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The Bar 06 August 2024 ByJerome Doraisamy12 new judges appointed to FCFCOA

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named 12 new judges for the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, three of...

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The Bar 07 February 2024 ByJerome DoraisamyFormer Law Council president appointed FCFCOA judge

Tass Liveris, who was the 2022 president of the Law Council of Australia and president of the Law Society of the...

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Big Law 29 January 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonTechnology, AI and hacking predicted at the Bar in 2024

Technology advancements, both good and bad, were a big theme at the end of 2023, and they will likely continue to change...

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The Bar 31 July 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyNZ chief judges move to address concerns for lawyers’ wellbeing

The chief judges of both the High Court and District Court in New Zealand have taken the “unusual step” of writing...

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The Bar 24 July 2023 ByJerome DoraisamySilk named as new judge of WA District Court

West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a Perth-based barrister to the state’s District Court as a...

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The Bar 30 June 2023 ByJerome Doraisamy2 silks named as NSW Supreme Court judges

Two senior counsel have been appointed as judges of the NSW Supreme Court’s equity division.

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The Bar 27 June 2023 ByJerome Doraisamy‘Attacks’ on new ALRC president ‘misconceived’ and...

The Federal Court Chief Justice, Australian Judicial Officers Association, and Law Council have slammed...

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The Bar 26 June 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyFormer Bar Association president named Supreme Court judge in WA

Matthew Howard SC, who has served as the president of both the Australian Bar and WA Bar associations, has been...

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The Bar 22 June 2023 ByLauren CroftOver 80 federal judges travel to Alice Springs for ‘rare and...

Judges from the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) have travelled to Alice Springs to listen and...

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The Bar 19 June 2023 ByJerome Doraisamy2 new Supreme Court judges, 2 new County Court judges named in...

Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes has appointed an associate judge and silk to the state’s Supreme Court and...

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