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No. 450 The Victorian Bar Inc - Reg. No. A0034304S 29 October 2009
CONTENTS
Bar Notices ........................................................................................................... 1
Australian Bar Association Advanced Advocacy Course, Brisbane 2010 1
Special Offering to Victorian Bar Members – LexisNexis 2
Legal/Court Notices ............................................................................................. 2
Commercial Court Specialist Taxation List 2
Magistrates’ Court of Victoria Practice Direction No. 5 of 2009 2
Supreme Court Daily List – No longer published in The Age 2
Appointments, Welcomes and Farewells .............................................................. 2
Announcement of Appointments: The Honourable Justice Julie Dodds-Streeton and Mr Mordy
Bromberg S.C. 2
Farewell and Drinks for the Honourable Justice Philip Cummins 3
External Notices ................................................................................................... 3
Survey on Physical Child Abuse 3
Melbourne Catholic Lawyers’ Association Seminar 3
Blogging and Media Law: An International Seminar 3
Social Notices ....................................................................................................... 3
The Essoign Calcutta 2009 3
Reminders ............................................................................................................ 4
Supreme Court of Victoria Inaugural Commercial Law Conference – Current Issues in
Commercial Law 4
Victorian Bar’s Indigenous Clerkship Program 4
Building Dispute Practitioners’ Society Annual General Meeting and Inaugural Debate – ‘That
Mediation has Gone Too Far’ 4
‘The Contribution of Racing Cases to the Development of Administrative Law’, With the
Honourable Justice Cavanough 5
Continuing Professional Development .................................................................. 5
CPD Seminar Program 5
Helpful Hints 6
Bar Notices
Australian Bar Association Advanced Advocacy Course, Brisbane 2010
18 – 22 January 2010
Places in the course are limited to people with seniority of at least two years at the
Independent Bar. The Course is particularly suited to senior juniors who wish to hone their
skills with the benefit of comments from coaches who include Supreme Court justices,
Australian and International Senior Counsel and expert performance coaches. People who
have attended the course have referred to it as “seriously life-changing”. It is immensely
rewarding for barristers wanting to perform at their best.
Download a brochure here.

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Special Offering to Victorian Bar Members – LexisNexis
LexisNexis has a new special offer for Bar members, which is up to 37% below (depending
on the package) the pricing members are currently paying for LexisNexis on-line research
tools. See the Member Benefits section of the website for details.
Legal/Court Notices
Commercial Court Specialist Taxation List
A specialist tax list has been created in the Commercial Court. Please see this document
for details.
Magistrates’ Court of Victoria Practice Direction No. 5 of 2009
Mediation Pilot Programme
The purpose of this Practice Direction is to extend the mediation pilot programme to the
Magistrates’ Court at Latrobe Valley.
Download the Practice Direction from the Victorian Bar website.
Supreme Court Daily List – No longer published in The Age
For many years, The Age newspaper has published the Daily Law List at no cost to courts
and tribunals. Earlier this month, The Age advised the CEOs of all courts and tribunals
(Federal & Victorian) that it has made changes to its business pages (effective Monday 26
October) that lead to a decision by the newspaper to seek a fee (from courts and tribunals)
to continue publishing the Law Lists.
The Supreme Court’s budgetary constraints prevent it from paying the proposed new
publishing costs. As of Monday 2 November, the Supreme Court Daily List will not appear
in The Age newspaper. The Court has been advised that most other jurisdictions will take
similar action, but members are advised to seek independent confirmation.
The Supreme Court of Victoria’s Daily List will continue to be available on the court’s
website. Members can also access the Supreme Court Daily List, as well as other Victorian
and Commonwealth court lists, on the Victorian Bar website.
Appointments, Welcomes and Farewells
Announcement of Appointments: The Honourable Justice Julie Dodds-Streeton and
Mr Mordy Bromberg S.C.
The Honourable Justice Julie Dodds-Streeton and Mr Mordecai (Mordy) Bromberg S.C. have
been appointed Judges of the Federal Court of Australia. Both appointments are to the
Melbourne Registry of the Court – Mr Bromberg’s appointment effective December 2009;
Justice Dodds-Streeton’s appointment effective February 2010. It has been announced by
the Commonwealth and Victorian Attorneys-General that Justice Dodds-Streeton is to be
the first Commonwealth-State dual appointment – that Her Honour is to hold commissions
in both the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Victoria.
See the appointment notices on the Victorian Bar website.

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Farewell and Drinks for the Honourable Justice Philip Cummins
A farewell sitting to mark the retirement of the Honourable Justice Philip Cummins as a
Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria will be held on Wednesday 4 November 2009 at
4.30pm in the Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria.
All counsel who are able to attend are requested to do so, robed.
Farewell drinks will be held in the Essoign Club at 5.30pm, following His Honour’s Banco
Court Farewell. Download details here.
External Notices
Survey on Physical Child Abuse
Important research looking at the boundaries between child abuse and physical discipline
in three different jurisdictions – family law, criminal law and child protection, to be
undertaken by a Monash University team including barrister Renata Alexander, with a
grant from the Legal Services Board.
The survey is anonymous and will encompass various legal professionals including
barristers, with the aim of informing research findings and proposing law reform.
Melbourne Catholic Lawyers’ Association Seminar
The Melbourne Catholic Lawyers’ Association presents: ‘Counting the Cost of Donor
Conception – Is love all we need to make a family? Do blood ties matter?’
Date:
Time:
Venue:
Wednesday 11 November
6.00 pm
Karstens at CQ, Room 802, Level 8, 123 Queen Street, Melbourne
All are welcome to attend this free interactive seminar featuring speakers Myfwanwy
Walker and Romana Rossi of TangledWebs.
For further information please see this website.
Blogging and Media Law: An International Seminar
The Centre for Media and Communications Law (CMCL) at the University of Melbourne will
be holding this seminar on Wednesday 18 November 2009. Leading US commentator
on journalism, media and law, Professor Brian Murchison, will address key issues about
blogging that arise internationally, especially related to defamation and privacy law.
Stephen Price, experienced New Zealand barrister and journalist, will provide commentary.
Chair: Andrew Kenyon, Director, CMCL and Professor, Melbourne Law School
See this website for further details
Social Notices
The Essoign Calcutta 2009
The lunch that stops a club, The Essoign Calcutta 2009, will be held tomorrow, Friday 30
October 2009 from 12.45pm. $60.00 per person includes 3 course meal and glass of
Yarra Burn NV on arrival.

