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07.11.2010
Discovery e-news | Issue 5
Issue 5 | November 2010 View original format The month in summary This month, the ALRC consulted with the Australian Taxation Office to discuss discovery issues in the context of tax litigation. We were interested to hear about the practical operation of procedures, particularly those effecting the discovery process, set down in Practice Note Tax …
Read more05.11.2010
Panel Discussion, Melbourne, 17 November: Conduct of Lawyers in Discovery: Room for Improvement?
The Australian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing the laws relating to discovery of documents in federal litigation and will shortly release a Consultation Paper. Please join us for an inquiring and invigorating roundtable discussion focusing on the conduct of lawyers and ethical obligations in discovery in Melbourne on 17 November 2010.
Read more05.11.2010
Discovery Inquiry stakeholders are invited to attend a Panel Discussion in Sydney, 18 November 2010
The Australian Law Reform Commission invites you to attend a PANEL DISCUSSION following the release of the ALRC’s Consultation Paper, Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts
Read more04.11.2010
Opening Up the Conversation | Gov 2.0 Conference
Presentation by Sabina Wynn (Executive Director) and Marie-Claire Muir (Web Manager) of the ALRC to the Cebit Australia Gov 2.0 Conference. Canberra, 3 November 2010.Sabina Wynn:Hello, I am Sabina Wynn, Executive Director of the ALRC and this is Marie Claire Muir, the ALRC’s Website Manager and what we are going to be talking to you …
Read more03.11.2010
Three part-time Commissioners appointed to the ALRC
The ALRC welcomes the re-appointment of Justice Berna Collier to the ALRC for a further period of three years, along with the appointment of two new part-time Commissioners specifically for the current Inquiry into Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts, the Honourable Justice Arthur Emmett and the Honourable Justice Bruce Lander—both for a period of …
Read more12.10.2010
FVI e-newsletter – October 2010 – Final Report submitted to Attorney-General!
October 2010 View original format Final Report submitted to Attorney-General! Subscribers to the ALRC FVI newsletter would know that in May the ALRC received a six week extension to the original reporting date from 31 July to 10 September 2010. The granting of the extension was an acknowledgement that this was a very complex and broad ranging …
Read more01.10.2010
Discovery e-news | Issue 4
Issue 4 | October 2010 View original formatThe month in summaryThis month, the ALRC Discovery team headed to Melbourne for a further round of consultations. We met with the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, which had previously convened a seminar on discovery in August 2007. The material coming out of that seminar provides us with …
Read more01.10.2010
The ALRC congratulates Tony McAvoy, winner of the inaugural Indigenous Legal Professional of the Year
Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, has awarded Tony McAvoy the inaugural Indigenous Legal Professional of the Year at the 5th National Indigenous Legal Conference in Canberra. The Government established the award to recognise outstanding Indigenous lawyers who have made a special contribution to the rights of Indigenous people or who have an exceptional commitment to providing legal …
Read more09.09.2010
The Relationship Between the Judiciary and Law Reform Bodies
Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia, Part-time Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission, addressing the Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference (ALRAC) in Brisbane.9 September 2010The relationship between the judiciary and law reform agencies has many dimensions. Even the assertion that there is a relationship provokes the questions—when? where? between whom specifically? Are we speaking about …
Read more09.09.2010
Relationships with other law reformers — joint law reform projects
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission, addressing the Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference (ALRAC) in Brisbane.9 September 2010I have been to Brisbane several times over the past two years, for consultations, conferences and the like. Each time I have been moved by the welcome to country. This morning’s welcome by Songwoman Maroochy of …
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