAMRFDTheHonourableJusticeNicholasTheHonourableJusticeHislopTheHonourableJusticeJohnsonTheHonourableJusticeHarrisonTheHonourableJusticeFullertonTheHonourableJusticeSchmidtTheHonourableJusticeGarlingRFDMsMGreenwood,CEO(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight,ActingCEO(fromSeptember2010
toApril2011)MsLMurphy,CEO(fromApril2011)MsRuthWindeler(Convenor),EducationDirector,
JudicialCommissionofNSWMsRuthSheard,Manager,Conferencesand
Communication,JudicialCommissionofNSW
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Jury Task Force TheTaskForcewasformedbytheChiefJusticein1992toexamineandreportonmattersrelatingtothewelfareandwellbeingofjurors.TheTaskForcemeetseverymonthtodiscussissuesaffectingjuriesandjuryservicereferredtoitbytheChiefJustice,aheadofjurisdiction,ortheAttorneyGeneral.Itmonitorsareasofpolicyconcerningjurorswithdisabilities,theSheriff’spowertodisclosetheidentityofajurorintheeventofjurytampering,andexemptionsfromjuryservice.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeBuddin(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeRAHulmeHerHonourJudgeHock(DistrictCourt)HisHonourJudgeCharteris(DistrictCourt)MrMTalbot(AssistantDirectorGeneral,Courts
andTribunalServices,DepartmentofAttorneyGeneral&Justice)
MrRKruit(RegionalManager,OfficeoftheSheriff)MsSHuer(ChiefSuperintendent,Officeofthe
Sheriff)MsPMusgrave(Director,LegislationandPolicy
Division,DepartmentofAttorneyGeneral&Justice)
MsKLeah(SeniorPolicyOfficer,LegislationandPolicyDivision,DepartmentofAttorneyGeneral&Justice)
MrKMarshall(Director,AssetManagementBranch,DepartmentofAttorneyGeneral&Justice)
MsSPalagummi(Secretary)
Library Committee TheSupremeCourtLibraryCommitteemeetsasrequiredtoprovideadviceonthemanagementoftheJudges’ChambersCollectionsandSupremeCourtFloorCollections.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourablethePresident(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeMcClellanAMTheHonourableJusticeBerginMsMGreenwood(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MsLFairbairn(LibraryServices)MsSRamsay(LibraryServices)
TheHonourableAssociateJusticeMacreadyMsMGreenwood(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MrNSanderson-GoughMrJMahon(InformationServicesBranch)MsKDuke(InformationServicesBranch)MsLFairbairn(LawCourtsLibrary)MrGWalker(ReportingServicesBranch)MsEWalsham(ReportingServicesBranch)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Steering Committee TheAlternativeDisputeResolution(ADR)SteeringCommitteemeetstodiscusstheCourt’sADRprocessesandconsiderwaysinwhichtheymightbeimproved.TheCommitteeworkstoencouragetheuseofADR(particularlymediation)insolvingdisputes,andtoensuretheCourthasadequateinfrastructuretoprovidethisservice.TheCommitteemakesrecommendationstotheChiefJusticeinpursuitoftheseobjectives,consultingwithothercourtsandexternalorganisationswhereappropriate.TheCommitteemetonfouroccasionsinboth2010and2011.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeBergin(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeHoebenAMRFDTheHonourableJusticeHislopTheHonourableJusticeHallTheHonourableJusticeLathamTheHonourableJusticeWardTheHonourableAssociateJusticeHarrisonMsMGreenwood(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MsLWalton,RegistrarinEquity(toNovember2011)MrAMusgrave,AssistantRegistrarinEquity(from
November2011)MsABowneSCMsMWalkerMrAMcMurran(fromFebruary2011)MsJHighet(Secretary)
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Common Law Civil Users’ Committee TheCommitteeprovidesaforumfordiscussingandaddressingmattersofconcernorinterestintheadministrationoftheCommonLawDivision’sciviltrialworkload.TheCommitteemetthreetimesduringtheyeartodiscussmattersincluding:caseloadmanagement;listingpracticeanddelays;specialistlists;juryissues,andregionalhearings.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeMcClellanAM(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeHoebenAMRFDTheHonourableJusticeHallMsMGreenwood(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MrCBradford
Legalprofessionrepresentatives:PeterDeakinQC(SirJamesMartinChambers)LornaMcFee(NSWBarAssociation)EugeneRomaniukreplacedHewitt(JackShand
Chambers)EliasYamine(LawSocietyofNSW)RKambar(LawSocietyrepresentative)
Professional Negligence List User Group TheGroupmeetsasrequiredtodiscussissuesrelevanttotheadministrationandoperationoftheList.TheGroupconvenesasrequired.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeHislop(Chairperson)MrIButcherMrDMunroMrTSternMsAWalshMsJTully
Equity Liaison Group ThisGroupwasestablishedin2001topromotediscoursebetweenthelegalprofessionandrepresentativesoftheEquityDivisionuponmattersofinterestandimportancetotheoperationoftheDivision.TheGroupisinformalandthemeetingsfacilitatecandiddiscussionsabouttheoperationsoftheDivision.Typicallythesediscussionsencouragecooperationbetweenthejudgesandlegalprofessionindevelopingsuggestedimprovementstothe
Court of Appeal Users’ Group TheGroupwasestablishedin1999andconsistsofrepresentativesfromthelegalprofessionnominatedbytheBarAssociationandtheLawSociety.TheGroupmeetswiththePresidenttwiceayearandprovidesuserswithanopportunitytoshareideasandraiseconcernsabouttheCourtofAppeal’soperations.TheGroupdidnotmeetin2010or2011.
TheCourtinsteadheldaninformationsessionin2011andinvitedanyinterestedmembersoftheNewSouthWalesBarandtheNewSouthWalesLawSocietytoattend.ThesessiondiscussedcurrentissuesintheCourtofAppealandprovidedfeedbackabouttimeframesforthepreparationofsubmissionsandappealbooks.TheCourtintendstoholdafurtherinformationsessioninlate2012.
Court of Criminal Appeal/Crime User Group ThejointCourtofCriminalAppeal/CrimeUserGroupwasestablishedin2004topromoteeffectivecommunicationbetweentheCourtandkeyusers.TheGroupfocusesonensuringthatCourtofCriminalAppealproceduresworkeffectivelywithintherequiredtimeframes.
Members in 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeMcClellanAM(Chairperson)MsMGreenwood(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MrSJuppMrMCromptonMrMIeraceSC(PublicDefendersOffice)MsPMusgraveMrPIngramSCMrGGalanisMsEMcKenzie(OfficeofCommonwealthDirector
ofPublicProsecutions)MsMSchneiderMrSDoumitMrIRodgersMrSOdgersSC(NSWBarAssociation)MrDGiddy(LawSocietyofNSW)MsPOlsoen(DistrictCourtofNSW)MsRGiurastante(CrownSolicitors)MsEHallMsJWitmer(LegalAidCommissionofNSW)
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MrGCussenMrMHayterMrJJohnsonMsLJohnsonMrDMcCrostieMsMO’BrienMrJThomsonMrMHughes
Othermembers:MsGHayden(AustralianSecuritiesandInvestments
Commission)MsDNorth(InsolvencyPractitionersAssociationof
Australia)MrMMurray(InsolvencyPractitioners’Association
ofAustralia)
Commercial List Users’ Group TheGroupprovidesaforumfordiscussionamongsttheCommercialListJudgesandlegalpractitionerswhopractiseintheCommercialListandtheTechnologyandConstructionList(theLists).TheGroupmeetstodiscussvariousissuesconcerningtheadministrationoftheLists,includingmattersofprocedureandpracticeinrelationtotheListsandthepotentialforrevisionofthepracticetoensurethattheListsoperateasefficientlyaspossible.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeEinsteinTheHonourableJusticeMcDougallTheHonourableJusticeHammerschlag(ListJudge)
Legalprofessionrepresentatives:
BarristersMrMAAshhurstMrTFBathurstQCMsEACollinsMrFCCorsaroSCMrLVGylesMrNCHutleySCMrJCKellySCMrGCLindsaySCMrGTMillerQCMrCRCNewlindsSCMsEMOlssonSCMrSDRobbQCMrMGRudgeSCMrRMSmithSC
Division’soperations.TheGroupmettwicein2011.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeBergin(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeForster(toMarch2010)TheHonourableJusticeSlattery(fromMarch2010)MsLWalton,RegistrarinEquity(toNovember2011)MrAMusgrave,RegistrarinEquity(fromNovember
2011)
Legalprofessionrepresentatives:MrCRCNewlindsSCMrRRIHarperSCMsJANeedhamSCMrGASirtesSCMsVWhittakerMrMAshhurstMrMKCondonMsAMKennedyMrJKMartinMrBJMillerMsPGSuttorMrSDWestgarth
Corporations List Users’ Group TheGrouppromotesopenandregulardiscussionbetweenjudicialofficersandlegalpractitionersregardingtheCorporationsList,andassistsinensuringthattheListisconductedinafairandefficientmanner.TheGroupmetthreetimesduring2010andthreetimesin2011toconsideranddiscussvariousissuesconcerningtheCourt’sworkincorporationsmattersincludingCourtprocedures,listingarrangements,andapplicationoftheCorporationsRules.