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Contact Sion on 9225 6748 or essoign@vicbar.com.au to reserve your table, or download
the booking form from the Victorian Bar website.
Reminders
Supreme Court of Victoria Inaugural Commercial Law Conference – Current Issues in
Commercial Law
Co-sponsored by the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Centre for Corporate Law and
Securities Regulation, Melbourne Law School, in association with the Victorian Bar
Association and the Law Institute of Victoria.
Date: Thursday 12 November 2009
Venue: Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria, 210 Williams St, Melb.
Time: 2.00pm – 5.45pm
• Current Issues in Shareholder Remedies under the Corporations Act – Professor Ian
Ramsay, University of Melbourne
• Insolvent Managed Investment Schemes – issues arising out of Timbercorp and Great
Southern – Jon Webster, Allens Arthur Robinson
• Company Director’s and Officer’s Conflicts of Interest - Allan J Myers AO QC (co-author
Dr Elizabeth Boros)
• The Role of the Modern Commercial Court - The Hon Justice Tony Pagone and Mark
Moshinsky S.C.
The flyer and registration form are available at this website.
For further information please contact Ms Josephine Peters, Centre for Corporate Law and
Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne Law School, Victoria 3010:
Email: j.peters@unimelb.edu.au
Tel: 03 8344 5281
Fax: 03 8344 5285
Victorian Bar’s Indigenous Clerkship Program
From 8 February to 26 February 2010 (inclusive), the Victorian Bar is conducting a
clerkship program for Indigenous law students. The selected 3 or 4 students will obtain
paid work experience at each of the Bar, the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Federal Court
of Australia and, if the clerk is interested, the Judicial College of Victoria. Applications close
Friday 20 November 2009.
Download application guidelines and application form here.
Building Dispute Practitioners’ Society Annual General Meeting and Inaugural Debate
– ‘That Mediation has Gone Too Far’
The BDPS AGM will be held on Wednesday 18 November 2009. This is an election year
for the BDPS Committee. Anyone interested in nominating for the BDPS committee should
ensure that their nominations are received by the Secretary by Friday 6 November 2009.
The AGM will be followed by a Debate on the topic ‘That Mediation has gone too far’.
Speaking for the Affirmative will be the Honourable Bill Gillard QC and for the negative we
have George Golvan QC. Will Alstergren has been appointed as mediator for the Debate.
The evening will take place at the RACV Club, Bayside Function Room, Second Floor, 501
Bourke Street, Melbourne, starting at 6.00pm and cost $88 per person if booked by 5pm
on Friday 13 November 2009. Numbers are limited so please RSVP early to ensure a seat.
Please find details and a booking form at this website or call Persa Gougoulas on 9670
0966.

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‘The Contribution of Racing Cases to the Development of Administrative Law’, With
the Honourable Justice Cavanough
The Australian Institute of Administrative Law is hosting a Dinner Presentation as part of
its AGM on 19 November 2009 at Morgans at 401, 401 Collins Street, with drinks
commencing at 6.30 pm – see details on flyer attached. All welcome. This is an
opportunity to meet with fellow practitioners in administrative law and listen to Justice
Cavanough speak on a unique topic of much interest.
Continuing Professional Development
CPD Seminars
Seminars for the forthcoming fortnight can be found below. A comprehensive CPD
Programme is available on the Victorian Bar website.
CPD Seminar Program
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
LexisNexis Victorian Bar Advantage – Online Research Solution – Lunchtime
Demonstration
The Victorian Bar
Speaker(s):
Description:
Field:
Time:
Venue:
Bruce Shearer – Online training consultant
For details please see flyer
RSVP to Annie Anfruns 03 9691 3306 or annie.anfruns@lexisnexis.com.au
Light lunch and refreshments provided
Professional Skills
1.00pm - 2.00pm
Neil McPhee Room: Level 1, Owen Dixon Chambers East
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
The Principals of Re-opening a Case
Professional Standards Education Committee
Speaker(s):
Field:
Time:
Venue:
His Honour Judge Paul Lacava
Professional Skills / Substantive Law
5.15pm - 6.15pm
Neil McPhee Room: Level 1, Owen Dixon Chambers East
All Seminars are components of the Victorian Bar CPD Program and carry one (1) point
(unless otherwise stated)
The Victorian Bar Inc.
Owen Dixon Chambers East
Level 5, 205 William Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Phone: (03) 9225 7943 Fax: (03) 9225 6068
E-mail inbrief@vicbar.com.au
Website www.vicbar.com.au
Deadline for Next Edition: 5:00 pm, 3 November 2009

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