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Sonia Brownhill successfully intervened for Serco Australia Pty Ltd in an application for non publication of subpoenaed documents on the basis of public interest immunity, in the prosection  of Habib, Rashid and Bashir.
Media Release | 30 August 2010 Attorney-General, Delia Lawrie, today announced Peter Barr as the latest appointment to the Northern Territory’s Supreme Court Bench. “Mr Barr has been a prominent member of the Territory’s legal community for many years and brings 34 years of legal experience to the bench,” Ms Lawrie said. “Working as an…
Media Release | 22 July 2010 Attorney-General, Delia Lawrie, today announced Justice Trevor Riley as the Northern Territory’s new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. “Justice Riley brings 36 years of legal service in the Territory to the position of Chief Justice, including more than a decade on the Supreme Court bench,” Ms Lawrie said….
Media Release | 28 July 2010 Attorney-General, Delia Lawrie, today announced Ms Hilary Hannam as the Northern Territory’s new Chief Magistrate. “Ms Hannam brings to the Territory a wealth of experience and knowledge with 26 years of legal experience,” Ms Lawrie said. “Ms Hannam has been a Magistrate in New South Wales for ten years and…
The Australian Government is pleased to announce the appointment of the Honourable Patrick Keane as Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. Justice Keane will begin his appointment on Monday 22 March 2010. His Honour will be the third Chief Justice appointed to the Federal Court since its inception, and the first from Queensland….
Campbel Giles | 23 July 2009 Media Release The Attorney-General, Delia Lawrie, today announced the appointment of Judith Kelly SC to the Northern Territory’s Supreme Court bench. “Ms Kelly brings a wealth of commercial legal experience and a strong understanding of matters unique to the Territory to the bench,” Ms Lawrie said. “With 23 years experience as…
Nicola Berkovic | June 12, 2009 Article from: The Australian MALE barristers are taking the lion’s share of government work in the nation’s most lucrative market for legal services — NSW. NSW government figures obtained by The Australian show women received just 26 per cent of the state government’s briefs and 17 per cent of fees generated…
The rules committee chaired by Justice Dean Mildren has settled the final form of the proposed Trial Civil Procedure Reforms Practice Direction and its accompanying Explanatory Memorandum. This proposed practice direction is likely to see significant changes in the way litigation is conducted in the Northern Territory Supreme Court. It introduces an obligation to engage in pre-action conduct…
The CPD seminar: Administrative law and the Intervention, has been deferred until further notice. This is becasue we are currently awaiting the result of the appeals to the Full Federal Court. This means there will be no CPD seminar at William Forster Chambers for the month of April.  For more information please dont hesitate to contact us,…
ONE CIRCUIT SAL It may come as a shock to some readers that there are now mandatory criminal sanctions for beating up members of your family more than once after the Court has ordered you not to do it. Some may even be shocked to find out that this has not always been the case….
In two recent Federal Court decisions in the Darwin registry Reeves J quashed notices to produce issued by an Australian Crime Commission Examiner. The notices were issued to obtain information as part of the Northern Territory intervention. The notices required two Aboriginal health services to produce medical records of children who had sought, inter alia,…
From January 2009 WFC will be running monthly CPD seminars for the profession at Chambers on the last Thursday of each month starting at 5pm. The season will start on Thursday 29 January 2009 at 5pm with a special two hour session on the Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act. Click here for details of the…