Membersduring2010and2011TheHonourableJusticeBarrett(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticePalmerAM(toJune2011)TheHonourableJusticeWhiteTheHonourableJusticeWardTheHonourableAssociateJusticeMacreadyMsLWalton(toNovember2011)MrAMusgrave(fromNovember2011)MrJHoward(fromNovember2011)
Legalprofessionrepresentatives:MrCRCNewlindsSCMrMBOakesSCMrSGolledge
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Apartfromthoselistedabove,personswhoattendedmeetingsregularlyduring2010and2011includedthefollowing:
MsKAndrews(NortonRose)MrBBurke(Hicksons)MrRCameron(Hicksons)MrMCollins(Gadens)MsKCooper(Bransgroves)MsRDaher(Bransgroves)MsRDoran(LegalAidNSW)MsLEldridge(Bransgroves)MrGFletcher(Bransgroves)MrCHudson(Gadens)MsAKelly(ConsumerCreditLegalCentre)MsKLane(ConsumerCreditLegalCentre)MsSLever(HenryDavisYork)MrDMcMillan(LegalAidNSW)MrJMoratelli(LegalAidNSW)MsFParker(HenryDavisYork)MsNPetrou(RedfernLegalCentre)MsJPike(DibbsAbbottStillman)MrTSherrard(Gadens)MrSStierli(Hicksons)MsHVanRavels(GadensMsCWallace(DibbsBarker)MsKWhite(NABLegal)(fromMay)MsSWinfield(ConsumerCreditLegalCentre)MsNMinassian(Gadens)MsADoudman(HenryDavisYork)MrMSuliman(NortonRose)MsCWatson(Bransgroves)MsHBaxter(NABLegal)MrMConnor(DibbsBarker)MrRIaconis(DibbsBarker)MrMPike(KempStrang)MrAPong(KempStrang)
SolicitorsMrRJDrinnanMRLBHastingsMrRKHeinrichMsLEJohnsonMrRGJohnstonMrPJKeelMrBPKermondMrSHKlotzMrSAMcDonaldMrJKMarshallMsMAPaveyMrLMPowersMrMWWatsonMrSDWestgarth
Possession List Users’ Group ThePossessionListUsersGroupwasestablishedin2006.ThePossessionListisnumericallythelargestlistintheCommonLawDivisionoftheCourtandinvolvesclaimsforpossessionoflandfollowingmortgagedefault.TheGroupcomprisesrepresentativesfromarangeoflawfirmswhoregularlyappearforplaintiffsintheListandorganisations(LegalAidNSW,theConsumerCreditLegalCentreandRedfernLegalCentre)whoprovidelegalassistancetothoseexperiencingproblemswithdebt.TheGroupdoesnothaveappointedmembers.Rather,representativesfromthosefirmsandorganisationsattendandprovidearangeofviewsonrelevantissues.TheGroup’sprimaryobjectivesaretoencouragefrankdiscussionconcerningissuesaffectingtherunningoftheList,toidentifyhowproblemsmightbeovercomeandtoimprovecourtprocessestoassistpartiesinthisclassofproceedings.TheGroupmetonsixoccasionsduring2010and2011.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeDavies(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeMcCallumMrSJuppMrCBradfordMrMCesta-Incani
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MsKDouglass(PublicInformationOfficer,NSWsuperiorcourts)
MsLMcGregor(PublicInformationOfficer,NSWsuperiorcourts)
MrNCowderyQC(NSWDirectorofPublicProsecutions)
MrLLampratiSC(ActingNSWDirectorofPublicProsecutions)
MrMIeraceSC(SeniorPublicDefender)MsMScheikowski(AustralianAssociatedPress)MsJWells(AustralianBroadcastingCorporation)MsJWells(AustralianFinancialReview)MsADale(DailyTelegraph)MrRColeman(FairfaxLegal)MsESouthwood(NetworkTen)MsGJacobsen(SydneyMorningHerald)MrGTaylor(Radio2GB)MsACooper(ODPPMediaLiaisonand
CommunicationsOfficer)
Judges’ JusticeLink Committee TheCommitteemeetsfortnightlytomonitoranddiscussaspectsoftheJusticeLinkprojectspecificallyfromtheSupremeCourt’sperspective.TheCommitteeconsistsofnominatedjudicialrepresentativesfromtheCourtandkeystaffmembersfromtheCourt’sRegistryandtheJusticeLinkprojectteam.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeGzell(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeHowie(toMay2010)TheHonourableJusticeLathamTheHonourableJusticeReinTheHonourableAssociateJusticeMacreadyMsMGreenwood(toSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MrSJuppMsNUbrihien
Probate Users’ Group TheGroupmeetsregularlytodiscussmattersconcerningtheoperationoftheCourt’sProbatework.TheGroupconsidersimprovementstopracticesandprocessesandmakesrecommendationstotheRuleCommitteewhenappropriate.TheGroupalsodiscussesspecificissuespertinenttoprobatemattersanddeceasedestatesgenerally.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeWhite(ProbateListJudge)TheHonourableJusticePalmerAM(untilJune2011)MsMGreenwood(untilSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010until
April2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MrSJupp(Prothonotary,SupremeCourt)ProfessorRCroucher(MacquarieUniversity,
representingNSWlawschools)MsPVines(UniversityofNSW)MrRNeal(LawSocietyofNSW)MsPSuttor(LawSocietyofNSW)MsRPollard(NSWTrustee&Guardian)MrPWhitehead(representingtrusteecompanies)MrMWillmott(NSWBarAssociation)MrPStuddert(Secretary)
Media Consultation Group TheMediaConsultationGroupwasestablishedin2002topromoteopendiscussionbetweenkeyrepresentativesfromthecourts,legalprofessionandmedia.TheaimoftheGroupistoidentifyissuesaffectingthereportingofcourtproceedingsbythemedia.TheGroupmetoncein2010,andoncein2011,todiscusstheproposedCourtInformationBillanditsimpactonmediaaccesstocourtdocuments,andfilmingincourtrooms.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeMcCollAO(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeMcClellanAMTheHonourableJusticeKirbyTheHonourableJusticeNicholasMsSZadel(PublicInformationOfficer,NSW
superiorcourts)
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Access to Court Documents Working Group TheWorkingGroupwasestablishedtoreviewcurrentarrangementsforaccesstocourtdocumentsandmakerecommendationsforchange,asappropriate.
Members during 2010 and 2011TheHonourableJusticeRuthMcCollAO
(Chairperson)TheHonourableJusticeJohnsonTheHonourableJusticeHarrisonTheHonourableJusticeReinMsMGreenwood(untilSeptember2010)MrPMcKnight(fromSeptember2010toApril2011)MsLMurphy(fromApril2011)MsKDouglassMsSZadel
Civil Registry Users’ Group TheCivilRegistryUsers’GroupisamechanismallowingopendiscussionbetweentheCourtandkeyusersregardingthedeliveryofcivilregistryservices.ItwasestablishedtoassisttheCourtinidentifyingandmeetingtheneedsandexpectationsofitsusers.
Members during 2010 and 2011MrMLaceyMrRRosman(LawandOrder)MsLAllen(MinterEllison)MsDHowitt(BlakeDawsonWaldron)MsCWilson(Litsupport)MsLAggett(LegalLiaison)MsPTsiattalos(Mallesons)MSmith(Mallesons)MrLRusso(AllensArthurRobinson)JDansinger(AllensArthurRobinson)
Civil Registry Consultation GroupThisGroupwasestablishedinAugust2011withtheaimofencouragingopenandhonestfeedbackregardingthecivilregistry’sabilitytomeettheongoingandfutureneedsofthelegalprofession.TheGroupmetquarterlythroughout2011.
Members during 2011MsLMurphyMrRDrinnan(AllensArthurRobinson)MrAMcMurran(Heidtmans)MrTStern(Sternlaw)MsASullivan(KPMG)MrGUlman(MinterEllison)MsJVirgo(ClaytonUtz)MrBBellachandMsRKenna(Secretaries)
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Aswellashearinganddeterminingcases,JudgesandAssociateJudgesactivelycontributetotheongoingprofessionaldevelopmentofthelegalcommunitybothdomesticallyandabroad.Theircontributionsextendtoactivitiessuchaspresentingpapersandspeechesatconferencesandseminars,submittingarticlesforpublication,givingoccasionallecturesateducationalinstitutions,meetingjudicialofficersfromcourtsaroundtheworld,andhostingdelegations.ManyJudgesandAssociateJudgesarealsoappointedtoserveonboards,commissions,andcommitteesforwiderangeoflegal,culturalandbenevolentorganisations.
TheJudges’andAssociateJudges’activitiesduringthe2010and2011yearsaresummarisedbelowinchronologicalorder.
THE HONOURABLE T F BATHURST, CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Conferences:
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
23Aug2011 SupremeCourtCorporateAnnualLawConference(Sydney)
10Sep2011 ExchangingIdeasConference(Parramatta)
6Oct2011 2011AustralasianCourtAdministratorsConference(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
1Jun2011 AddressattheSwearinginCeremonyofTheHonourableTFBathurst,BancoCourt(Sydney)
4Jul2011 AddressattheSwearinginCeremonyofTheHonourableJusticeABlack,BancoCourt(Sydney)
9Aug2011 SpeechontheRetirementofTheHonourableJusticeDHodgsonAO,BancoCourt(Sydney)
10Aug2011 AddressattheSwearinginCeremonyofTheHonourableJusticeAJMeagher,BancoCourt(Sydney)
10Aug2011 AddressattheunveilingofportraitofSirKennethJacobs(Sydney)
13Aug2011 Openingaddress–AdvancedAlternativeDisputeResolutionWorkshop(Sydney)
18Aug2011 WelcomingaddressattheInauguralRPMeagherMemorialLecture,BancoCourt(Sydney)
20Aug2011 Openingaddress–SupremeCourtJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
23Aug2011 Welcomingaddress–AnnualCorporateLawConference,BancoCourt(Sydney)
9Sep2011 AddresstotheAustralia-IsraelChamberofCommerce,“Coping With James Hardie and Centro: A Directors’ Guide”(Sydney)
10Sep2011 Welcomingaddress–ExchangingIdeasConference(Parramatta)
21Sep2011 AddresstotheContinuingProfessionalDevelopmentSeminar,“Arbitration and International Arbitration”(Sydney)
27Sep2011 Adjudicator–UniversityofNewSouthWalesLawSocietyBlakeDawsonMootingGrandFinals(Sydney)
6Oct2011 OpeningAddress–2011AustralasianCourtAdministratorsConference(Sydney)
17Oct2011 AddressattheSwearinginCeremonyofTheHonourableJusticeCAdamson(Sydney)
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17Oct2011 Adjudicator–SydneyUniversityLawSocietyFreehillsContractsMootingCompetition(Sydney)
19Oct2011 AddresstotheSydneyLawSchoolFoundationReception(Sydney)
27Oct2011 AddresstotheUniversityofNewSouthWalesLawSchoolBookCelebration(Sydney)
16Nov2011 Keynoteaddress–theCityofSydneyLawSocietyAnnualDinner(Sydney)
29Nov2011 Booklaunch,The Interpretation of Contracts in AustraliabySirKimLewisonandDavidHughes(Sydney)
1Dec2011 AddresstotheUniversityofNewSouthWalesLaw40thAnniversaryConference,“Dispute Resolution in the Next 40 Years: Repertoire or Revolution”(Sydney)
Publications:
Foreword,Principles of Civil Procedure (2nd edn),byDorneBoniface,MiikoKumarandMichaelLegg,ThomsonReuters,Pyrmont,2011
Delegations and International Assistance:
19Sep2011 VisitbyJudgeMinoruSonoda,TokyoDistrictCourt,Japan
21Sep2011 ChinesedelegationledbyMrYunshengZhang,SeniorJudgeofHaikouIntermediatePeople’sCourt,HainanProvince,China
28Oct2011 ChinesedelegationledbyMrTangDongping,DeputyDirectorGeneral,HunanProvincialSupervisionDepartment,China
14Dec2011 ChinesedelegationledbyMrLiangZhenlin,DeputyDirectorGeneral,DepartmentofJustice,Guangxi,China
19Dec2011 ChinesedelegationledbyMrLiXiaolin,DirectorofJudgesCollege,LiaoningHighPeople’sCourt,China
THE HONOURABLE J J SPIGELMAN AC, CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Conferences:
12–14Jan2010 2ndJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(HongKong)
9Feb2010 AmericanBarAssociationSectionofInternationalLawConference–Cross-BorderCollaboration,ConvergenceandConflict(Sydney)
19–20Feb2010 SydneyLawSchoolConference,InternationalInvestmentTreatyLawandArbitration(Sydney)
1Apr2010 WorldBarConference(Sydney)
2–5May2010 Inter-PacificBarAssociationConference(Singapore)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
24Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualCorporateLawConference(Sydney)
6Nov2010 RuleofLawinAustraliaConference(Sydney)
24–25Feb2011 SingaporeAcademyofLawConference(Singapore)
25–28Apr2011 ChineseNationalJudicialCollegeConference(Beijing)
5–7May2011 InternationalCommercialLaw,LitigationandArbitrationConference(Sydney)
27–28May2011 CharteredInstituteofArbitrators–AsiaPacificConference2011(Sydney)
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Speaking Engagements:
13Jan2010 Cross Border Issues For Commercial Courts: An Overview,SecondJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(HongKong)
1Feb2010 TowardsaNationalJudiciaryandProfession,OpeningofLawTermDinner(Sydney)
