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Judicial Speeches and Papers

Chief Justice
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Justices

Allsop P	Davies J	Lindsay J	Slattery J
Adamson J	Fullerton J	Macfarlan JA	Stevenson J
Ball J	Garling J	Macready AsJ	Ward J
Barrett JA	Gzell J	McCallum J	White J
Basten JA	Hall J	McClellan CJ at CL	175th Anniversary Speeches
Beazley JA	Hallen AsJ	McColl JA
Beech-Jones J	Hammerschlag J	McDougall J
Bellew J	Harrison J	Meagher JA
Bergin CJ in Eq	Hidden J	Nicholas J
Black J	Hislop J	Pembroke J
Brereton J	Hoeben J	Price J
Button J	RA Hulme J	Rein J
Campbell JA	Johnson J	Rothman J
S Campbell J	Latham J	Sackar J

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Speeches by past Supreme Court Judges

Abadee J	Einstein J	Ipp JA	Santow J	Tobias JA
Austin, J	Forster J	Kirby J	Shaw J	Whealy J
Bell, J	Hamilton J	Levine J	Sheller J	Wood J
Bryson JA	Handley JA	Mason P	Sperling J	Young JA
Buddin J	Heydon JA	Meagher JA	Spigelman, CJ
Dowd, J	Hodgson JA	Palmer J	Stein JA
Dunford J	Howie J	Powell JA	Sully J

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Speeches to the Judges

Sir Anthony Mason
T E F Hughes AO QC
The Honourable J P Slattery AO QC
Mr. R J Ellicott QC
Lord Bingham
Sir Gerard Brennan
The Honourable Dennis Mahoney AO QC

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Chief Justice Bathurst
 

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10 October 2012	Community Awareness of the Judiciary Program
1 August 2012	Beyond the Stocks – A Community Approach to Crime
26 July 2012	Justice for Hire: Have Gavel, Will Travel (Or, Arbitrators and the Judicial Duty)
21 April 2012	Commercialisation of Legal Practice
24 March 2012	The Legal Profession and the Defence Forces: Historical Connections
14 March 2012	Commonwealth Sercretariat Pacific Judges Regional Forum
27-29 February 2012	The Australian Arbitration Option - Forum Mumbai and New Delhi
10 February 2012	Address to Law Shabbat Dinner
30 January 2012	Opening of Law Term Dinner Address 2012
2012	Admission Speech
1 December 2011	Address to the University of NSW Law 40th Anniversary Conference
29 November 2011	Interpretation of Contracts in Australia - Book Launch
16 November 2011	Address to the City of Sydney Law Society Annual Dinner
27 October 2011	Address to the University of NSW Law School Book Celebration
19 October 2011	Address to the Sydney Law School Foundation Reception
6 October 2011	2011 Australasian Court Administrators Conference - Opening Address
21 September2011	Address to the Continuing Professional Development Seminar
10 September 2011	Exhanging Ideas Conference - Welcome Address
9 September 2011	Address to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
23 August 2011	Annual Corporate Law Conference - Welcome Address
20 August 2011	Annual Supreme Court Judges Conference - Opening Address
13 August 2011	Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution Workshop - Opening Address
9 August 2011	Speech on the Retirement of the Hon David Hodgson AO
1 June 2011	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable TF Bathurst QC
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Justice Allsop
 

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13 June 2012	"A Life in the Law" David Hargraves Hodgson 10 August 1939 - 5 June 2012
2-7 December 2011	The Influence of the United States on Admiralty Law in Australia
20 July 2011	Causation, Perils of the Seas and Inherent Vice in Marine Insurance
31 May 2011	Speech on the Retirement of Spigelman CJ
2011	International Arbitration and the Courts: the Australian Approach - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators's Asia Pacific Conference
15 October 2010	Key Issues for International Commercial Arbitration in Australia
17 December 2010	Causation in Commercial Law
28 October 2010	The 2010 Sir Frank Kitto Lecture - Good Faith and Australian Contract Law – A Practical Issue and a Question of Theory and Principle
13 January 2010	Is there a place for regional dispute resolution structures?- Maritime law as a case study
11 November 2009	Marine Insurance Act 1909 100th Anniversary
17 October 2009	The Judicial Disposition of Competition Cases
19 September 2009	Appellate Judgments – The Need For Clarity
29 May 2009	Queensland’s Constitutional Inheritance from New South Wales
5 May 2009	Professionalism and commercialism – conflict or harmony in modern legal practice?
15 April 2009	Maritime Law – the Nature and Importance of itsInternational Character
7 November 2008	Farah Constructions v Say-Dee Pty Ltd -Some Reflections for Intermediate Courts of Appeal
2 June 2008	Swearing in as President of the Court of Appeal
	Speeches delivered by Justice Allsop as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia

 
 

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Justice Adamson
 

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17 October 2011

Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Christine Adamson SC

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Justice Ball
 

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13 July 2010

Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Michael Ball

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Justice Barrett
 

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15 March 2011	Judicial Views on Litigation Funding
13 March 2011	Judicial Reflections on Insurance Insolvency
04 April 2010	Sydney Law School Takeovers Panel Conference - Closing Remarks
26 July 2008	Insolvency Of Registered Managed Investment Schemes
23 February 2006	The Principle in Re Hastings-Bass
24 August 2003	The “Most Wrong” Equity Cases 1990 – 2003: Attorney General V Blake
6-7 August 2005	Cross Border Insolvency – Aspects Of The Unctral Model Law
19 March 2001	Swearing In Ceremony of The Honourable Reginald Ian Barrett

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Justice Basten
 

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2011	The Supervisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Courts
6 May 2011	Judicial Review: Grounds, Standards & Intensity Of Review Or ‘Who Is Miss Behavin?’
27 April 2011	Court Of Appeal Review And Appeals In The District Court
7 October 2010	“Standards Of Review” – An Australian Perspective “Standards Of Review” – An Australian Perspective - Oral Presentation
11 May 2010	International Influences on Domestic Law: Neither Jingoistic Exceptionalism nor Blind Servility
7 May 2010	Jurisdiction And Powers Of Tribunals: A Question Of Statutory Construction?
31 March 2009	Excellence In Government Decision-Making Course
9 March 2010	Comment On Paper “Constitutional Issues And The Strength Of Aboriginal Property Rights” By Sean Brennan
September 2008	International Conventions And Administrative Law
26 June 2008	Administrative Law And Statutory Interpretation
9 May 2008	Judicial Review: Intensity Of Scrutiny
3 April 2008	The 2008 Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture
26 March 2008	Administrative Law – A Perspective From The Bench
14-15 June 2007	Natural Justice: Is There Too Much, Too Little Or Just The Right Amount?
26 May 2006	A Curious History Of The Mabo Litigation
30 October - 4 November 2005	Court and Media Relationships
30 October - 4 November 2005	Judicial Conduct: Relationship with Government
30 October - 4 November 2005	Judicial Attributes
21 July 2005	Comment on Paper by Professor Carol Harlow
30 June 2005	Limits on Procedural Fairness
2 May 2005	Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable John Basten QC As a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Beazley
 

