WFC News
On 16 October 2014 , our own President Elect of the Law Council Duncan McConnel travelled to Malaysia to act as an Observer in the ‘Walk for Peace and Freedom’. The Law Society of England and Wales and the Union Internationale des Advocats, also deeply troubled by the use of the Sedition Act in Malaysia,…
On 29 October 2014 Tass Liveris was elected President of the Law Society Northern Territory. Tass has been on the Council of LSNT since 2011 and from 2012 has served as an executive member of the Council, holding the position of Treasurer. LSNT’s vision is to be the pre-eminent voice supporting and advancing the legal…
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I am delighted to announce that Lyma Nguyen has joined William Forster Chambers. Lyma holds Bachelor Degrees in Arts and in Law and a Masters of Law. She also has French and Vietnamese language skills.Lyma has practised both domestically and internationally in the areas of criminal law, civil reparations and human rights law. In Australia, she worked…
Professor Les McCrimmon of William Forster Chambers appeared for the Respondent in the NT Court of Appeal in Want v Blackbear (NT) Pty Ltd [2014] NTCA 3. The appeal related to the termination of a building contract, and in particular the wording of the notice required to terminate such a contract. The Respondent successfully argued that the…
William Forster Chambers is proud to announce that it is offering two scholarships to complete the inaugural Northern Territory Bar Readers’ Course. These scholarships are valued at $1500 (incl GST) each, being half of the course cost. The Bar Readers’ Course is modelled on the Victorian Bar Readers’ Course. It will run on the evening of Friday 18…
Darwin’s leading barristers chambers recently continued its tradition of involvement in the local community to volunteer in the training of Darwin’s Forensic Science Expert Evidence Workshop run by the Australian and New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency National Institute of Forensic Science. On behalf of William Forster Chambers, Mark Johnson and Bronwyn Haack gave up a Saturday to…
In June 2013, Duncan McConnel became President-Elect of the Law Council of Australia, the peak body for all Australian lawyers, and will become President on January 1, 2015. Duncan has been a director of the Law Council since 2009 and has served on many of its committees including its Indigenous Legal Issues Committee; Commonwealth Compensation…
The Northern Territory Court of Appeal has struck down the declared drug trafficker provisions in the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Criminal Property Forfeiture Act as being unconstitutional. These provisions required the Supreme Court to declare a person who committed three drug offences over ten years to be a “drug trafficker”. The result of…
Bronwyn Haack is the most recent addition to chambers. She started her career in Melbourne then worked for the DPP in Katherine. Need a Criminal lawyer. Think Haack.
Libby Armitage has been appointed to the Magistrates Court Bench.
Tass Liveris successfully appeared in Holmes & Anor. v Commissioner of Police [2011] NTSC 108 against Libby Armitage , making an application for a writ of certiorari. The Commissioner had decided to commence disciplinary proceedings under the Police Administration Act.