9Feb2010 Openingremarks–AmericanBarAssociationSectionofInternationalLawConference–Cross-BorderCollaboration,ConvergenceandConflict(Sydney)
19–20Feb2010 Closingremarks–SydneyLawSchoolConference,InternationalInvestmentTreatyLawandArbitration(Sydney)
25Feb2010 Institutional Shareholders and Corporate Governance,SuperannuationConference,LawCouncilofAustralia(Sydney)
25Mar2010 The Centrality of Jurisdictional Error,AGSAdministrativeLawSymposium(Sydney)
15Apr2010 Violence Against Women: The Dimensions of Fear and Culture,GovernanceandSocialJusticeForum,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofNewSouthWales(Sydney)
16Apr2010 Booklaunch–Nygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia,LexisNexis,2010(Sydney)
4May2010 The Global Financial Crisis and Australian Courts,Inter-PacificBarAssociationConference(Singapore)
6May2010 Freezing Orders in International Commercial Litigation,SingaporeAcademyofLawDistinguishedSpeakerSeries(Singapore)
9Jun2010 Address–OpeningofOperationAB-KatynExhibition,UniversityofWesternSydney(Parramatta)
9Jun2010 Booklaunch–AustinandBlack’sAnnotationstotheCorporationsAct,Chatswood,LexisNexis,2010(Sydney)
22Jun2010 LawandInternationalCommerce:BetweentheParochialandtheCosmopolitan,NewSouthWalesBarAssociation(Sydney)
1Sep2010 The Intolerable Wrestle: Developments in Statutory Interpretation,AustralasianPlanningandEnvironmentCourtsandTribunals(Sydney)
24Sep2010 Guestspeaker–UniversityofSydneyUnion,StateoftheUnionAnnualDinner(Sydney)
27Sep2010 Booklaunch–OpeningLawTerm:OpeningLawTermSpeechesChiefJusticeJamesSpigelmanAC1999-2010,Sydney,LawSocietyofNewSouthWales,2010(Sydney)
16Oct2010 OpeningremarksandChair–TheLawandDevelopmentInstituteConference(Sydney)
20Oct2010 FilmingofdocumentaryonGovernorLachlanMacquariefortheHistoryChannelandBBCScotland(Sydney)
22Oct2010 The Garran Oration: Public Law and the Executive,InstituteofPublicAdministrationAustralia(Adelaide)
28Oct2010 MOU Between New York and New South Wales,NewYorkStateBarAssociation,InternationalSectionMeeting(Sydney)
6Nov2010 Closingremarks–RuleofLawinAustraliaConference,BarAssociationandRuleofLawInstituteofAustralia(Sydney)
31Jan2011 Global Engagement by Australian Lawyers,OpeningofLawTermDinner(Sydney)
1Mar2011 Chair–Ethics,EtiquetteandConduct,NSWBarAssociationseminar(Sydney)
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23Mar2011 Contractual Interpretation: A Comparative Perspective,ThirdJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(Sydney)
25Mar2011 AddressontheRetirementoftheHonourableMurrayTobiasAM,BancoCourt(Sydney)
31Mar2011 Addressonthe90thRAAFBirthdayCommemoration,CenotaphMartinPlace(Sydney)
28Apr2011 Judicial Mediation in Australia,NationalJudicialCollege(Beijing)
26May2011 Truth and the Law,TheSirMauriceByersLecture,NewSouthWalesBarAssociation(Sydney)
28May2011 Keynoteaddress–CharteredInstituteofArbitrators–AsiaPacificConference2011(Sydney)
31May2011 AddressonretirementfromtheSupremeCourtasChiefJusticeofNewSouthWales
Publications:
TowardsaNationalJudiciaryandProfession(2010)33Australian Bar Review1;(2010)MarchLaw Society Journal49(2010)
ForewordtoBKercherandBSalter(eds),The Kercher Reports: Decisions of the New South Wales Superior Courts, 1788 to 1827,Sydney,TheFrancisForbesSocietyforAustralianLegalHistory(2010)
PrefacetoLNottageandRGarnett(eds),International Arbitration in Australia,Annandale,TheFrancisForbesSociety(2010)
Bookreview–addressgivenatlaunchofASocialHistoryofCompanyLaw:GreatBritainandtheAustralianColonies1854-1929byRMcQueen(2010)84AustralianLawJournal129(2010)
TheHagueChoiceofCourtConventionandInternationalCommercialLitigation(2010)9The Judicial Review 389;(2010)131Australian Construction Law Newsletter6
Bookreview–addressgivenatlaunchofNygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia,byMDavies,ASBellandPLGBrereton,8thEd(2010)33Australian Business Review 170(2010)
PublicLawandtheExecutive(2010)34Australian Bar Review10(2010)
InstitutionalShareholdersandCorporateGovernance(2010)28Company and Securities Law Journal235(2010)
TheCentralityofJurisdictionalError(2010)21Public Law Review77;(2010)10The Judicial Review11
TheForgottenFreedom:FreedomfromFear(2010)59International and Comparative Law Quarterly1
ViolenceAgainstWomen:TheDimensionofFearandCulture(2010)83Australian Law Journal372;(2010)29Griffith Review 164
ForewordtoRPAustinandAJBlack,Austin and Black’s Annotations to the Corporations Act,Chatswood,LexisNexis,2010(2010)
Bookreview–addressgivenatlaunch:Austin and Black’s Annotations to the Corporations ActbyBAustinandABlack(2010)33Australian Bar Review174
TheGlobalFinancialCrisisandAustralianCourts(2010)84Australian Law Journal 615
FreezingOrdersinInternationalCommercialLitigation(2010)22Singapore Academy of Law Journal490
TheMOUBetweenNewYorkandNewSouthWales(2010)23International Law Practicum79
TheImperialConstraintonLachlanMacquarie(2010)470Quadrant54
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TheIntolerableWrestle:DevelopmentsinStatutoryInterpretation(2010)84Australian Law Journal822
PublicLawandtheExecutive(2010)34Australian Bar Review10(2010)
MOUBetweenNewYorkandNewSouthWales(2010-2011)SummerBar News79
SpigelmanJJ,OpeningLawTerm:OpeningLawTermSpeeches,ChiefJusticeJamesSpigelmanAC,1999-2010,Sydney,LawSocietyofNewSouthWales(2010)
GlobalEngagementByAustralianLawyers(2011)MarchLaw Society Journal45;(2011)April Quadrant59;(2011)AutumnBar News 84
ContractualInterpretation:aComparativePerspective(2011)85Australian Law Journal412
TruthandtheLaw(2011)85Australian Law Journal746
JGleesonandRHiggins,Constituting Law: Legal Argument and Social Values,“BetweentheParochialtotheCosmopolitan”,Annandale,FederationPress,2011
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
LibraryCouncilChair,NationalLibraryofAustralia,appointed29June2010.
Delegations and International Assistance:
15–17Jan2010
LedadelegationofjudgesoftheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesonajudicialvisittotheHighPeople’sCourtofGuangdongProvince,Guangzhou,China.
3Feb2010 JudicialdelegationledbyMrJusticeLiuHengjun,VicePresidentoftheHighPeople’sCourtofGuangdongProvince,China.
26May2010 ChinesedelegationledbyMrHeXiaorong,Judge,DeputyDirectorofGeneralOfficeofSupremePeople’sCourt,China
27May2010 SriLankandelegationledbytheHonourableMrAsokadeSilva,ChiefJusticeofSriLanka.
22Jun2010 IndianlegaldelegationledbyMrGopalSubramanium,SolicitorGeneralofIndia.
13Sep2010 VisitbyTheHonAlbieSachs,formerJusticeoftheSouthAfricanConstitutionalCourt.
13Oct2010 JudicialdelegationfromFujianProvince,China,ledbyMrFengXufeng,JudgeofZhejiangHighPeople’sCourt.
15Dec2010 JudicialdelegationfromShenyangProvince,China,ledbyMrLiuWei,ViceChiefJustice,ShenyangIntermediatePeople’sCourt.
27Jan2011 VisitbytheHonMrJusticeFrankStockJA,VicePresident,CourtofAppeal,HongKong
2Mar2011 ChinesedelegationledbyMrLiRuiyi,DeputyChiefJudgeofThirdCriminalDivisionoftheSupremePeople’sCourtofChina
29Apr2011 VisitbyChiefJusticeSpigelmantotheSupremePeople’sCourt,Beijing,China
26May2011 ChinesedelegationledbyMrJusticePengFanming,VicePresidentoftheHubeiHighPeople’sCourt,China
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE JAMES ALLSOP, PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
Conferences:
9–10Feb2010 ABAILEXConference(Sydney)
4–5Jun2010 ASLPConference,MonashUniversity(Melbourne)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
7May2011 InternationalCommercialConference,FederalCourt
29–31Jul2011 AustralianSocietyofLegalPhilosophy–AnnualConferenceTCBeirneSchoolofLaw,UniversityofQueensland
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
10–11Sep2011 JudicialCommissionConference–ExchangingIdeas
10–14Oct2011 FulbrightThirdChinaArbitrationConference
17Nov2011 InternationalCommercialLaw,Litigation&ArbitrationConference
Speaking Engagements:
13Jan2010 CommercialJudges’Conference–“Isthereaplaceforregionaldisputeresolutionstructures?–Maritimelawasacasestudy”(HongKong)
6Apr2010 DistrictCourtConference,“RecurringIssuesintheNSWCourtofAppeal”(Sydney)
17May2010 KeynoteAddress–DustDiseasesTribunalConference(Katoomba,NSW)
1Jul2010 AMTACAnnualAddress,FederalCourt(Sydney)
14Aug2010 OccasionalAddress,Graduation–UniversityofTasmania(Launceston,Tasmania)
23Sep2010 OccasionalAddress,Graduation,MacquarieUniversity,NSW
8–10Oct2010 InternationalCommercialArbitrationConference(Penang,Malaysia)
15Oct2010 FinancialReviewInternationalDisputeResolutionConference,“Key Issues for International Commercial Arbitration in Australia”(Sydney)
28Oct2010 The2010SirFrankKittoLecture–“GoodFaithandAustralianContractLaw–APracticalIssueandaQuestionofTheoryandPrinciple”–UniversityofNewEngland(Armidale,NSW)
18Dec2010 TortsinCommercialLawConference–“Causation in Commercial Torts” (Sydney)
27May2011 CIArb’sAsiaPacificConference2011–Investment&Innovation:InternationalDisputeResolutionintheAsiaPacific–InternationalArbitrationandtheCourts:theAustralianApproach
31May2011 SpeechontheretirementofSpigelmanCJ
16Jun2011 RAIFSpeech
20Jul2011 AustralianInsuranceLawAssociation–Causation,PerilsoftheSeasandInherentViceinMarineInsurance
6Oct2011 AviationLawAssociation
13Oct2011 FulbrightThirdChinaArbitrationConference
2–7Dec2011 TheMaritimeLawAssociationsoftheUnitedStates,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealand–Hawaii-TheInfluenceoftheUnitedStatesonAdmiraltyLawinAustralia
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Publications:
“MaritimeLaw:Thenatureandimportanceofitsinternationalcharacter”85ALJ681(2010)
“ProfessionalismandCommercialism:Conflictorharmonyinmodernlegalpractice?”85ALJ765(2010)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
BoardoftheAustralianMaritimeCollege(2010and2011)
LecturingatSydneyUniversityforComparativeAdmiraltyandMaritimeLaw(2011)
Delegations and International Assistance:
6–11Jun2011 DelegationtoChina
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE M J BEAZLEY AO
Conferences:
19Feb2010 2010ConstitutionalLawConference,Gilbert+TobinCentreofPublicLaw(Sydney)
20Feb2010 AppellateAdvocacyWorkshop,AustralianAdvocacyInstitute(Sydney)
18Mar2010 CommercialLitigationSeminar(Sydney)
26Mar2010 AGSAdministrativeLawSymposium(Sydney)
10–16May2010 2010InternationalAssociationofWomenJudgesConference:JudicialChallengesinaChangingWorld(Seoul,Korea)
22–23Jul2010 2010NationalAdministrativeLawForum:DeliveringAdministrativeJustice(Sydney)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
18Sep2010 LawSocietyofNSWYoungLawyersAnnualOneDaySeminar:Advocacy(Sydney)
23Sep2010 ThomsonReutersSeminar,Advocacy:theArtandPracticeofPersuasion(Sydney)
4–5Nov2010 TheAustralasianInstituteofJudicialAdministration,AppellateJudgesConference(Melbourne)
24Nov2010 Seminar:TheCompleteNewRule42,CentreforContinuingLegalEducation(Sydney)
20–26Jan2011 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Wellington,NewZealand)
4Mar2011 Speech:IntroductiontotheOrationbytheHonourableJusticeUnityDowOration,The Important of Economic Rights in the Law: A Perspective from Botswana,BancoCourt,NewSouthWalesSupremeCourt(Sydney)
12Mar2011 Speech:CivilLitigation,ThereisnosuchthingasacrankyjudgeNSWYoungLawyers2011CLEAnnualOne-DaySeminar:CivilLitigation(Sydney)
28Mar2011 Speech:The Judge and the Advocate, SydneyUniversityLawSociety’sMootingSkillsSeminar:APerspectivefromtheBench,Freehills(Sydney)
27Apr2011 PracticeandAdvocacyintheCourtofAppeal,BarAssociation(Sydney)
24May2011 Paper:Loss of a chance, CloistersChambers,Temple(London,U.K.)