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26 September 2012	Calderbank offers 2
26 March 2010	Natural justice: New South Wales cases in a Commonwealth context
14 March 2008	Calderbank offers
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Justice Beech-Jones
 

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12 March 2012	Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Robert Beech-Jones
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Justice Bellew
 

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31 January 2012	Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Geoffrey Bellew
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Justice Bergin
 

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11 May 2012	The Objectives, Scope and Focus of Mediation Legislation in Australia
4 April 2012	Elder Law In Australia
05-06 May 2011	The Expert's Lament
25 -28 April 2011	Judicial Mediation in Australia
21 March 2011	Cross Border Issues in Discovery Disclosure Orders and Search Orders
18 February 2011	The Repentant Trustee
8 November 2010	A Question Of Dignity
25 October 2010	New South Wales Young Lawyers’ Association State Of The Profession Address
28 August 2010	2010 Alternative Dispute Resolution Workshop
25 November 2009	Executors/Trustees And Mandatory Mediations
3 August 2008	Case Management
30 November 2007	Mediation In Hong Kong: The Way Forward Perspectives From Australia
31 March 2007	Litigation And Globalisation
26 October 2005	Presentation Of Commercial Cases In The Supreme Court Of New South Wales
5 May 2004	Methodology of the management of construction disputes in the Supreme Court of New South Wales
26 November 2003	Equity in Practice
6 November 2003	Commercial Causes Centenary Dinner
26 August 2003	Commercial Litigation: Tips for Success and Traps for the Unwary: A Judge's Perspective on Case Preparation
26 July 2003	A Judicial Perspective on what the Court expects from legal practitioners in equity and commercial litigation
17 April 2003	Conferral of Degrees Ceremony, Division of Law, Macquarie University
22 October 2002	National Judicial Orientation Programme - Time Management
04 May 2000	Women In Health Law
28 November 2000	Interlocutory Procedures
12 November 1999 29 October 1999	Professional Legal Education in the Multi-Disciplinary Corporate Environment Women on Statutory Boards
1 March 1999	Swearing In Ceremony of Patricia Anne Bergin, SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW back to top

 

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Justice Black
 

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24 February 2012	Simply Super 2012 Presentation
4 July 2011	Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Ashley Black
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Justice Brereton
 

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30 June 2011	Acting For The Incapable - A Delicate Balance
16 May 2011	Proof Of Foreign Law – Problems And Initiatives
6 November 2010	The Director Of Military Prosecutions, The Afghanistan Charges And The Rule Of Law
19 October 2010	A Trustee’s Lot Is Not A Happy One
16 October 2010	The High Court And Family Law - Two Recent Excursions
14 August 2008	Practice And Procedure Before The Duty Judge In Equity
6 - 11 April 2008	Third Parties: Invited Guests Or Gate Crashers?
28 March 2008	Costs Update
September 2007	Evidence In Civil Proceedings: An Australian Perspective On Documentary And Electronic Evidence
31 August 2007	Costs – The Proportionality Principle
16 March 2007	Equitable Estoppel In Australia: The Court Of Conscience In The Antipodes
October 2006	Where Death And Divorce Meet: The Intersection Of Family Provision And Family Law
12-13 August 2006	Aspects Of Advocacy: The Effective Presentation Of Evidence
October 2005	Part VIIIAA Of The Family Law Act Update:Orders And Injunctions Binding Third Parties
21 September 2005	Recent Developments In Family Law: Bankruptcy, Third Parties And Other Matters
15 August 2005	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Paul Le Gay Brereton SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales back to top

 

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Justice Button
 

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12 June 2012	Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Richard Button
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Justice JC Campbell
 

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21 August 2012	Fiduciary Relationships In A Commercial Context
25 November 2010	Should the “Rule in Hastings-Bass” be Followed in Australia? – Trustees’ Duty to Enquire and Trustees’ Mistakes
2009	Foreword to Michael Evans, Equity & Trusts, 2nd Edition (2009)
23 August 2008	Access By Trust Beneficiaries To Trustees’ Documents Information And Reasons
28 February 2008	Exercise by Superannuation Trustees of Discretionary Powers
28 November 2007	Some Historical and Policy Aspects of the Law of Equitable Liens
23 August 2006	Some aspects of the practical operation of litigation relating to deceased estates
8 March 2006	Some Aspects of Privilege Concerning Communications with Lawyers
18 August 2005	Variation of Church Trusts
17 November 2004	How To Get Paid - Notes for Trustees
3 March 2004	The Purpose of Pleadings
24 August 2003	Contempt By Frustrating Injunctions - Jockey Club v Buffham
26 October 2001	Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable Joseph Charles Campbell QC
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Justice S Campbell
 

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8 October 2012	Remarks re: Murwillumbah Courthouse
2 May 2012	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Stephen Campbell
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Justice Davies
 

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29 June 2009	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable David Lloyd Davies SC
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Justice Fullerton
 

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19 February 2007	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Elizabeth Fullerton SC
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Justice Garling
 

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24 May 2012	The Civil Liability Act 2002 - A Judicial Perspective
14 March 2012	Expert Witness Immunity - Address to Medio-Legal Society of NSW
3 March 2012	Civil Liability Act 2002 - 10 Years On
17 August 2011	Concurrent Expert Evidence
1 Sepetember 2010	Duties Of Counsel: Recent Developments
10 August 2010	Speech On The Occasion Of The Launch Of The Agency For Clinical Innovation
7 June 2010	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Peter Garling RFD SC
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Justice Gzell
 

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12-13 October 2006	The Taxpayer’s Duty Of Disclosure (Paper)
12-13 October 2006	The Taxpayer’s Duty of Disclosure (Speech)
27 July 2006	6th States’ Taxation Conference Dealing With State Taxes
1 May 2006	The Legacy Of Justice Graham Hill
4 February 2002	Swearing-in Ceremony
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Justice Hall
 

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8 March 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Peter Michael Hall QC
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Associate Justice Hallen
 

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8 March 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Philip Hallen SC
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Justice Hammerschlag
 

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30 January 2007

Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable David Jacob Hammerschlag

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Justice Harrison
 

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17 May 2011	Commencement speech to law graduates, University of Technology, Sydney Law Graduation ceremony
22 May 2009	Commencement speech to law graduates, University of Sydney Law Graduation ceremony
7 March 2009	Paper delivered at Public Defenders Criminal Law Conference
11 October 2008	Speech delivered to 11th International Criminal Law Congress
8 February 2008	Speech delivered to National Sentencing Conference
12 February 2007	Swearing in Ceremony Of The Honourable Ian Gordon Harrison

