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• 10th Annual Patron's Address - The Hon James Allsop AO

  • When
    21 Oct 2021
  •  
    5:15 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  The Australian Academy of Law's Tenth  Annual Patron’s Address will be delivered by  The Honourable James Allsop AO.

  This free event is to be held online on Thursday 21 October 2021 at 5.15pm

   "Thinking about Law: the importance of how we attend to the problem at hand and of context"

  From 1981 to 2001 Chief Justice Allsop practised at the Bar in New South Wales and elsewhere in Australia. He was appointed Senior Counsel in New South Wales in 1994 and Queen’s Counsel in Western Australia in 1998.  He served as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 7 May 2001 to 1 June 2008, undertaking the roles of trial and appellate judge on a full range of Federal Court work. On 2 June 2008, Chief Justice Allsop was appointed as President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia on 1 March 2013.

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• The Narrative Voice in Fiction and in the Law

  • When
    27 Oct 2021
  •  
    5:00 PM (WAST)
  • Location
    Perth

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  The Narrative Voice in Fiction and in Law

  
  

  This event will be held in Perth, Western Australia

  
  

  Wednesday 27 October 2021 at 5pm (AWST) and 8pm (AEDST)

  This free public event will be held inperson (max 30) and online.

  This event addresses the idea and presence of the narrative voice in fiction and in legal writing. Though not perhaps explicitly recognized, the drafting of legal writing may well involve the deployment of a narrative voice in parts of the written product, to achieve better the task of persuasion or exposition.

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• Class Actions: exposure draft bill concerning third party litigation funders

  • When
    28 Oct 2021
  •  
    5:30 PM
  • Location
    Sydney

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  Class Actions: exposure draft bill concerning third party litigation funders

  To be held on Thursday 28 October 2021, 5.30pm (AEDST).  This free event is online only, the link to be sent just prior to the event.

  The Treasury says that “[t]he proposed measures would enhance court oversight over the distribution of class action proceeds and establish a rebuttable presumption that a return to the general members of a class action litigation funding scheme of less than 70 percent of their gross proceeds is not fair and reasonable. The proposed measures would also require plaintiffs to consent to become members to a class action litigation funding scheme before funders can impose their fees or commission on them.”   Listen to expert speakers discuss this bill and whether it achieves those purposes.

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• Issues Arising from the Operation of Intermediate Courts of Appeal (Civil)

  • When
    03 Nov 2021
  •  
    4:30 PM (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Brisbane

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  Issues Arising from the Operation of Intermediate Courts of Appeal (Civil)

  This free event is to beheld online and inperson at the Banco Court, Brisbane (limited numbers) on Wednesday 3 November 2021, 4.30pm (AEST), 5.30pm (AEDST), 2.30 (AWST), 5.00 (ACST)

  Fellows and members of the public will hear from the heads of Australia’s intermediate courts of appeal (civil jurisdiction), including appellate full courts, who will discuss with each other common issues arising from the operation of these courts. Examples of the issues to be discussed are: rights to appeal; the nature of an appeal; how the hearing of appeals is organised: when reasons are required; the advantages and disadvantages of a separate court of appeal; and the importance of civility.

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• First Nations Peoples' Truth & Justice Commissions

  • When
    24 Nov 2021
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Melbourne

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  First Nations Peoples' Truth & Justice Commissions

  What are they?       How do they operate?         What are the legal issues?

  This free event to be held on Wednesday 24 November 2021, 6pm - 7.15pm

  Online and Inperson at Court 1, Federal Court, 305 William St Melbourne.

  In May 2021 the Victorian Government appointed five Commissioners to constitute a truth-telling Royal Commission, the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission. The Commission is to inquire into historic and on-going systemic injustice perpetrated against First Peoples since the Colonisation of Victoria.

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• Freedom of Expression in the United Kingdom and Australia considered comparatively

  • When
    07 Dec 2021
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  Freedom of Expression in the United Kingdom and Australia considered comparatively

  Tuesday 7 December 2021, 6.00pm AEDST and 7.00am GMT

  This free event is being held by the Australian Academy of Law

  In what manner does the law restrict investigative journalism and how do the Courts protect public interest stories? This event compares the position in the United Kingdom and Australia.  A panel of four experts will discuss these issues and then participate in a Q&A. 

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