14Oct2011 Paper:PracticalDirectionsforPreparationandCommonErrorstoavoid,LexisNexisAdvocacyConference(Sydney)
16Nov2011 Paper:InterpretationoftheCivilLiabilityAct2005,s5Dinpersonalinjurycases,LexisNexisPersonalInjuryLawConference(Sydney)
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Speaking Engagements:
18Jan2010 Paper:Dodutiesofcareexistinanoutsourcedworld?,AngloAustralasianLawyersSocietyandtheUKProfessionalNegligenceSociety(London,UK)
17Mar2010 Paper:DutiesofcareafterLeightonContractorsvFox[2009]HCA35,EdmundBartonChambersLectureSeries(Sydney)
26Mar2010 Paper:Naturaljustice:NewSouthWalescasesinaCommonwealthcontext,AGSAdministrativeLawSymposium(Sydney)
12May2010 Moderator,ChallengesofanAgingWorldPopulationandWomen’sHumanRights,Openingremarksandsummaryofsession,2010InternationalAssociationofWomenJudgesConference:JudicialChallengesinaChangingWorld(Seoul,Korea)
27May2010 Speech:Advocacyfornewbarristers,NSWBarAssociation(Sydney)
2July2010 Speechtograduates,LegalProfessionAdmissionBoard(Sydney)
18Sep2010 Keynotespeech:IntroductiontoAdvocacy,LawSocietyofNSWYoungLawyersAnnualOneDaySeminar:Advocacy(Sydney)
23Sep2010 Paper:Advocacy,ThomsonReutersSeminar:Advocacy:theArtandPracticeofPersuasion(Sydney)
15Oct2010 SpeechwelcomingtheAttorney-General,ToongabbieLegalCentre,ThirdFund-RaisingDinner(Blacktown,Sydney)
24Nov2010 Speech:Ethicsforlawyers,Seminar:TheCompleteNewRule42,CentreforContinuingLegalEducation(Sydney)
17Aug2011 Speech:Ethics and women in the law,Maddocks(Sydney)
1Sep2011 Speech:LaunchofNSWBarAssociationOralHistoryProject&WomenBarristersForumProject‘WomenPractisingattheNSWBar:theYearsto1975’,WomenBarristersForum(Sydney)
23Sep2011 Speech:IntroductionfortheHonElizabethEvattAO,NSWWomenLawyersAchievementAwards(Sydney)
5Dec2011 Speech:BarReadersFinale2011(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Chair,NSWChapter,AustralianInstituteAdministrativeLaw(2010and2011)
Chair,AdvisoryCommittee,“EqualityBeforetheLawBenchBook”,JudicialCommissionofNewSouthWales(2010and2011)
Chair,Women’sAdvisoryNetwork,NationalBreastandOvarianCancerCentre(2010)
MemberoftheBoardofGovernors,QueenwoodSchoolforGirls(2010and2011)
MemberoftheAdvisoryBoard,CentreforChildrenandYoungPeople,SouthernCrossUniversity(2010and2011)
MemberoftheBoardofDirectors,SydneyTalent,UniversityofSydney(2010)
MemberoftheAdvisoryBoard,CentenaryInstituteFoundation(2010)
Patron,ToongabbieLegalCentre(2010and2011)
President,ArtsLawCentreofAustralia(2011)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE R D GILES
Conferences:
4–5Nov2010 AppellateJudges’Conference(Melbourne)
Speaking Engagements:
10May2010 BookLaunch,“ContractFormation”(OUP,2010),MichaelFurmistonandGJTohurst
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,EditorialBoardoftheInsuranceLawJournal(2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DAVID HODGSON AO
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Publications:
“Indefenceofvoluntariness”inToepel(ed)FreeWillinCriminalLawandProcedure(FranzSteinerVerlag2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE RS MCCOLL AO
Conferences:
25–26Jan2010 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Canberra)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
8–10Oct2010 JudicialConferenceofAustraliaAnnualColloquium(Hobart)
20–26Jan2011 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Wellington,NewZealand)
Speaking Engagements:
27Feb2010 NewSouthWalesBarAssociation–OpeningAddresstotheSecondAnnualPersonalInjuryConference(Sydney)
15Sep2010 The2010WhitmoreLecture“FreedomofInformation–ANewParadigm”(Sydney)
4May2011 MacquarieLawSociety“InternationalWomen’sDay–Why”(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
PresidentoftheJudicialConferenceofAustralia(2010)
ChairoftheNewSouthWalesRhodesScholarshipSelectionCommittee(2010)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE JOHN BASTEN
Conferences:
23–27Jan2010 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Canberra)
9Feb2010 Cross-BorderCollaborationConference(Sydney)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
6–8Oct2010 CanadianNationalJudicialInstitute–CanadianFederalCourtandFederalCourtofAppealAnnualEducationSeminar(Mont-Tremblant,Quebec,Canada)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
14-16Oct2011 JudicialConferenceofAustralia,2011Colloquium(AliceSprings)
Speaking Engagements:
20Feb2010 TeachingPanel–AustralianAdvocacyInstitute–AppellateSkillsWorkshop(Sydney)
9Mar2010 Commentonpaper“ConstitutionalIssuesandtheStrengthofAboriginalPropertyRights”bySeanBrennan–AustralianAssociationofConstitutionalLawSeminarSeries(Sydney)
7May2010 KeynoteAddressJurisdictionandPowersofTribunals:AquestionofStatutoryConstruction–CouncilofAustralasianTribunals(NSW)AnnualConference(Sydney)
11May2010 Paper“InternationalInfluencesonDomesticLaw:NeitherJingoisticExceptionalismNorBlindServility”–NSWBarAssociationTheCommunityofLaw:Law’sDependenceonSocialValuesLectureSeries–LawandUsesofInternationalThought(Sydney)
6Oct2010 Paper“StandardsofReview–AnAustralianPerspective”–CanadianNationalJudicialInstitute–CanadianFederalCourtandFederalCourtofAppealAnnualEducationSeminar(Mont-Tremblant,Quebec,Canada)
27Apr2011 Paper–DistrictCourtofNSWAnnualConference “Court of Appeal Review: Administrative Law”
6May2011 Paper–LandandEnvironmentCourtAnnualConference“JudicialReview:Grounds,Standards&IntensityofReviewor‘WhoisMissBehavin?’”
19Jul2011 Paper–JudicialCommissionTwilightSeminar–ProceduralReform:ThenewPart10–“RepresentativeActionsintheSupremeCourt”
1Dec2011 Paper–UNSW–DisputeResolutioninthenext40years–RepertoireorRevolution–RepresentativeActions
Publications:
SixteenthSirNinianStephenLecture2008“HumanRightsandtheRuleofLaw”,TheNewcastleLawReview,2008-2009Vol11(2010)
“ACuriousHistoryoftheMaboLitigation”DialogueAboutLandandJustice:PapersfromtheNationalNativeTitleConference(2010–AboriginalStudiesPress)
“StatutoryInterpretationandIndigenousPropertyRights”–SeanBrennan(withcommentaryonthearticlebyTheHonJusticeJohnBasten,PublicLawReview(December2010)Vol21No4(2010)
“TheSupervisoryJurisdictionoftheSupremeCourts”–(2011)85ALJ273
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Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Chair,JudicialCommissionofNSWStandingAdvisoryCommitteeonJudicialEducation(2010and2011)
Chair,JudicialCommissionofNSWSupremeCourtEducationCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,SupremeCourtCaselawGovernanceCommittee(2011)
Member,UNSWLawAdvisoryCouncil(2010and2011)
Member,LawCourtsLibraryAdvisoryCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,AdvisoryCommittee,G&TCentreofPublicLaw(2011)
Member,CivilProcedureAct2005StatutoryReviewCommittee(2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE JC CAMPBELL
Conferences:
7May2010 SocietyofTrustandEstatePractitionersConference(Liverpool,UK)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
25Nov2010 Shouldthe“RuleinHastings-Bass”befollowedinAustralia?Trustees’DutytoEnquireandTrustees’Mistakes(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
MemberoftheSupremeCourtEducationCommittee
Delegations and International Assistance:
HerbertSmithVisitor,CambridgeUniversityLawSchoolEasterTerm(2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE ROBERT MACFARLAN
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
MemberoftheBoardoftheStateRecordsAuthorityofNewSouthWales(2011)
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE YOUNG AO
Speaking Engagements:
10Sep2010 Keynoteaddress;AustralianCharityLawAssociationAnnualConference(Sydney)
11Sep2010 WorkshopSessions;AustralianCharityLawAssociationAnnualConference(Sydney)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE WHEALY
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
7Sep2010 AustralianHighTechCrimeConference2010(Sydney)
8–10Oct2010 JudicialConferenceofAustraliaAnnualColloquium(Hobart)
Speaking engagements:
9Jun2010 BritishInstituteofComparativeLaw:TheAustralianExperience–TerrorismandtheLaw(London,UK)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE ANTHONY MEAGHER
Conferences:
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
26Oct2011 PersonalPropertySecuritiesSeminar,SupremeCourtofNSW
6–11Nov2011 NationalJudicialOrientationProgram,Melbourne
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,SupremeCourtRulesCommittee(2011)
Member,Kincoppal-RoseBaySchoolBoard(2011)
Member,UniversityofNotreDameLawAdvisoryBoard(2011)
Member,WoollahraFestivalCommittee(2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE R I BARRETT
Conferences:
8–15Jan2010 SecondJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(HongKong)
30Jul–1Aug2010 LawCouncilofAustraliaCorporationsWorkshop(Canberra)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
24Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualCorporateLawConference(Sydney)
12–13Mar2011 NinthJointUNCITRAL/INSOLWorldBankMultinationalJudicialColloquiumonInsolvency(Singapore)
13–15Mar2011 INSOLInternationalAnnualRegionalConference(Singapore)
21–23Mar2011 ThirdJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(Sydney)
26Oct2011 SupremeCourt,Sydney–Seminar–“ThePersonalPropertySecuritiesAct”
18Nov2011 2011HartnellColloquium,AustralianNationalUniversity(Canberra)
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Speaking Engagements:
4Jun2010 LawSchool,UniversityofSydney,TakeoversPanelConference–Closingremarks(Sydney)
13Mar2011 INSOLInternational,InsuranceInsolvencyAncillaryMeeting,Singapore–“JudicialReflectionsonInsuranceInsolvency”
15Mar2011 INSOLInternationalAnnualRegionalConference,Singapore–“JudicialViewsonLitigationFunding”
22Mar2011 ThirdJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation,Sydney–“SavingCompaniesinTrouble:RestructuringandWorkoutsinInsolvency”
8Nov2011 UNSWLawSchool,GraceHotelSydney–Director’sDutiesseminar
18Nov2011 2011HartnellColloquium,AustralianNationalUniversity–“TowardsHarmonisedCompanyLegislation”–‘AreWeThereYet?’”