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Justice Hidden
 

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May 2003	Public Defenders' Conference - Common Ethical Problems For The Criminal Advocate
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Justice Hislop
 

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23 March 2004	Swearing-In Ceremony of The Honourable John David Hislop as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Hoeben
 

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16 August 2004	Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Clifton Ralph Russell Hoeben AM RFD SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice RA Hulme
 

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8 September 2012	Criminal Law Update - Supreme Court Annual Conference September 2012
1 August 2012	Criminal Law Update 2012 - A Year of Legislative Activity and Appellate Decisions Concerning the Criminal Law Relevant to the Local Court
25 February 2012	Criminal Law Update
17 September 2011	Current Issues in Criminal Law
21 August 2010	Criminal Law Update
27 November 2009	Admissibility of Tendency and Coincidence under the uniform Evidence Act
2 March 2009	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Robert Allan Hulme

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Justice Johnson
 

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11 February 2012

Consistency in Sentencing for Federal Offences - Challenges for Sentencing Courts in an Evolving Landscape; paper prepared for the Conference "Current Issues in Federal Crime and Sentencing", Australian National University, Canberra

1 February 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Peter Anthony Johnson SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales back to top

 

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Justice Latham
 

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12 April 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Megan Fay Latham as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Lindsay
 

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6 August 2012	Swearing -In Ceremony of the Honourable Geoffrey Charles Lindsay
6 August 2012	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable G C (Geoff) Lindsay SC (speech notes)

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Justice Macfarlan
 

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8 September 2008	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Robert Bruce Scott Macfarlan QC
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Associate Justice Macready
 

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4 March 2009	Electronic discovery: Overview and challenges the Court faces and benefits to the Court
29 October 2004	The uniform management and disposition of Construction law cases in Australia
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Justice McCallum
 

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30 January 2008	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Lucy McCallum
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Justice McClellan, Chief Judge at Common Law
 

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10 April 2012	Crown Prosecutor's Conference - Sentencing in the 21st Century
29 March 2012	Rule of Law Insitute of Australia - 2012 NSW Legal Studies Association Conference
1 December 2011	The Future Role of the Judge - Umpire, Manager, Mediator or Service Providor
24 November 2011	White Collar Crime: Perpetrators and Penalties
22 July 2011	Contamination Of The Environment – Past Problems And Contemporary Responses
5 March 2011	Looking Inside the Jury Room
19 November 2010	The University Of Western Sydney Law Alumni Dinner Occasional Address
7 May 2010	UNSW Graduation Ceremony Occasional Address
14-15 April 2010	Civil Justice Reform - What has it achieved?
27 March 2010	Changes In Civil Process - Toward A Phased Trial
10 December 2009	Environment Crime In Context: From Spcc V Caltex To Date*
20 November 2009	Seventh Annual Jury Research And Practice Conference Paper
4 November 2009	Eloquence and Reason - are juries appropriate for defamation trials?
02 October 2009	Admissibility of expert evidence under the Uniform Evidence Act
29 April 2009	A Discussion on Property Rights
26 March 2009	Litigation – Some Contemporary Issues
25 October 2008	The Australian Justice system in 2020
17 September 2008	Dispute Resolution In The 21st Century Mediate Or Litigate?
7 June 2008	Two Contemporary Challenges: The Role Of Deterrence In Sentencing And The Effective Use Of Experts
April 2008	Some Benefits Of Mediation
April 2008	ADR – An Introduction
25 March 2008	Juries – Common Sense And The Truth
29 November 2007	Concurrent Expert Evidence
20 July 2007	Contemporary Challenges For The Justice System – Expert Evidence
16 April 2007	The New Rules
31 October - 4 November 2006	Australian Administrative Law
2006	Terrorism and the law
20 October 2006	Expert Evidence – Aces Up Your Sleeve?
17 August 2006	Australian Institute Of Urban Studies Sydney’s Water Supply – A Reality Check: Is There A Need For A Public Inquiry?
2 August 2006	Who is telling the truth? Psychology, common sense and the law
19 May 2006	The University Of Sydney Graduation Ceremony
12 May 2006	2006 Economics & Business Educators Legal Studies Students Professional Development Conference: Law, Justice and Society
24 November 2005	Courts In The 21st Century – Should We Do Things Differently?
12 September 2005	Access to Justice in Environmental Law - An Australian Perspective
2-4 September 2005	Judicial Conduct: Still A Live Issue, Some Thoughts On The Paper By Professor Peter A Sallman
30 January 2001	Swearing In Ceremony of The Honourable Peter David McClellan QC
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Justice McColl
 

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15 September 2010	Freedom of Information - A New Paradigm
30 September 2009	An Australian Perspective On Privacy Law Developments
17 February 2009	What About Me? Your Pets And Your Will
18 September 2008	The Current State Of The Profession
3 May 2006	Women In The Law - Address To The Anglo-Australasian Society Of Lawyers
20 February 2004	Unfinished Matters: The Federal And State Supreme Courts On Constitutional Law: The 2003 Term
19 September 2003	Women Lawyers in 2003 - A View from the Top
26-28 November 2003	IT In The Courtroom From Both Sides Of The Bench - The Transformation Of Justice
29 April 2003	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Ruth Stephanie McColl SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a Judge of Appeal back to top

 

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Justice McDougall
 

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9 March 2012	Remedies in Commercial Litigation
29 October 2011	Overview of the Evidence Act
6 August 2011	Australian and New Zealand Case Law Update - Australia
13 March 2010	Keynote Address to the NSW Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Seminar
13 November 2009	Some thoughts on calling expert evidence
11 September 2009	An examination of the role and content of natural justice in adjudications under construction industry payment legislation
7 April 2009	Paper presented to the 16th Commonwealth Law Conference in Hong Kong, April 2009
18 October 2008	The Privilege Against Self-incrimination: a time for reassessment
16 September 2007	The Baby or the Bathwater? Terrorism, Responses and the Role of the Courts
22 June 2007	The Evolving Principles Governing Client Legal Privilege
10 July 2006	Proportionate Liability In Construction Litigation
27 May 2006	Prohibition On Contracting Out Of The Building And Construction Industry Security Of Payment Act 1999 (NSW)
21 February 2006	The Implied Duty of Good Faith in Australian Contract Law
31 August 2005	The Court View of Security of Payment Legislation in Operation
May 2005	Developments In Building And Construction Law
13 February 2004	Expert Evidence
21 August 2003	Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable Robert Calder McDougall as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales back to top

 

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Justice Meagher
 

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10 August 2011	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Anthony John Meagher, SC
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Justice Nicholas
 

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5 February 2003	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable William Henric Nicholas QC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Pembroke
 