Publications:
GeneralEditor,“Robson’sAnnotatedCorporationsLegislation”(2010and2011)
“MakingtheacquaintanceofPilcher,UtherandBaldock”,(2010)48(8)LawSocietyJournal30
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE HOEBEN AM RFD
Conferences:
8–10Oct2010 NationalJudicialCollege–AnnualSeminar(Hobart)
11–13Feb2011 ExpertEvidenceinCriminalTrials–AustralianNationalUniversity,(Canberra,ACT)
Speaking Engagements:
27Feb2010 SecondAnnualPersonalInjuryConference“ConcurrentEvidenceAndTheBar”(Sydney)
3Mar2010 AILATortsSeminar“AreTortsBecomingLessTaut”(Sydney)
25Mar2010 HicksonsCaseManagementSeminar“ComplexCases–HowTheCourtsWillShortenTrials”(Sydney)
17May2010 BarPracticeCourse“ExpertEvidence”(Sydney)
1Oct2010 20thAnniversaryDinner–DustDiseasesTribunal“EarlyDaysofTribunal”(Sydney)
18Oct2010 BarPracticeCourse“ExpertEvidence”(Sydney)
22Oct2010 IndustrialRelationsCommissionAnnualConference“ExpertEvidence”(Sydney)
27Oct2010 NationalJudicialOrientationProgramme“ExpertEvidence”(Fremantle,WA)
6Apr2011 AddressingCARS(ClaimsAssessmentandResolutionService)AssessorsattheirAnnualConferenceandWorkshop–“Current Assessment Issues and Appeals”
16May2011 AddressingMay2011BarPracticeCourse– “Expert Witnesses – The New Rules”
16Jun2011 Partofpaneldiscussion“Criminal Case Management”forSupremeCourtandDistrictJudges
17Oct2011 AddressingOctober2011BarPracticeCourse–“Expert Witnesses – The New Rules”
29Oct2011 AddressingNSWYoungLawyersAnnualEvidenceActSeminar–“Expert Evidence – Concurrent Evidence”
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Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Chairperson,RoyalHumaneSocietyofNSW(2010and2011
Committee,RoyalUnitedServicesInstituteofNSW(2010)
HonoraryColonel,UniversityofNewSouthWalesRegiment(2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MCCLELLAN AM, CHIEF JUDGE AT COMMON LAW
Conferences:
27Mar2010 YoungLawyersAnnualPropertySeminar(Sydney)
15–16Apr2010 CivilJusticeReformConference(HongKong)
23Apr2010 NationalJudicialCollegeofAustralia(GoldCoast)
21May2010 3rdAnnualJusticeEnvironmentConference(Sydney)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
22–26Aug2010 LegalDecisionMakingunderScientificUncertaintiesSymposium(Japan)
25–28Oct2010 AustralianandPacificJudicialReformForum(China)
6–12Nov2010 19thPacificRegionalJudicialConferenceandthePacificJudgesScienceandTechnologySeminar(Guam)
12-13Feb2011 ExpertEvidence–JudicialConferenceofAustralia(Canberra,ACT)
18Feb2011 ConstitutionalLawConference–Gilbert&TobinCentreofPublicLaw–UniversityofNSW–FacultyofLaw–ArtGalleryofNSW(Sydney)
5Mar2011 OpenConference–2011NSWYoungLawyerCriminalLawConference–IssuesinProsecutingTrialsinthe21stCentury–SofitelWentworthHotel(Sydney)
13-15May2011 CommonwealthSecretariatSouthAsianJudgesRegionalForumon“Economic&FinancialCrime”(Colombo,SriLanka)
15Jul2011 9thAnnualJuryResearch&PracticeConference–TheMintMacquarieStreet(Sydney)
22–24July2011 InternationalSeminaronGlobalEnvironment&DisasterManagement:Law&Society(NewDelhi,India)
24Nov2011 UniversityofNSW–FraudandCorruptioninGovernment–Keynoteaddress–“WhiteCollarCrime:PerpetratorsandPenalties”(Sydney)
1Dec2011 DisputeResolutionintheNext40Years–RepertoireorRevolution–TheRoleoftheJudge–Umpire,Manager,MediatorOrServiceProvider?–UniversityofNSWFacultyofLaw40thAnniversaryConference(Sydney)
3Dec2011 AustralianAcademyofForensicSciences:ExpertEvidenceinReports&Courts(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
17Mar2010 UniversityofNSWMasterClassSeminar(Sydney)
27Mar2010 YoungLawyersPropertyLawSeminar:ChangesinCivilProcess–Towardsaphasedtrial(Sydney)
15–16Apr2010 CivilJusticeReformConference,CivilJusticeinAustralia–ChangesintheTrialProcess(HongKong)
7May2010 UniversityofNSWGraduationSpeechtotheFacultyofBuiltEnvironment(Sydney)
16Aug2010 Pre-trialdisclosureincriminalcases:DevelopmentsinNSW(Sydney)
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25–28Aug2010 LegalDecisionMakingunderScientificUncertaintiesSymposium,AustralianExperienceofConcurrentExpertEvidence(Japan)
19Nov2010 UniversityofWesternSydneyLawAlumniDinner–Occasionaladdress(Sydney)
5Mar2011 “Issues in Prosecuting Trials in the 21st Century”–2011NSWYoungLawyerCriminalLawConference(Sydney)
26Mar2011 NSWBarAssociation–continuingeducation(Sydney)
16Jun2011 CriminalCaseManagementSeminar–DistrictCourtofNSW(Sydney)
22Jul2011 “ContaminationoftheEnvironment–PastProblemsandcontemporaryresponses”,(NewDelhi,India)
24Nov2011 Keynoteaddress:“WhiteCollarCrime:PerpetratorsandPenalties”(Sydney)
1Dec2011 “DisputeResolutionintheNext40Years–RepertoireorRevolution–TheRoleoftheJudge–Umpire,Manager,MediatorOrServiceProvider?”UniversityofNSWFacultyofLaw40thAnniversaryConference(Sydney)
Publications:
JudicialOfficersBulletin–CivilProcedureAct2005(Sep2010)
InternationalJudicialInstituteforEnvironmentalCourts&Tribunals(IJIECT)JournalofCourtInnovation–CurrentthinkingontheRuleofLaw,CourtsandtheEnvironment–31May2010–USA
TheJudicialReviewvolume10Number3September“LookingInsidetheJuryRoom”
JournalofCourtInnovation:TheRoleoftheEnvironmentalJudiciary.Volume3,Number1Winter2010“NewMethodwithExperts–ConcurrentEvidence”
EffectiusJournalBrussels–ConcurrentEvidence–July2011
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
AustralianPacificJudicialReformForum(2010and2011)
Delegations and International Assistance:
25–26May2010 Chinesejudges
27May2010 SriLankanjudges
25Jun2010 Chinesejudges
8Jul2010 ChinesejudgesfromGuangxiZhuangprovince
21Jul2010 JapaneseConsul
4Nov2010 SupremeCourtoftheSeychellesjudges
24Nov2010 Japanesejudges
9Dec2010 ChinesejudgesfromQuinghaiprovince
18Mar2011 JapanesejudgesfromtheKagoshimaDistrictCourtJapan(Sydney)
29Jun2011 HunanPeoplesHighCourt,ChinesedelegationinSydney
28Oct2011 ChinesedelegationinSydney
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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE JAMES
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SIMPSON
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
7Apr2010 DistrictCourtAnnualConference,“CourtofCriminalAppealReview”(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
ChairoftheLegalProfessionAdmissionBoardExaminationsCommittee(2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE PETER HIDDEN AM
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
6Apr2010 CrownProsecutorsAnnualConference;“PresentationwithWillHutchinsabouttheBathurstGaolriots–reconditionsthenandnow.”(Sydney)
17Sep2011 CLE-CPDConference“CommonEthicalProblemsforCriminalLawyers”(Sydney)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE CLIFFORD EINSTEIN
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
9Mar2010 BuildingandConstructionSeminar–chairmanandopeningaddress(Sydney)
16-17Aug2010 NSWYoungLawyersCivilLitigationEssayCompetitionandPresentationofPrizes–JudgeandKeynoteaddress,“CivilLitigationCommitteeEssayCompetitionAwardsCeremony”(Sydney)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE KIRBY
Speaking engagements:
19Nov2010 Speech–Inductionceremony,FortStreetHighSchool,(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,SupremeCourtMediaConsultationGroup(2010)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE R I BARRETT
Conferences:
8–15Jan2010 SecondJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(HongKong)
30Jul–1Aug2010 LawCouncilofAustraliaCorporationsWorkshop(Canberra)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
24Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualCorporateLawConference(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
4Jun2010 LawSchool,UniversityofSydney,TakeoversPanelConference–Closingremarks(Sydney)
Publications:
GeneralEditor,“Robson’sAnnotatedCorporationsLegislation”(2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE PALMER AM
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
25Sep2010 SalvationArmy:SalvosLegalConference–Speech“ProblemsEncounteredwithDisadvantagedLayLitigants”(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
26Mar2010 OpeningcommentaryatUNSW“ContestedEstates”Seminar(Sydney)
18May2010 JudgingMacquarieUniversityFinalMoot(Sydney)
18Oct2010 Presentationof9thAnnualSupremeCourtConcert(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
President,ArtsLawCentreofAustralia(2010)
Chairman,PacificOperaCompany(2010)
Director,ArsMusicaAustralis(2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE TERRY BUDDIN
Conferences:
22–23Apr2010 NationalJudicialCollegeofAustralia(GoldCoast),AttendedmeetingofSteeringCommitteeofNJOP,Presenter,SessiononSentencing
24–29Oct2010 NationalJudicialCollegeofAustralia(Perth),AttendedmeetingofSteeringCommitteeofNJOP,Presenter,SessiononSentencing
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,NationalJudicialOrientationProgram,SteeringCommittee(2010)
Chairperson,JuryTaskforce(2010)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE IAN VITALY GZELL
Conferences:
23–27Jan2010 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Canberra)
24Feb2010 SocietyofTrustandEstatePractitioners(STEP)PresentationbyRobertGreenhillSC“TrustsandCrime”(Sydney)
24Mar2010 STEPPresentationbyJusticeRichardEdmonds“WhatisIncomeforthePurposesfortheSection97oftheIncomeTaxAssessmentAct1936(Cth)?SecondguessingtheHighCourtinBamford”(Sydney)
21Apr2010 STEPPresentationbyImeldaDodds“NSWTrustee&Guardian–Whathaschangedandissuesincommon”(Sydney)
18May2010 STEPPresentationbyMatthewDaleyandMichaelHawkins“Trustees’InvestmentPowers,LearningposttheGFC”(Sydney)
23–27May2010 TheInternationalAcademyofEstateandTrustLawConference(Barcelona,Spain)
15July2010 STEPPresentationbytheDavidWright“ThirdPartiesandConstructiveTrusts(Sydney)
11Aug2010 STEPPresentationbyJohnEmersonAM“PrivateAncillaryFunds…newname,newrulesandnewopportunitiesforAustralianphilanthropyandcharities”(Sydney)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
22Sept2010 STEPPresentationbyRobertAngyalSC“FiduciaryrelationshipsincommercialarrangementsfollowingtheHighCourt’sWhiteCitydecision”(Sydney)
25Nov2010 STEPPresentationbyJusticeJosephCampbell“Shouldthe“ruleinHastings-Bass”befollowedinAustralia?–TheTrustees’DutytoEnquireandTrustees’Mistakes”Sydney)
2–4Dec2010 STEPCommitteesandBranchChairsAssembly(London,UnitedKingdom)
16Mar2011 STEPpresentationbytheHonourablePatrickKeane,ChiefJusticeoftheFederalCourtofAustralia“A matter of words: conception creep and fiduciary obligations”(Sydney)
21–23Mar2011 ThirdJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(Sydney)
6Apr2011 STEPpresentationbyAdvocatePaulTracey(advocateoftheRoyalCourtofJersey)“The operation of the bar against recovery for reflective loss in breach of trust claims” (Sydney)
22–26May2011 TheInternationalAcademyofEstateandTrustLawconference(MexicoCity,Mexico)
29Jun2011 STEPpresentationbyDavidRussellQC“Changes in the Rules for Taxing Trusts”(Sydney)
20Jul2011 STEPpresentationbyAssociateJusticeHallenandDrJohnGroot“Developments in the Law of Family Provision and Succession” (Sydney)
17Aug2011 STEPpresentationbyAssociateJusticeRichardMacreadywithLindsayEllisonSC,NeilWickendenandKenCappie-Wood“A Value Add in Trust and Estate Administration”(Sydney)
2Sep2011 STEPQueenslandConference(Cairns)
28Sep2011 STEPpresentationbyLindsayHoughton“Bribery & Corruption in Trusts and Estates”(Sydney)
26Oct2011 STEPpresentationbyMichaelHeraghty“AsmorgasboardofTrustIssues–CommonProblemsEncounteredinPractice”(Sydney)
1–3Dec2011 STEPCommitteesandBranchChairsAssembly(London,England)
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Speaking Engagements:
12Feb2010 Paper–SocietyofTrustandEstatePractitioners(STEP)“RecentDecisionsinrelationtoTrustsandAdministrations”(Adelaide)
4Mar2010 Openingremarks–UNSWEstatePlanningandAssetProtectionSeminar(Sydney)
9Mar2010 Paper–e-Discovery:“OutliningtheJudicialPerspectiveone-Discovery”(Sydney)
13Mar2010 Paper–NSWYoungLawyers“Technologyande-Trials”(Sydney)
20Apr2010 Paper–InternationalFiscalAssociation(IFA)“RecentDecisionsinrelationtoTrustsandAdministrations”(Sydney)
22Apr2010 Paper–IFA“RecentDecisionsinrelationtoTrustsandAdministrations”(Melbourne)
12May2010 Paper–PrivateClientWealthForumAsia“TheBenefitsoftheTrust”(Singapore)
24May2010 Paper–InternationalAcademyofEstateandTrustLaw(IAETL)“RecentDevelopments–Australia”(Barcelona,Spain)
25May2010 Paper–IAETL“Litigation–Australia”(Barcelona,Spain)
23Jun2010 Paper–STEP“TheOriginandDevelopmentoftheTrustinAsia”(Sydney)
23Mar2011 Paper–ThirdJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation“Transfer Pricing in International Taxation – the Australian Position”(Sydney)
8Jul2011 Paper–OfficeofStateRevenueDiscussionGroup“WhatisitliketobeanAustralianSupremeCourtJudgeinthe21stCentury”(Parramatta)
2Sep2011 STEPQueenslandConference“CradletoGrave:PaternitytoBurialorCremation”(Cairns)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
President–Elect,TheInternationalAcademyofEstateandTrustLaw(IAETL)(2010)
Vice-PresidentWesternPacific,IAETL(2010)
MemberofExecutiveCouncilIAETL(2010and2011)
MemberoftheCounciloftheSocietyofTrustandEstatePractitioners(STEP)(2010and2011)
JudiciaryMember,STEP(2010and2011)
ChairmanSTEPAustralia–SydneyBranch(2010and2011)
HonoraryLifeMember,TaxationInstituteofAustralia(2010and2011)
Member,DepartmentAttorneyGeneral&JusticeJusticeLinkSteeringCommittee(2010and2011)
PatronandLifeMember,RegionalArtsNewSouthWales(2010and2011)
HonoraryMember,TaxationCommitteeofBusinessLawSectionofLawCouncilofAustralia(2010and2011)
CouncillorofAustralasianInstituteofJudicialAdministration(2010and2011)
Delegations and International Assistance:
8Mar2010 e-DiscoverybyJudgeSimonBrownQC,SpecialistMercantileJudge,BirminghamCivilJusticeCentre
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE W H NICHOLAS
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
25Mar2010 UniversityofNSWCLESeminar:DefamationLawUpdate(Sydney)
23Sep2010 ThomsonReutersSeminar–Advocacy:TheArtofPracticeandPersuasion“ExpertEvidence”(Sydney)
2Mar2011 UniversityofNSWCLESeminar:DefamationLawUpdate(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
BoardMember,KimberleyFoundationAustralia(2010and2011)
HonoraryCouncillor,RoyalAgriculturalSocietyofNSW(2010and2011)
Trustee,McGarvieSmithInstitute(2010and2011)
Member,CourtofArbitrationforSport,OceaniaRegistry(2010and2011)
Member,SupremeCourtHeritageCommittee(2010)
Member,SupremeCourtEducationCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,StateRecordsAuthorityofNewSouthWales(2010)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MCDOUGALL
Conferences:
20–21May2010 3rdAnnualJusticeEnvironmentConference(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
13Mar2010 NSWYoungLawyersCivilLitigationCLEkeynoteaddress
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE R W WHITE
Conferences:
21and24May2010
LawofTrustsSeminar(AucklandandWellington,NewZealand)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
9Dec2010 ThePrinciplesofProprietaryRemedies:ConstructiveTrusts(MelbourneLawSchool)
Speaking Engagements:
30Oct2010 YoungLawyersCLE–OverviewoftheEvidenceAct(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
ChairofLegalQualificationsCommitteeofLegalPractitioners’AdmissionBoard(2010)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE JOHNSON
Conferences:
16Jun2011 Cross-JurisdictionalSeminar–“CriminalCaseManagement”,JudicialCommissionofNewSouthWales(Sydney)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
9Sep2011 Presentation(withtheHonJusticeMeganLatham)ofPaperentitled“CriminalTrialCaseManagement:WhyBother?”AIJACriminalJusticeinAustraliaandNewZealand–IssuesandChallengesforJudicialAdministrationConference(Sydney)
Publications:
“TheCourtSuppressionandNon-publicationOrdersAct2010Commences”,JudicialOfficers’Bulletin(July2011)
JointauthorwiththeHonRNHowieQCofCriminalPracticeandProcedure(NSW)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
AppointedPart-timeCommissioner,NewSouthWalesLawReformCommissionfortheSentencingreference(7Dec2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE HALL
Conferences:
7–9Jun2010 AcademyofEuropeanLaw–“EvaluatingCounter-TerrorismLegislationandJurisprudence”(Trier,Germany)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,ExaminationsCommitteeoftheLegalProfessionAdmissionBoard
Member,SupremeCourt’sMediationCommittee
Member,SupremeCourt’sCommonLawUsersGroup
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE LATHAM
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
7–9Sep2010 AustralianHighTechCrimeConference2010(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
2Sep2010 AustralasianConferenceofPlanningandEnvironmentCourtsandTribunals“Case Management in Criminal Proceedings”(Sydney)
5Nov2010 OpeningRemarks–CentreforContinuingLegalEducation–FacultyofLaw–UniversityofNSW–Seminar–“Criminal Law – Practice and Procedure”(Sydney)
25Mar2011 KeynoteAddress–LegalStudiesAssociation
1Jun2011 KeynoteAddress–AnnualCriminalLawConference
9Sep2011 ‘CriminalTrialCaseManagement’–AIJACriminalJusticeinAustraliaandNZ
16Sep2011 ‘TheMostEffectiveAdvocates’–AdvocacySeminar,YoungLawyersNSW
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Chairperson,NSWBailLawReformGroup(2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE STEPHEN ROTHMAN AM
Conferences:
22–28Jan2010 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Canberra)
6–7Feb2010 NationalJudicialCollegeofAustralia–Sentencing2010Conference(Canberra)
18Feb2010 TheUniversityofNewSouthWales–InauguralGeorgeWintertonLecture2010:‘ExecutivePower’[FrenchCJ](Sydney)
16Apr2010 TheAnglo-AustralasianLawyersSociety–Seminar:‘HadleyvBaxendaleintheHouseofLords:TheGoldenVictory2007andtheAchilleas2008’[ProfessorFrancisReynoldsQC](Sydney)
21Jun2010 TheUniversityofNewSouthWalesLawJournal–Launchof:‘ThematicIssue33(1)TheFutureofHumanRightsinAustralia’[MrStephenGagelerSC](Sydney)
22Jun2010 Carroll&O’DeaLawyers–LunchtimeSpeakerSeries:‘TheDriftofPowertoCanberra’[ProfessorGregCraven](Sydney)
10Aug2010 NSWJudicialCommission–TwilightSeminar:‘ClassificationandPlacementofPrisoners’[MrTerryHalloran](Sydney)
18Aug2010 TheFifthJohnLehaneMemorialLecture:‘TheInfluenceofEuropeanLawontheCommonLawinEnglishCourts’[LordHoffman](Sydney)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
26Aug2010 AustralianAssociationofConstitutionalLaw–Seminar:‘FederalConstitutionalInfluencesonStateJudicialReview’[DrMatthewGroves](Sydney)
20Oct2010 AustralianAssociationofConstitutionalLaw–Seminar:‘ARethinkingoftheSeparationofPowers’[AssociateProfessorJamesStellios](Sydney)
27Oct2010 2010JulianSmallFoundation14thAnnualAddress:‘Women–We’llnevergetanywherewithquotas’[MsJanetAlbrechtsen](Sydney)
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9Nov2010 UWAPublishing–Launchof:‘FromMoreetoMabo:TheMaryGaudronStory’byPamelaBurton[TheHon.SirAnthonyMason,ACKBE](Sydney)
18Nov2010 NSWJudicialCommission–TwilightSeminar:‘Uses&AbusesofExpertEvidence’[TheHon.JusticeIanBinney](Sydney)
21–27Jan2011 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Wellington,NewZealand)
11Feb2011 LaunchoftheSocialJusticeandNativeTitleReports[MickGooda,AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderSocialJusticeCommissioner](Sydney)
16Feb2011 NgaraYura–TwilightSeminar:“The Power of Sorry”[ChrisWheeler,NSWDeputyOmbudsman](Sydney)
16Feb2011 NSWSocietyofJewishJurists&Lawyers:“Pursuing the Human Rights for the Victims of Terror”[NitsanaDarshan-Leitner](Sydney)
17Feb2011 TheUniversityofNewSouthWales–InauguralGeorgeWintertonLecture2011:“Pathway to a Republic”[TheHonSirGerardBrennanACKBE,formerJusticeandChiefJusticeoftheHighCourt](Sydney)
26–27Feb2011 NgaraYuraVisittoBalunduaCentre(Tabalum)
3Mar2011 TheAnglo-AustralasianLawyersSociety–Seminar:“The Constitutionalisation of Water Rights”[TheHonourableJusticeRachelPepper,NSWLandandEnvironmentCourtJudge](Sydney)
4Mar2011 Lecture:“TheImportanceofEconomicRightsintheLaw:APerspectivefromBotswana”[JusticeDow](Sydney)
17Mar2011 OfficeoftheRegistrar–Seminar:“TheAboriginalLandRightsAct1983(NSW)–LookingAhead”(Sydney)
4May2011 Launch: “Commercial Arbitration in Australia” [ProfessorDougJonesAM](Sydney)
9Jun2011 TheAnglo-AustralasianLawyersSociety–Seminar:“The Constitutional Implications of Taxation by Discretion”[TheHonourableJusticeTonyPagone,VICSupremeCourtJudge](Sydney)
17Aug2011 SydneyUniversityLawSchoolCareersMentoringProgramLaunch(Sydney)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
1Sep2011 LaunchoftheNewSouthWalesBarAssociationOralHistoryProject&WomenBarristersForumProject‘WomenPractisingattheNSWBar:“The Years to 1975”[TheHon.JusticeMargaretBeazleyAO,ChesterPorterQC](Sydney)
9Sep2011 TheAnglo-AustralasianLawyersSociety–Seminar:“1361 – And all That Keeping the Peace” [TheRtHontheLordJudge,LordChiefJusticeofEnglandandWales](Sydney)
10–11Sep2011 NgaraYura–ExchangingIdeasConference(Sydney)
14–16Oct2011 JudicialConferenceofAustralia–Colloquium:“Innovation in Court Procedures” (AliceSprings,NorthernTerritory)
25Oct2011 2011JulianSmall15thFoundationAnnualAddress: “Is the current industrial relations system meeting our needs?” (Sydney)
26Oct2011 Presentation:“The Personal Properties Securities Act”[MrRobertNewlindsSC](Sydney)
31Oct2011 TheAnglo-AustralasianLawyersSociety–Seminar:“The fractured constitutional basis of environmental regulation” [DrMelissaPerryQC,SixthFloorSelborneWentworthandMrJonathonRedwood,BancoChambers](Sydney)
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Speaking Engagements:
7May2010 2010AnnualConferenceoftheCouncilofAustralasianTribunals:‘AppealProofingYourDecisions’(Sydney)
30Jul2010 JournalofContractLawContractualIndemnitiesConference2010:‘Indemnitiesagainstbreachofcontract’(Sydney)
2Sep2010 OpeningoftheAlliraAboriginalKnowledgeITCentre(Dubbo)
21Oct2010 NSWYoungLawyersMcCallumMedalPresentationCompetition–Judge(Sydney)
9Nov2010 TheAssociationofIndependentSchoolsofNSW–IncidentInvestigation,PublicRelationsandtheCourts:‘Critical and Serious Incidents from a Court of Law Perspective’(Sydney)
6Dec2010 TonkinCorporation’sConstructionLawConference–KeyNoteAddress:‘IndemnitiesAgainstBreachofContract’(Sydney)
25Mar2011 CommercialLawAssociation–Seminar:“Developments in the common law of employment”(Sydney)
14Sep2011 AustralianAssociationofConstitutionalLaw–Seminar:“InsultandEmotion,CalumnyandInvective:TheConstitutionalProtectionofIncivilityinPoliticalCommunication”–Chair(Sydney)
16–18Nov2011 TheInternationalAssociationofJewishLawyersandJurists–Conference:“HolocaustDenialasRacialVilification;FreedomofSpeechandtheInternet:TheAustralianExperience”(Berlin)
5Dec2011 AustralianLabourLawAssociation–Conference:“Reflections from Queens Square”(Sydney)
9Dec2011 WorkersCompensationCommissionArbitrators’AnnualConference(KeynoteAddress):“Tribunals: a growing and glowing future”(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Director;BoardMember&ChairWorkplaceRelationsCommittee–NSWAssociationofIndependentSchools(2010and2011)
Non-TrusteeGovernor–JewishCommunalAppeal(2010)
HonoraryLifeMember;ExecutiveMember–NSWJewishBoardofDeputies(2010and2011)
Co-Chair–AustralianCouncilofJewishSchools(2010and2011)
Chair–OrganisingCommitteeoftheJointSupremeCourt/FederalCourtJudges’Conference(2010and2011)
Chair–WorkplaceResearchCentreAdvisoryBoard(FacultyofEconomicsandBusiness,TheUniversityofSydney)(2010and2011)
Member–NgaraYuraCommittee(2010and2011)
Member–NABYachadScholarshipFundNSWAdvisoryBoard(2010and2011)
ChairoftheBoard–“FightingChance”–Charityprovidingemploymentandemploymenttrainingtodisabled(2011)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE PAUL BRERETON AM RFD
Speaking Engagements:
23Feb2010 UNSWCLESeminar,Openingaddress:CommercialLeasesUpdate(Sydney)
24Mar2010 CollegeofLawCPE:The2010JudgesSeries–“Subpoenas, Discovery & Interrogatories” (Sydney)
8May2010 CostsAssessors’Seminar–RecentUpdatesinCostsAssessment(Sydney)
30May2010 AustralianDefenceForceDigitalForensicsCourse,“Digital Forensics – a Judicial Perspective”(Sydney)
22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualConference,CostsAssessmentUpdate,“A Less Taxing Process: Issue in Costs Assessment In NSW” (PortStephens)
31Aug2010 KnoxGrammarChapel,KeynoteSpeaker,“Judges, Justice & Atonement” (Sydney)
16Oct2010 FamilyCourt&FederalMagistrate’sCourtConcurrentconference–“Discretionary Trusts in Family Law – The Implications of Spry”(Canberra)
19Oct2010 NationalFamilyLawConf–Co-Presenter–“FamilyEntities–Traps&PitfallsforTrustees&DirectorsofFamilyCompanies,TrustsandSuperannuationFunds”(Canberra)
6Nov2010 “DirectorofMilitaryProsecutions,TheAfghanistanCharges&theRuleofLaw”,RuleofLawinAustraliaConference(Sydney)
1Mar2011 NSWBarAssociation/LawSocietySeminar–“Ethics, Etiquette, Conduct” (SupremeCourtSydney)
31Mar2011 TheNewSouthWalesStateLegalConference,“Costs Update” (Sydney)
16May2011 AddresstotheSydneyUniversityLawSchoolSymposium:TheFutureOfPrivateInternationalLaw,“Proof of Foreign Law – Problems and Initiatives”(SydneyUniversityLawSchool)
30Jun2011 LawSocietyofNSW&CarersNSWCLEBreakfast,“Acting for the Incapable”(LawSocietyofNSW,Sydney)
Publications:
Nygh’sConflictofLawsinAustralia,8thEdition,co-editor(2010)
AustralianBarReview:“ATrustee’slotisnotahappyone:Discretionarytrusts&self-managedsuperannuationfunds”(2010)
“TheDirectorofMilitaryProsecutions,theAfghanistanchargesandtheruleoflaw”,The Australian Law Journal,2011,Vol.85,February
“ProofofForeignLaw:ProblemsandInitiatives”,The Australian Law Journal,2011,Vol.85,September
“ActingfortheIncapable”,Law Society Journal,2011,Vol.49No.11,December
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,LawExtensionCommittee,UniversityofSydney(2010)
Chair,CostsAssessmentUsersGroup,SupremeCourt(2010and2011)
Chair,CorporationsListUsersGroup(2011)
Trustee,LeycesterMearesBequest,Kidsafe(2010and2011)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DEREK PRICE AM
Speaking Engagements:
28Mar2011 DistrictCourtofNSWAnnualConference–presented‘CourtofCriminalAppealReview’session.