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29 June 2010	Cross Examination of Experts
12 April 2010	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Michael Andrew Pembroke SC As A Judge Of The Supreme Court Of New South Wales
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Justice Price
 

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28 August 2006	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Derek Michael Price As A Judge Of The Supreme Court Of New South Wales
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Justice Rein
 

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5 May 2008	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Nigel Geoffrey Rein
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Justice Rothman
 

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5 December 2011	Reflections from Queens Square - Australian Labour Law Association Paper
18 May 2007	Address to the NSW Industrial Relations Society
10 August 2006	The Evolution Of Labour Law And Significance Of WORKCHOICES
23 August 2005	Blackadder: An Analysis - Paper for NSW Young Lawyers: A Division of the Law Society of NSW
3 May 2005	Swearing in ceremony of the Honourable Stephen Craig Rothman SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court Of New South Wales

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Justice Sackar
 

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1 February 2011

Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable John Sackar QC

 

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Justice Slattery
 

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25 May 2009

Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Michael Slattery QC back to top

 

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Justice Stevenson
 

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1 February 2012

Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable James Stevenson back to top

 

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Justice Ward
 

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24 March 2012	Costs - Banking and Financial Services Law Association Conference
15 August 2010	Penalties and the protection of freedom of contract
29 September 2008	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Julie Kathryn Ward

 

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Justice White
 

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15 November 2011	Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Construe Wills
30 October 2010	Overview of the Evidence Act
21 May 2010	Trusts – An Australian Perspective
August 2007	The Nature of a Beneficiary’s Equitable Interest in a Trust
27 April 2004	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Richard Weeks White As A Judge Of The Supreme Court Of New South Wales

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Justice Young
 

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23 April 2012	Speech on the Retirement of the Hon Peter Wolstenholme Young AO
18 November 2010	LB CO Wills And Estates Seminar
06 May 2010	Charitable Trusts
26 February 2009	"Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few"
21 October 2008	Human Rights
11 April 2006	A Judge looks at the evidence for the Resurrection
30 January 2006	Sermon at the Opening of the Law Term Service
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175th anniversary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
 

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Ceremonial Sitting of the Court: 17 May 1999	The Honourable JJ Spigelman, Chief Justice of New South Wales
	Aunty Ali Golding
	The Honourable R J Carr, MP, Premier of New South Wales
	The Honourable EG Whitlam AC QC, former Prime Minister of Australia (1972-1975)
	The Honourable J W Howard, MP, Prime Minister of Australia
	The Honourable JJ Spigelman, Chief Justice of New South Wales
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Justice Abadee
 

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2 September 2000	The Expert Witness in the New Millennium
3 March 2000	Update on the Professional Negligence List and Expert Evidence: Changes for the Future
16 October 1999	Professional Negligence Litigation: A New Order in Civil Litigation - the Role of Experts In a New Legal World and in a New Millennium
13 May 1999	Commentary: The Professional Negligence List in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court back to top

 

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Justice Austin
 

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21-23 May 2008	Some Remarks on the Launching of the Code of Professional Practice
24 October 2007	Mergers And Acquisitions 2007
20 July 2007	Implications of the Sons of Gwalia decision
16 March 2007	Remarks on the launching of Company Directors and Corporate Social Responsibility: UK and Australian Perspectives
13 March 2007	Remarks at the launching of the Allens Arthur Robinson Annual Review of Insolvency & Restructuring Law, 2006
12-13 October 2006	The Legal Standard of Loyalty and Professional Guidelines
11-12 August 2006	Hip-pocket injuries in workouts: Accessory liability for bankers and advisers
2 March 2004	Superannuation Lawyers Association Of Australia - Libby Slater Plenary Session
9 February 2004	Some reflections on managing corporate and commercial cases
26 November 2002	Directors Duties and Financial Responsibilities
19 November 2002	The Company Secretary: Then and Now
3 November 2000	Conference on the Future of Corporate Regulation
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Justice Bell
 

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19 December 2008	Farewell Ceremony For The Honourable Justice Virginia Bell
29 October 2008	Law and Justice Address
27 January 2005	How to Preserve the Integrity of Jury Trials in a Mass Media Age
25 March 1999	Swearing In Ceremony of Virginia Margaret Bell, SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW
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Justice Bryson
 

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30 August 2011	Common Law Pleadiings in NSW and How They Got There - Lecture
27 August 2010	Richard of Anstey - Lecture
28 February 2007	Farewell Ceremony For The Honourable Justice John Bryson
26 November 2004	Book launch: Australian Society and the Law - Volume 1 The Citizen and the Law
18 September 2004	Law and Politics of Magna Carta
25 February 2004	Continuing Professional Education - The 2004 Judges Series. Practical Litigation in the Supreme Court and the Federal Court
29 March 2003	Caveats against dealing under the Real Property Act 1900
20 July 2002	Henry II and the English Common Law
11 October 2002	Easements ordered by the Court – s.88K of the Conveyancing Act 1919.
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Justice Buddin
 

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30 January 2002	Swearing-in Ceremony
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Justice Dowd
 

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25 January 2001	“A Lawless Society- A Report from East Timor”
27 April 1999	Developments of the criminal law in New South Wales
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Justice Dunford
 

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27 July 2004	Looking Forward - The Direction of Criminal Law - Criminal Law Conference 2004
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Justice Einstein
 

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10 March 2009	Reflections on the Commercial List as at the commencement of 2009
11 May 2008	Judging the Judges
July/August 2005	Trends in International Commercial Litigation Part II* - The Future of Foreign Judgment Enforcement Law
May/June 2005	Trends in International Commercial Litigation Part I – The Present State of Foreign Judgment Enforcement Law
2004	Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure and their Application to New South Wales
October 2004	Judicial Ethics [In Court perspective] - Paper 1
October 2004	Judicial Ethics [Out of Court perspective] - Paper 2
October 2004	An Examination of the Application of the General Principles of the Rule of Law to the Court Structure and Judiciary of the State of New South Wales
15 August 2001	Technology in the Court Room - 2001 - [Friend or Foe?]
14 November 2000	Understanding the Evidence Act 1995 - A Daunting Task !
1 September 1997	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Einstein
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Justice Forster
 

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04 May 2009	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Robert Gabor Forster
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Justice Hamilton
 

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12 March 2008	Lawyer-Client Privilege in Litigation
1 June 2007	Containment Of Costs: Litigation And Arbitration
11 March 2006	Developments In Civil Procedure
16 August 2005	The New Procedure - Nuts And Bolts For Judicial Officers
19 September 2004	The NSW Civil Procedure Bill 2004 And The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules - An Introduction
28 June 1999	Judicial Independence: Old Principles - New Developments
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Justice Handley
 