Delegations and International Assistance:
22Mar2011 JudicialdelegationfromJiangsuProvince,China
31Mar2011 JudicialdelegationfromtheJapanMinistryofJustice
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DAVID HAMMERSCHLAG
Conferences:
12–14Jan2010 SecondJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(HongKong)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
22–27Jan2011 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Wellington,NewZealand)
21–23Mar2011 ThirdAsianJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(Sydney)
30Mar2011 NSWStateLegalConference(Sydney)
11–12Aug2011 InternationalConferenceonElectronicLitigation(Singapore)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
23Aug2011 SupremeCourtofNewSouthWalesAnnualCorporateLawConference,BancoCourt,QueensSquare(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
15Jan2010 “The Erosion of the Right to be Heard”,SecondJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(HongKong)
30Jun2010 “AnInformalDiscussionontheArtofPersuasion”,CPDSeminar-BarAssociation(Sydney)
26Aug2010 AddresstoanAudienceoftheCommitteeandMembersoftheAustralianLawyersPhil-HellenicAssociation(ALPHA)(Sydney)
23Mar2011 “ToAcceptOrToDeclineJurisdiction?ThatIsTheQuestion”,ThirdJudicialSeminaronCommercialLitigation(Sydney)
30Mar2011 “TheEnigmaThatIsSection5D(3)oftheCivilLiabilityAct2002(NSW)”,NSWStateLegalConference(Sydney)
14Sep2011 “Court’sArbitrationListandAspectsoftheCourt’sWork”NSWBarAssociation’AlternativeDisputeResolutionCommittee(Sydney)
27Sep2011 Launchingthe3rdEditionofConstructionLawinAustralia”,ClaytonUtz,(Sydney)
6Dec2011 “Arbitration”NSWChapteroftheInstituteofArbitrators&MediatorsAustralia,ColinBiggers&Paisley(Sydney)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE IAN HARRISON
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
8Sep2011 AustralianInstituteofJudicialAdministrationCriminalJusticeinAustraliaandNewZealand–IssuesandChallengesforJudicialAdministrationConference,FourPointsbySheratonHotel(Sydney)
22Oct2011 SalvosLegalConference,TheSalvationArmy(Sydney)
18–20Nov2011 LawSocietyofTasmaniaLitigationCommitteeConvention(Hobart,Tasmania)
Speaking Engagements:
19August2010 GuestSpeakeratTheNewSouthWalesBarAssociationFundraisingDinnerfortheMartinPlaceHomeless(Sydney)
28Aug2010 TheNewSouthWalesBarAssociationAlternativeDisputeResolutionconference(Sydney)
7Mar2011 PresentationtotheNewSouthWalesBarAssociationReadersPracticeCourse
15Apr2011 PresentationtofemalelawstudentsarrangedbytheNewSouthWalesBarAssociationEqualOpportunityCommittee
17May2011 OccasionalSpeaker,UniversityofTechnology,Sydney,FacultyofLawGraduationCeremony
20May2011 Adjudicator,NewSouthWalesYoungLawyersGoldenGavelCompetition
24May2011 PresentationaspartoftheNewSouthWalesBarAssociationNewBarristers’CommitteeCrossExaminationSeminar
14Jul2011 Adjudicator,NewSouthWalesYoungLawyersGreatDebate,“Whenitcomestothelawandlawyers,biggerisbetter”
25Aug2011 Occasionalspeaker,ConsumerTraderandTenancyTribunalAnnualConferencemembers’dinner,Cello’sRestaurant
8Sep2011 Occasionalspeaker,AustralianInstituteofJudicialAdministrationCriminalJusticeinAustraliaandNewZealand–IssuesandChallengesforJudicialAdministrationAnnualConferencedinner,FourPointsbySheratonHotel
22Oct2011 GuestSpeaker,SalvosLegalConference,TheSalvationArmy,Sydney
26Oct2011 Adjudicator,GrandFinal,UniversityofNewcastleLawSchoolJuniorMootandClientInterviewCompetitions,NewcastleCourtHouse
18Nov2011 Occasionalspeaker,LawSocietyofTasmaniaLitigationCommitteeConventiondinner(Hobart,Tasmania)
19Nov2011 Paneldiscussionofthecurrentstateofthelawinrespectofexpertevidence,LawSocietyofTasmaniaLitigationCommitteeConvention(Hobart,Tasmania)
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Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
SupremeCourtrepresentativeonLegalQualificationsCommittee(to30June2010)
Member,SupremeCourtEducationCommittee(2010and2011)
ParticipantinUTSHighAchieversMentoringProgramme(2010and2011)
AppointedAdjunctProfessorofLaw,UniversityofTechnology,Sydney(1Oct2010to30Sep2013)
AppointedPatronofNewSouthWalesYoungLawyers(2010and2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE FULLERTON
Conferences:
25–26Jan2010 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Canberra)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19Nov2010 8thAnnualAustralasianJuryConference(Melbourne)
Speaking Engagements:
26Jan2010 Address–SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference“WorkingwithaJury”(Canberra)
14Oct2010 Seminarpresentation–AboriginalLegalServiceCLEprogram“SupremeCourtBails”(Sydney)
10&24Nov2010 Seminarpresentation–NewSouthWalesBarAssociationCPD“ConductofCounselinCriminalHearings”(Sydney)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE N G REIN
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
4–8Oct2010 InternationalBarAssociationConference–panelmember“Openjusticeinthe21stcentury:informationandaccesstocourtsintheinternetage”(Vancouver,Canada)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
30Nov2010 GuestSpeaker–AustralianConstructionLawDiscussionGroupAnnualDinner“ConstructionofContracts:AdmissibleEvidenceBeyondtheWrittenDocument”(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,SupremeCourtRulesCommittee(2011)
Member,SupremeCourtUniformCivilProcedureRulesCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,CourtInformationActAdvisoryGroup(2010and2011)
Member,SupremeCourtJusticeLinkCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,JusticeLinkSteeringCommittee(2010)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE JULIE WARD
Conferences:
14–16Aug2010 ASFLAssociationConference(NewZealand)
21–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
6Nov2010 RuleofLawConference(Sydney)
8Nov2010 ClassAction/RepresentativeSuitSeminar,SupremeCourtSA(Adelaide)
22–25Jan2011 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Wellington,NewZealand)
30–31Jul2011 BLS2011CorporationsWorkshop(Kingscliff)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
23Aug2011 SupremeCourt/LawSocietyAnnualCorporateLawConference,BancoCourt(Sydney)
11Nov2011 APLECConference,UTSFacultyofLaw(ADR)(Sydney)
5Dec2011 MelbourneLawSchoolColloquium–ThePrinciplesofProprietaryRemediesConstructiveTrusts(Melbourne,Victoria)
Speaking Engagements:
24Feb2010 PanelMember–AssociationforWomeninInsurance(Sydney)
1Mar2010 PymbleLadiesCollege–Year12InspirationalWomenaddress(Sydney)
24Jun2010 ALPHAAssociation–Plato–RuleofLaw(Sydney)
2Aug2010 UNSWWomen’sMentoringProgramme–Speech(Sydney)
16Aug2010 AustralianFinancialServicesLawyersAssociation–Conferencespeech–Reliefagainstforfeiture(NewZealand)
28Aug2010 BarAssociation–MediationWorkshop–Mediation/ADRinSupremeCourt(Sydney)
20Oct2010 WomenLawyers–Paneldiscussion(Sydney)
28Oct2010 BarAssociationReadersCourse–FutureofNSWBar(Sydney)
2Mar2011 PymbleLadiesCollege–SpeechDaykeynoteaddress(Sydney)
17Mar2011 EdmundBartonChambersSeminar–TransitiontotheBench(Sydney)
15Apr2011 PanelNewJudges’Conference–TimeManagementSkills(Sydney)
1Jun2011 BarAssociation–JudicialQ&APanel(Sydney)
29Jul2011 8thFloorWentworthCPDtalk–Advocacy(Sydney)
29Jul2011 LawSocietyofNSWSeminarkeynoteaddressAdvancement of Women in the Legal Profession(Sydney)
29Sep2011 Panellist,ALSAWomen’sMootingCompetition(Sydney)
28Oct2011 NewcastleUniversity2011SirNinianStephenLecture,keynoteaddressThe Modern Day Fusion Fallacy – to fuse or not to fuse (Newcastle,NSW)
1Dec2011 LawSocietyofNSWThoughtLeadershipProgrammekeynoteaddressAdvancement of Women in the Legal Profession”(Sydney)
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Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
MemberSupremeCourtRepresentativeADRBlueprintCommittee–AGADRDirectorate(2010)
ADRStandingCommittee–SupremeCourt(2010)
ADRSteeringCommittee–SupremeCourt(2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE ROBERT ALLAN HULME
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19Nov2010 EighthAnnualAustralasianJuryConference(Melbourne)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
21Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference–CriminalLawUpdate(PortStephens)
5Mar2011 TheLawSocietyofNewSouthWales–YoungLawyersAnnualCriminalLawSeminar–An Update to Criminal Law 2010-11
1Jun2011 LocalCourtAnnualConference–Criminal Law Update
16Jun2011 JudicialCommissionCriminalCaseManagementSeminar
20Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualConference–Criminal Law Update
17Sep2011 “ReasonableCause”CriminalCLE/CPDConference–Current Issues in Criminal Law
Publications:
Co-authorCriminalLawNews,LexisNexisButterworths(2010and2011)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,JuryTaskForce(2010and2011)
Member,JudicialCommissionofNSWCriminalTrialsBenchBookCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,PlanningCommitteeforJuryManagementProgram,NationalJudicialCollegeofAustralia(2010and2011)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE M J SLATTERY
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
7–8Oct2010 RoyalAustralianNavy–SeniorLeadershipGroupRetreat–HMASCresswell(JervisBay)
12–13Aug2011 NationalIndigenousLegalConference(Sydney)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
14Oct2011 JudgeAdvocateGeneral’sConference–HMASCresswell(JervisBay)
9Nov2011 RAAFLegalConference(Melbourne,Vic.)