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15 December 2006	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice Handley AO
24 November 2003	The Law of Unfair Contracts in New South Wales
	When "maybe" means "no"
6 December 2001	A Closer Look at Henderson v Henderson
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Justice Heydon
 

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7 February 2003	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice John Dyson Heydon
7 February 2003	Farewell Speech 7 February 2003
24 September 2002	J F R Lehane
14 November 2000	Commentary on Justice Einstein’s Paper
14 February 2000	Swearing-in of the Honourable Justice Dyson Heydon, QC

 

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Justice Hodgson
 

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9 August 2011	Retirement Ceremony for the Honourable Justice David Hodgson AO
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Justice Howie
 

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10 February 2008	Sentencing Discounts – Are they worth the effort?
18 August 2007	Criminal Law Review 2007
2 August 2007	Review of the Criminal Law 2007
11 October 2000	Swearing In Ceremony of the Honourable Roderick Neil Howie QC back to top

 

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Justice Ipp
 

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13 November 2009	Farewell Ceremony For The Honourable Justice Ipp AO
21 November 2008	Maintaining The Tradition Of Judicial Impartiality
1 November 2007	Paper delivered at the launch of "Principles of Planning Law" by Mr Les Stein
17 May 2007	The Politics, Purpose and Reform of the Law of Negligence: Paper given at the Conference of the Australian Insurance Law Association at Noosa
30 March 2007	The Metamorphosis of Slip and Fall: Paper given at the New South Wales State Conference of the Australian Lawyers Alliance at the Hunter Valley Gardens
16 March 2007	Themes in the Law of Torts: Paper given at the Judges' Review Conference 2007: Past, Present and Future Perspectives on the Law at the Westin Hotel
2 September 2006	Problems with Fact-finding
13 and 19 October 2004	The Trial Judge's Duties from an Appellate Point of View: Edited Version of a Paper given at a Conference in Beijing organised by the National Judicial College, Beijing, 13 October 2004 and to the Shanghai Judicial College, Shanghai, 19 October 2004
12 and 19 October 2004	Ethical Problems with Judicial Activism: Edited Version of a Paper given at a Conference in Beijing organised by the National Judicial College, Beijing, 12 October 2004 and to the Shanghai Judicial College, Shanghai, 19 October 2004
11 and 19 October 2004	Judicial Bias: Edited Version of a Paper given at a Conference in Beijing organised by the National Judicial College, Beijing, 11 October 2004 and to the Shanghai Judicial College, Shanghai, 19 October 2004
1 May 2004	Personal Responsibility in Australian Society and Law: Striving for Balance - Edited version of Oration delivered at Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Perth, WA on 1 May 2004
15 September 2003	Policy and the Swing of the Negligence Pendulum
8 May 2003	Judges and Judging - President's Lecture to Annual Scientific Congress of Royal Australian College of Surgeons.
January 2003	Negligence - Where Lies the Future?
May 2001	Enduring Values and Change
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Justice Michael Kirby
 

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12 February 2004	The Supreme Court of NSW, Tradition and Diversity - Supreme Court Judges' Dinner
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Justice Levine
 

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31 March 2005	Farewell to Justice David Levine
31 August 1999	The Future of Defamation Law
16 March 2001	Defamation Practice: Change and Reform
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Justice Mason
 

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30 May 2008	Farewell ceremony for the Honourable Justice Mason AC
25 March 2008	Recurring issues in the NSW Court of Appeal
6 October 2007	Throwing Stones: A cost/benefit analysis of judges being offensive to each other
18 April 2007	Law Graduation Address – Macquarie University
27 November 2006	What Has Equity To Do With Restitution? Does It Matter?
2 November 2006	LEGISLATORS’ INTENT: How judges discern it and what they do if they find it
13 September 2006	National Security Law Course
7 August 2006	Law And Religion In Australia
20 March 2006	The Rule Of Law, Judicial Review And The Public-Private Divide
17 February 2006	Admission Of Lawyers
8 November 2005	Specialist Accreditation: Graduation 2005
9 September 2005	BELIEVERS IN COURT: Sydney Anglicans Going to Law
3 August 2005	The View From the Other Side - Judicial Experiences of Legislation
27 May 2005	Admission of Legal Practitioners
20 May 2005	Judicial humour Law Graduation Address - Sydney University
16 December 2004	Fusion: Fallacy, Future or Finished
29 April 2004	On Dust And Ashes
3 March 2004	What is wrong with top-down legal reasoning?
2 April 2002	Recurring Issues in the Court of Appeal
9 April 2001	Should Judges Speak Out ?
January 2001	Unconscious Judicial Prejudice
27 October 2000	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Training Day : Good Conduct of Proceedings
13 October 2000	EPLA Conference : Recent Appellate Cases in Environmental Law
27 November 1999	Fault, Causation & Responsibility: Is Tort Law Just an Instrument of Corrective Justice?
15 June 2000	Sunrise Or Sunset? Reinventing Administrative Law for the New Millenium
23 September 1999	What Use Are Laws (in Securing Their Own Effectiveness)?
9 March 1999	Changing Attitudes in the Common Law's Response to International Commercial Arbitration
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Justice Meagher
 

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15 March 2004	Address on the Occasion of the Retirement of the Honourable Justice R P Meagher
24 September 2002	The Inaugural John Lehane Memorial Lecture
14 September 2002	G K Chesterton Society Annual Conference
19 April 2002	Justice Priestley's Farewell Dinner
3 August 2001	Medico-Legal Annual Dinner
27 May 1999	The Kitto Lecture: Sir Fredrick Jordan's Footnote back to top

 

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Justice Palmer
 

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28 April 2007	Work/Life Balance
11 November 2006	Opening of Practical Legal Education Conference
13 October 2006	Dad always wanted me to be a lawyer but ……
6 July 2005	Artists in the Black – a Success Story Speech for Arts Law Centre of Australia
8 March 2003	NSW Conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
29 January 2002	A Fair Go Under the Law
23 April 2001	Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable George Alfred Palmer QC
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Justice Powell
 

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8 November 2002

Retirement Ceremony of the Honourable Mr Justice Philip Powell AM back to top

 