Speaking Engagements:
5Feb2010 “Reflections on a Career in the Law”,SpeechtoRetiredDistrictCourtJudges’Luncheon,ArtGalleryofNSW(Sydney)
31Mar2010 “The Origins of the Torrens System”–OpeningRemarks,HotTopicsinPropertyLaw2010,ContinuingLegalEducation,UniversityofNewSouthWalesLawSchool,GraceHotel(Sydney).
4Apr2010 “Is the Pen Mightier than the Word?”–ComparisonsofWrittenandOralAdvocacyfromaJudicialPerspective–presentationtotheFifthWorldBarConference,SheratononthePark(Sydney).
11Oct2010 “Managing Large Inquiries”,JointpresentationwithCaptainJackRushQCtotheNewSouthWalesNavyReserveLegalPanel(Sydney).
25Nov2010 “Rhetoric – the Art of Persuasion”–addresstoSydneyGrammarSchoolYear12students(Sydney).
8Dec2010 “Persuading Judges and Commanders”,presentationtoNavyLegalConferenceHMASCresswellasDeputyJudgeAdvocateGeneral–Navy(JervisBay).
17Mar2011 TalkonAdvocacy–SydneyUniversity(Sydney)
21Jun2011 AspreyCollectionGiftPresentation(Sydney)
1Sep2011 OralHistoryLaunch–NSWBarAssociation(Sydney)
12Oct2011 LPABConferenceSpeech(Sydney)
29Oct2011 LPABLecture(Sydney)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Member,SupremeCourtInformationTechnologyCommittee(2010)
Member,LawAdmissionsConsultativeCommittee,representingtheSupremeCourtofNewSouthWales(2010)
PresidingMember,LegalPractitioners’AdmissionBoardofNewSouthWales(LPAB)(2010and2011)
Member,LegalQualificationsCommitteeoftheLPAB(2010)
Member,LawAdmissionsConsultativeCommittee(2011)
DeputyJudgeAdvocateGeneral–Navy,anAustralianDefenceForceappointmentmadeundertheDefenceForceDisciplineAct1982(2010and2011)
Director,AustralianAcademyofLaw(2011)
Trustee,TheIndigenousBarristersTrust(2011)
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DAVID DAVIES
Conferences:
6–7Feb2010 NationalJudicialCollegeofAustraliaandtheANUCollegeofLaw,SentencingConference(Canberra)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
11–13Feb2011 SentencingConference,ANU,Canberra,ACT
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
DeputyChair,LegalProfessionAdmissionBoard(2011)
DeputyChair,LegalQualificationsCommittee(2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MONIKA SCHMIDT
Conferences:
24–28Jan2010 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Canberra)
6–7Feb2010 NationalJudicialCollegeofAustraliaandtheANUCollegeofLaw,SentencingConference(Canberra)
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
8–10Oct2010 JudicialConferenceofAustralia(JCA)AnnualColloquium(Hobart)
12–13Feb2011 ExpertEvidenceConference(Canberra)
16Feb2011 NgaraYuraProgramSeminar:ThePowerofSorry(Sydney)
16Mar2011 STEPEvent–Amatterofwords–conceptualcreepandfiduciaryobligations–TheHonourablePatrickKeaneCJ,FederalCourt,(Sydney)
17Mar2011 AboriginalLandRightsActatTheMint(Sydney)
24May2011 FieldTriptoNSWPoliceTelecommunicationInterceptionBranchandStateElectronicEvidenceBranch
26May2011 2011SirMauriceByersLecture–“TruthandtheLaw”deliveredbytheHonJamesSpigelmanAC(Sydney)
8Jun2011 ForensicHospitalvisit–LongBay(Sydney)
19Jul2011 SupremeCourtofNSWSeminar:RepresentativeActions,(Sydney)
28Jul2011 50thAnniversaryofTheWagonMound(No1):TheneglectedcomplexityofscopeofliabilityRules,FederalCourtofAustralia(Sydney)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
26Oct2011 SupremeCourtofNSWSeminar:PersonalPropertySecurities,26October2011(Sydney)
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Speaking Engagements:
7Feb2010 Sentencing2010Conference–ThePrinciplesthatapplytotheSentencingofCorporateOffenders–The$17millionspeedingoffence?(Canberra)
1Oct2010 ANZLEAConference–TheTeachingProfession:Overregulated?Underregulated?Regulatoryfailure?(Sydney)
5Dec2011 ReflectionsfromQueensSquare–NSWChapteroftheAustralianLabourLawAssociation(Sydney)(Co-speakerJusticeRothman)
8–9Dec2011 JudgmentWritingWorkshopforCommissionersoftheLandandEnvironmentCourt(Sydney)
Publications:
TheJudicialReview:“Sentencingcorporateoffenders:conundrumsandareasofpotentiallawreform”,Volume10,No2ofTheJudicial Review
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
TrusteeDirectorandChairmanoftheJulianSmallFoundation(2010and2011)
MemberoftheAdvisoryBoardfortheMasterofLabourLawandRelations(MLLR),SydneyLawSchool(2010and2011)
Member,NationalJudicialCollegeofAustraliaPlanningCommittee(2011)
Member,SupremeCourtEducationCommittee(2010and2011)
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE MICHAEL BALL
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
6May2011 Oration–FederalCourtofAustralia,“InternationalLaw,LitigationandArbitrationConference”(Sydney)
7–24Nov2011 Oration–AustralianInsuranceLawAssociation:GeoffMaselLecture“Double Insurance & Contribution”(Brisbane,Darwin,Perth,Adelaide,Melbourne,Hobart,Canberra&Sydney)
Publications:
“PrinciplesofInsuranceLaw”,LexisNexis,co-authoredwithDavidStKelly
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE PETER GARLING RFD
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
7–8Sep2010 JudicialCommissionofNewSouthWales,Cross-jurisdictional–JudgmentWritingWorkshop(Sydney).
8–10Oct2010 JudicialConferenceofAustralia–Colloquium2010(Hobart)
24–29Oct2010 NationalJudicialOrientationProgram(Fremantle)
22–27Jan2011 SupremeandFederalCourtsJudges’Conference(Wellington,NewZealand)
1Mar2011 SupremeCourtSeminar:EthicsEtiquetteandConduct(Sydney)
19Jul2011 SupremeCourtSeminar:RepresentativeAction(Sydney)
18Aug2011 InauguralRPMeagherLecture:JusticeJDHeydonAC(Sydney)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
27Sep2011 SupremeCourtSeminar:Cybercrime,Technology&ElectronicEvidence(Sydney)
14–16Oct2011 JudicialConferenceofAustraliaAnnualColloquium(AliceSprings,NT)
26Oct2011 SupremeCourtSeminar:PersonalPropertySecuritiesLaw(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
10Aug2010 SpeechontheOccasionoftheLaunchofTheAgencyforClinicalInnovation(WestmeadHospital,Sydney).
1Sep2010 PresentationtotheNSWBarAssociationContinuingProfessionalDevelopmenton“DutiesofCounsel:RecentDevelopments”(Sydney)
17Aug2011 AustralianInsuranceLawAssociation–ConcurrentExpertEvidence
24Nov2011 GILDLawAnnualConference:Ethics–AJudicialPerspective
Publications:
“ConcurrentExpertEvidence:Reflections&Developments”LawSocietyJournal(2011)vol49–November2011
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
NSWRugbyUnionJudicialAppealsTribunal(Chairman)
Delegations and International Assistance:
9Nov2010 VisitbyJusticesoftheSupremeCourtoftheSeychelles:JusticeCedricDodin(leader)andJusticeDuraiKarunakaran,
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THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE ASHLEY BLACK
Conferences:
30–31Jul2011 LawCouncilofAustralia–CorporateLawWorkshop(GoldCoast)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
30Jul2011 “Materiality,generalavailabilityandknowinginvolvementincontinuousdisclosure”,paperpresentedattheLawCouncilofAustraliaCorporateLawWorkshop.
TaughtcoursesinFiduciaryDutiesandConflictsofInterest,Semester2,2011,UniversityofNewSouthWales.
Publications:
JointAuthor,Austin&Black’sAnnotationstotheCorporationsAct,LexisNexis
Contributor,AustralianCorporationLaw:PrinciplesandPractice,LexisNexis
“Insidertradingandmarketmisconduct”(2011)29Company & Securities Law Journal313
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
AdjunctProfessor,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofSydney
VisitingFellow,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofNewSouthWales
Fellow,AustralianAcademyofLaw
THE HONOURABLE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE RICHARD MACREADY
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
Chairman,CaseLawGovernanceCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,DepartmentofJusticeandAttorneyGeneral’sJusticeLinkSteeringCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,SupremeCourtJudges’JusticeLinkCommittee(2010and2011)
Member,SupremeCourtITCommittee(2010and2011)
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THE HONOURABLE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOANNE HARRISON
Conferences:
20–22Aug2010 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
Speaking Engagements:
20Dec2010 TheroleandfunctionsoftheJudicialCommissionofNSWandtheNationalJudicialCollegeofAustralia–PunjabJudicialAcademy(Lahore,Pakistan)
20Dec2010 ShortaddresstocurrentstudentsofthePunjabJudicialAcademy(Lahore,Pakistan)
Publications:
“AbriefoverviewofLawandGovernmentinPakistan”85(6)ALJ362(2011)
Appointments to Legal, Cultural or Benevolent Organisations:
MemberofAlternateDisputeResolutionCommittee(2010and2011)
ReserveMemberofJudicialCommittee,RugbyNSW(Suburban)(2010and2011)
Delegations and International Assistance:
26-27June2010 JudicialCommissionofNSWJudicialDelegation(*NgaraYuraProgram)visittotheCommunityofTareeandForster
12–22Dec2010 NSWDelegationGoodwillVisittoPakistan
THE HONOURABLE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HALLEN
Conferences:
1Mar2011 Ethics,Etiquette&ConductSeminar(Sydney)
16Mar2011 STEPSeminar(Sydney)
19Jul2011 TwilightSeminar–RepresentativeActionsintheSupremeCourt(Sydney)
20Jul2011 STEPSeminar(Sydney)
19–21Aug2011 SupremeCourtAnnualJudges’Conference(PortStephens)
26Oct2011 PersonalPropertySecuritiesSeminar(Sydney)
7Nov2011 AccreditedWills&EstatesSpecialistsDinner(Sydney)
Speaking Engagements:
9Mar2011 UniversityofNewSouthWalesWills&EstatesSeminar
11May2011 NSWBarAssociationBarPracticeCourse–ApplicationbeforeaJudgeoftheEquityDivision
17May2011 LawSocietyofNewSouthWalesProbateSeminar
28May2011 NSWBarAssociationBarPracticeCourse–FinalMockTrial
1Sep2011 JewishWillsLecture
20Sep2011 FamilyProvisionSeminar
29Oct2011 NSWBarAssociationBarPracticeCourse–FinalMockTrial
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