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Justice Santow
 

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14 December 2007	Address on the retirement of the Honourable Justice GFK Santow AO
14 December 2007	Remarks at Farewell from the Supreme Court of NSW
14 December 2007	Index to articles and papers by Justice Santow
26 November 2007	Last things
16 April 2007	Women on Boards – the end of civilisation as we know it?
26 March 2007	Truth-telling
3 December 2006	Oriental Society of Australia "World without walls"
20 October 2006	Talk to final year students' end of year dinner for 2006
15 June 2006	Tradition and ambition: Law at Sydney
13 June 2006	Faculty of Medicine’s 150th Anniversary Celebration Ceremony
22 May 2006	Some reflections on tolerance and conviction
5 November 2005	Laying foundations
28 September 2005	Music and Social Justice
11 April 2005	Sancta Sophia College – Address for the Chancellor’s Dinner
18 March 2005	The University and Schools Club – a talk to mark its centenary of Sydney connection in an era of social change
17 August 2004	"Tribute to an enduring partnership”
29 July 2004	Professor Jonathan Stone – unveiling a portrait
9 August 2001	Law Practice Today
12 February 2000	CLERPing the Panel — Blue Ribbon Jury or quasi Court
July 1999	Charity in its Political Voice - a tinkling cymbal or a sounding brass?
24 October 1997	Launch of the Sydney Post-graduate Studies Programme 1998-1999, University of Sydney Law School
29 November 1996	Some Reflections on Mémoires à Deux Voix, Elie Wiesel and François Mitterrand
20 November 1996	Address to Professional Staff at FHP on Pro Bono Programme
23 April 1996	The modern Judge
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Justice Shaw
 

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4 February 2003	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Jeffrey William Shaw QC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Sheller
 

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29 April 2005	Address on the retirement of the Honourable Justice Sheller
3 May 2002	Judicial Independence
5-7 April 2000	Australian Insurance Law Association Annual Conference
30 March 2001	Aspects of Judicial Independence back to top

 

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Justice Sperling
 

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3 September 1999 24 August 1999

Expert Evidence: The Problem of Bias The Supreme Court Professional Negligence List back to top

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Chief Justice Spigelman

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31 May 2011	Address By The Honourable J J Spigelman AC Upon The Occasion Of His Retirement As Chief Justice Of New South Wales
31 May 2011	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable James Jacob Spigelman AC
26 May 2011	Truth and the Law
23 March 2011	Contractual Interpretation: A Comparative Perspective
28 April 2011	Judicial Mediation In Australia
31 March 2011	The 90th RAAF Birthday Commemoration
25 March 2011	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Murray Tobias AM
23 March 2011	Contractual Interpretation: A Comparative Perspective
March 2011	Foreword to DS Jones, Commercial Arbitration in Australia, Pyrmont, Thompson Reuters 2011
31 January 2011	Global Engagement By Australian Lawyers
28 October 2010	MOU between New York and New South Wales
22 October 2010	The Garran Oration: Public Law and the Executive
1 September 2010	The Intolerable Wrestle:Developments In Statutory Interpretation
22 June 2010	Law And International Commerce: Between The Parochial And The Cosmopolitan
9 June 2010	Annotations To The Corporations Act: Launch Of Austin And Black’s Annotations
6 May 2010	Freezing Orders In International Commercial Litigation
4 May 2010	The Global Financial Crisis And Australian Courts
16 April 2010	Conflict Of Laws In Australia
15 April 2010	Violence Against Women: The Dimensions Of Fear and Culture
25 March 2010	Centrality of Jurisdictional Error
25 February 2010	Institutional Shareholders And Corporate Governance
1 February 2010	Towards a National Judiciary and Profession
13 January 2010	Cross Border Issues For Commercial Courts: An Overview
	Preface to L Nottage and R Garnett (eds), International Arbitration in Australia, Annandale, The Federation Press, 2010
2010	Foreward to R P Austin and A J Black R Black, Austin and Black’s Annotation to the Corporations Act, Chatswood, LexisNexis, 2010
26 December 2009	The Macquarie Bicentennial
18 November 2009	The Forgotten Freedom: Freedom From Fear
13 November 2009	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable David Ipp AO
21 September 2009	Case Management In New South Wales
9 September 2009	Social History Of Company Law: Book Launch
4 September 2009	A Reappraisal Of The Bigge Reports
18 June 2009	Corporate Governance And International Business Law: Book Launch
24 May 2009	Launch Of The Words To Remember It
30 April 2009	The Traditionality Of The Law
7 April 2009	The Hague Choice Of Court Convention And International Commercial Litigation
2 February 2009	Opening of Law Term Dinner
2009	Foreward to B Kercher and B Salter (eds), The Kercher Reports: decisions of the New South Wales superior courts,Sydney, Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, 2009
19 December 2008	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice Virginia Bell
14 November 2008	Launch Of Rediscovering Rhetoric
16 September 2008	Cross-Border Insolvency: Co-Operation Or Conflict?
2 August 2008 & 4 August 2008	Lord Mansfield And The Culture Of Improvement
30 May 2008	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice Mason AC
12 March 2008	Legitimate And Spurious Interpretation
11 March 2008	The Application Of Quasi-Constitutional Laws
10 March 2008	The Common Law Bill Of Rights
8 February 2008	Consistency and Sentencing
29 January 2008	Opening Of Law Term Dinner
22 January 2008	Bicentenary Of The Coup Of 1808
21 January 2008	Foundations Of The Rule Of Law In Australia
2008	Foreword to special issue on International Commercial Arbitration (2008) 31 UNSW Law Journal 264 The Equitable Origins Of The Improper Purpose Ground
14 December 2007	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice G F K Santow AO
14 November 2007	Lions In Conflict: Ellesmere, Bacon And Coke Treason And Unity
24 October 2007	The Significance Of The Integrity System
9 October 2007	Commercial Litigation And Arbitration: New Challenges
5 October 2007	A Guide To Sentencing
31 August 2007	Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence
10 August 2007	International Commercial Arbitration Conference address
5 July 2007	Address to the Australian Association Of Crown Prosecutors
7 June 2007	International Commercial Litigation: An Asian Perspective
26 May 2007	The Foundation Of Western Shanghai
30 April 2007	Judicial Independence: Purposes And Threats
24 March 2007	Access To Justice And Access To Lawyers
21 March 2007	From Text To Context: Contemporary Contractual Interpretation
16 March 2007	Address To The Conference Celebrating 80 Years Of The Australian Law Journal
28 February 2007	Address On The Occasion Of The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice John Bryson
29 January 2007	Opening Of Law Term Dinner, 2007
2007	Foreward to R Annable, A Setting for Justice: Building for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sydney, UNSW Press, 2007 Foreward to Statutory Interpretation: Principles And Pragmatism For A New Age, (Monograph), Sydney, Judicial Commission Of New South Wales, 2007 Foreward to Philip Ayres, Owen Dixon, Carlton, The Miegunyah Press, 2007
15 December 2006	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice Handley AO
14 November 2006	Lions In Conflict: Ellesmere, Bacon And Coke The Years Of Elizabeth
4 October 2006	Occasional Address - Australian Catholic University Spring Graduation Ceremony
20 September 2006	Shanghai And The West: First Contact
16 September 2006	Measuring Court Performance
31 August 2006	Formal Opening Ceremony, Court Of Criminal Appeal, Bathurst
22 August 2006	Case Management In New South Wales
10 May 2006	Address To Parole Authorities Conference 2006
2 May 2006	Transaction Costs And International Litigation
28 February 2006	Judicial Exchange Between Australia And Japan
30 January 2006	Opening Of Law Term Dinner, 2006
2006	Foreward to Sentencing Manual, Judicial Commission of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006 Foreward to G Winterton (ed), State Constitutional Landmarks, Annandale, The Federation Press, 2006
5 November 2005	Sesquicentenary Of The University Of Sydney Address
27 October 2005	The Charles Perkins Memorial Oration 2005
20 October 2005	Formal Opening Ceremony - Court of Criminal Appeal at Albury
20 September 2005	The Principle of Open Justice: A Comparative Perspective
14 September 2005	Negligence: Is Recovery for Personal Injury too Generous?
8 September 2005	Judicial Review and the Integrity Branch of Government Address
31 August 2005	Address on the Retirement of the Honourable James Wood AO
26 July 2005	Statutory Interpretation and Human Rights. Address to the...
1 June 2005	The internet and the right to a fair trial. Address to the...
29 April 2005	Address on the Retirement of the Honourable Justice Sheller
15 April 2005	Occasional Address Faculty of Law Graduation Ceremony University of NSW
18 March 2005	The Principle of Legality and the Clear Statement Principle
31 January 2005	Opening of Law Term Dinner 2005
2005	Foreward to T D Castle And B Kercher (Eds)T Eds), Dowling’s Select Cases, 1828 To 1844, Sydney, The Francis Forbes Society For Australian Legal History, 2005 Foreward to New South Wales Civil Practice and Procedure, Thomson Lawbook Co, 2005
29 October 2004	Occasional Address - Graduation Ceremony: Policing Studies - Charles Sturt University
28 October 2004	Federal Law Review - 40th Anniversary Dinner
28 October 2004	Blackstone, Burke Bentham and the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) - Keynote Address 9th International Criminal Law Congress.
14 September 2004	The New Liability Structure in Australia - Swiss Re Liability Conference
2 September 2004	Integrity and Privative Clauses - The Third Lecture in the 2004 National Lecture Series
24 August 2004	Formal Opening Ceremony Court of Criminal Appeal, Lismore
15 August 2004	Victory in the Pacific Commemoration Service
5 August 2004	Jurisdiction And Integrity - The Second Lecture In The 2004 National Lecture Series
6 July 2004	Tort Law Reform In Australia - Address To The London Market At Lloyd's
16 June 2004	Tort Law Reform In Australia - Address To The Anglo-Australian Lawyers Society & The British Insurance Law Association
28 May 2004	Occasional Address - Law Graduation Ceremony - University of Sydney
29 April 2004	The Integrity Branch of Government - The First Lecture in the 2004 National Lecture Series for the Australian Institute of Administrative Law.
15 March 2004	Address on the Occasion of the Retirement of the Honourable Justice R P Meagher
21 February 2004	Our Common Law Heritage - Address to the 2004 Joint Study Institute of Law Librarians
02 February 2004	Opening of Law Term Dinner, 2004
19 December 2003	Address at the Closing Ceremony of the Compensation Court of New South Wales
28 November 2003	Open Justice and the Internet - The Law via the Internet 2003 Conference
10 November 2003	Reasons for Judgment and the Rule of Law - The National Judicial College, Beijing and The Judges' Training Institute, Shanghai
6 November 2003	Commercial Causes Centenary Dinner
25 October 2003	The Truth Can Cost Too Much: The Principle of a Fair Trial - The Fourth Gerard Brennan Lecture
29 September 2003	Becket and Henry II: The Martyrdom
04 September 2003	Forensic Accounting in an Adversary System - Address to the 4th Annual National CA Forensic Accounting Conference
13 August 2003	Address on the Occasion of the Opening of the Refurbished Court 3 of the King Street Supreme Court Complex.
2 July 2003	Judging Today - Address to the Local Courts of NSW 2003 Annual Conference
27 May 2003	Negligence and Insurance Premiums: Recent Changes in Australian Law - The Spencer Mason Trust Lecture, Auckland
22 May 2003	Address by the Honourable J.J. Spigelman AC to launch Phillip Ayres' Owen Dixon: A Biography
24 April 2003	Retirement from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of the Honourable Justice Paul Stein AM
8 April 2003	Dealing with Judicial Misconduct - 5th World wide Common Law Judiciary Conference
20 March 2003	The Rule of Law in the Asian Region
7 February 2003	Address on the Occasion of the Retirement of the Honourable Justice J D Heydon
3 February 2003	Opening of Law Term Dinner, 2003
22 January 2003	The Rule of Law and Enforcement
2003	Foreward to (2003) 26(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal 345
20 November 2002	Foundations of the freedom of the press in Australia - The Inaugural Australian Press Council address
11 November 2002	Re-dedication of the honour roll in the original Supreme Court building
8 November 2002	Address upon the occasion of the retirement of the Honourable Mr Justice Philip Powell AM
29 October 2002	Are Lawyers Lemons? Competition Principles and Professional Regulation
12 October 2002	The Idea of a University
8 October 2002	Becket and Henry II: Exile
16 July 2002	Convergence and the Judicial Role: Recent Developments in China - Address to the XVIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law
11 July 2002	Convergence and the Judicial Role: Recent Developments in China - Address to the China Education Centre, University of Sydney
June 2002	Guide to Judicial Conduct
17 May 2002	The Maintenance of Institutional Values
27 April 2002	Negligence: The Last Outpost of the Welfare State
	Negligence: The Last Outpost of the Welfare State (Summary)
8 February 2002	Formal Opening Ceremony Court of Criminal Appeal at Dubbo
29 January 2002	Opening to Law Term Dinner 2002
2002	Foreward to G Lindsay, No Mere Mouthpiece: Servants of All Yet of None, Chatswood, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2002 Foreward to J Anderson, J Hunter and N Williams, The New Evidence Law: Annotations and Commentary on the Uniform Evidence Acts, Sydney, LexisNexis 2002
11 December 2001	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Lancelot John Priestley
28 November 2001	Quality in an Age of Measurement: The Limitations of Performance Indicators
8 November 2001	Law and Justice Address to the Law and Justice Foundation
31 October 2001	Judicial Ethics: Accountability and Education - Paper to the Judicial Ethics Training Course, National Judicial College, Beijing
28 August 2001	The Dangers of Partial Rationality: Address at the launch of the University of New South Wales Law Journal
20 August 2001	Becket & Henry II: The Conflict
7 August 2001	The Poet's Rich Resource: Issues in Statutory Interpretation
27 July 2001	The 'New Public Management' and the Courts - Address to the Family Courts of Australia 25th Anniversary Conference
9 July 2001	Citizens, Consumers and Courts - International Conference on Regulation Reform and Scrutiny of Legislation
17 May 2001	Address on the Occasion of the Re-opening of No 2 Court Francis Greenway Wing King Street Supreme Court Complex
10 May 2001	Judicial Accountability and Performance Indicators
29 January 2001	Address at the Opening of Law Term Dinner for the New South Wales Law Society
2001	Introduction to J M Bennett, In Witness Whereof (Lawyers, the Law and Society in New England and the Liverpool Plains): The Nineteenth Century, Armidale, North and North West Law Society, 2001
13 November 2000	Opening Address at the Annual Conference of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
9 November 2000	Address to the LEADR Dinner - University and Schools' Club Sydney
8 November 2000	Occasional Address at the College of Law Graduation Ceremony
28 October 2000	Address to the UNSW Symposium 2000 - Mandatory Sentencing - Rights and Wrongs
26 October 2000	The 14th Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture - Economic Rationalism and the Law
25 October 2000	Address at The State Funeral for Charles Nelson Perkins AO
25 August 2000	Admission of Legal Practitioners
15 August 2000	Becket and Henry II: The New Archbishop - The Second Address in the Becket Lecture Series
10 July 2000	Address to the Australia-Britain Society on the Centenary of the Signing of the Australian Constitution Act
2 July 2000	Queen's Trust for Young Australians - Forum for Developing Tomorrow's Leaders
30 May 2000	Occasional Address at the Aeronautical Engineering Graduation Ceremony
15 May 2000	Address to The Selden Society - A Twelfth Century Succession at York
27 April 2000	Address at the Graduation Ceremony of the University of Western Sydney, Nepan
6 April 2000	Speech to the Australian Insurance Law Assocation Annual Conference
2 April 2000	Speech to the Annual Conference of Judges of the High Court and Court of Appeal of New Zealand
13 March 2000	Ceremonial Sitting at Wagga Wagga
31 January 2000	Opening of the Law Term Dinner
27 October 1999	Becket and Henry II: Select Ruminations
22 October 1999	Access to Justice and Human Rights Treaties
15 October 1999	Dedication of a Memorial to Israeli Athletes and Officials
9 October 1999	Seen to be Done: The Principle of Open Justice
6 September 1999	Address to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the University of Sydney
25 August 1999	Women Lawyers Association of NSW
15 August 1999	Victory in the Pacific
12 August 1999	Red Cross Gala Dinner - 50th Anniversay of the Geneva Conventions
6 August 1999	The Medico-Legal Society of New South Wales Annual General Meeting
24 June 1999	Sentencing Guidelines Judgments
3 June 1999	Magistrates' Institute of NSW Annual Dinner
17 May 1999	175th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
7 May 1999	Compensation Court Annual Conference
9 April 1999	The Tradition of Ethical Service by Members of the Legal Profession
23 March 1999	Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture: Statutory Interpretation - Identifying the Linguistic Register
16 February 1999	Sydney Boys High School
1 February 1999	Opening of the Law Term
10 December 1998	Rule of Law: Human Rights Protection
5 December 1998	Sydney Grammar
15 October 1998	Address to PIAC and PILCH Anniversary Dinner
12 October 1998	New Approach to Criminal Sentencing
7 September 1998	Foundations of Administrative Law - 1998 SPANN Oration - Institute of Public Administration New South Wales Division
26 August 1998	Launch of the Australian Law Reform Commission's Report - Australia's Federal Record: A Review of the Archives Act 1983
20 August 1998	New South Wales Ethnic Affairs Commission - Second Annual Oration
25 May 1998	Swearing In Ceremony of The Honourable J J Spigelman QC as Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Stein
 

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24 April 2003	Retirement from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of the Honourable Justice Paul Stein AM
26 March 2002	Use of Expert Assessors in the Hearing of Environmental Cases
27 June 2000	Down Under Perspective of the Environmental Court Project
15 October 1999	Are Decision-makers Too Cautious With The Precautionary Principle?
6 March 1999	Major Issues Confronting the Judiciary in the Adjudication of Cases in the Area of Environment and Development
6 March 1999	New directions in the prevention and resolution of environmental disputes - specialist environmental courts
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Justice Sully
 

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19 March 2007	Farewell To The Honourable Justice B T Sully
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Justice Tobias
 

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25 March 2011	Farewell to the Honourable Justice Murray Tobias AM RFD
28 April 2003	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Murray Herbert Tobias AM RFD as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a Judge of Appeal back to top

 

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Justice Whealy
 

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April 2010	Terrorism and the Right to a Fair Trial Can the Law Stop Terrorism?
November 2007	Beach safety - the law of negligence
	The Impact of Terrorism Related Laws on Judges Conducting Criminal Trials Appendix A to The Impact of Terrorism Related Laws on Judges Conducting Criminal Trials
	Instructing a jury in complex commercial trials – The position in England and its significance in an Australian context
18 August 2007	Contempt: Some contemporary thoughts
29 June 2004	Reviewing The Impact Of Tort Reform At A State And National Level
26 June 2000	Swearing-in of the Honourable Justice Anthony Gerard Whealy

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Justice Wood
 

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31 August 2005	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice James Wood AO as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
8-12 August 2004	Keeping Justice Systems Just And Accountable: A Principled Approach In Challenging Times
30 July 2004	Child Witnesses: The New South Wales Experience
May 2004	Court Control In Relation To Detainees And Prisoners
May 2004	Overview Of Australian Justice And Prison Systems
12 February 2003	Sexual Assault and the Admission of Evidence
13-17 May 2002	Forensic Sciences from the Judicial Perspective
June 2001	Expert Witnesses: The New Era
14 November 1999	Matters of Principle - A Reflection on the Judicial Conscience
6 September 1999	Royal Commissions: A Prelude to the Reform Process
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Justice Young
 

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23 April 2012	Speech on the Retirement of the Hon Peter Wolstenholme Young AO
18 November 2010	LB CO Wills And Estates Seminar
06 May 2010	Charitable Trusts
26 February 2009	"Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few"
21 October 2008	Human Rights
11 April 2006	A Judge looks at the evidence for the Resurrection
30 January 2006	Sermon at the Opening of the Law Term Service
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The Honourable T E F Hughes AO QC
 

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2 February 2006	Address: Supreme Court Judges’ Dinner
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The Honourable JP Slattery AO QC
 

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1 February 2007	Address: Supreme Court Judges’ Dinner
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Mr. R J Ellicott QC
 

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5 February 2009	Address: Supreme Court Judges Opening of Term Dinner
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Lord Bingham
 

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10 December 2008	Speech Of Lord Bingham At The Launch Of Speeches Of A Chiefjustice: James Spigelman 1998-2008
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Sir Gerard Brennan
 

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27 September 2008	Speech By Sir Gerard Brennan At The Opening of Law Term Speeches by Chief Justice Spigelman AC 1999-2010
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