New_South_Wales_Bar_Association

New South Wales Bar Association

New South Wales Bar Association

Association of barristers in the Australian state of New South Wales

The New South Wales Bar Association is a professional body of lawyers responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The body administers the bar examination in accordance with the Legal Profession Uniform Law.

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History

Formerly known as the Council of the Bar of New South Wales, the organisation was incorporated on 22 October 1936 as The New South Wales Bar Association. The College of Arms granted the Bar Association's coat of arms in 1959.[3]

Presidents

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Arms

Coat of arms of New South Wales Bar Association
Notes
The arms of the New South Wales Bar Association, granted by the Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy & Ulster Kings of Arms on 22 March 1960, consist of:[17]
Crest
On a Wreath Or and Gules, a closed Book proper, standing thereon a pair of Scales Or.
Escutcheon
Ermine, on a Cross Gules a Brief Scroll fessewise proper, Taped Gules, between four Stars each of eight points Or.
Supporters
On the dexter side a Kangaroo, and on the sinister a Lion, both proper.
Motto
Servants of All yet of None
Badge
A Brief Scroll fessewise proper, Taped Gules.

Explanatory notes

  1. Resigned to take up an appointment to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
  2. Jane Needham is the daughter of former president Denys Needham

References

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    New South Wales Bar Association (30 June 2020). "Annual Report 2019–20" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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    New South Wales Bar Association. "Bar Council". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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    "About us". New South Wales Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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    Bennett, J M. "Teece, Richard Clive (1877–1965)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
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    Hon. Mr Justice Keith Aubrey Ferguson KC, BA, LLB, NSW State Archives & Records, archived from the original on 5 January 2015
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    Bruce Panton MacFarlan OBE, KC, BA, LLB Hons, NSW State Archives & Records, archived from the original on 4 March 2016
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    "John Dashwood Holmes (QC, BA, LLB)". Records - NSW Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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    Persse, Jonathan W De B. "Riley, Bernard Blomfield (1912–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
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    Byers, Maurice, Douglas Gordon Patrick McGregor – Obituary (PDF) (1992 Spring) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association/Summer 29.
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    "The Hon. Trevor Rees Morling". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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    Ellis, Graham, John Coombs KC (1937–2007) (PDF) (2007 Summer) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association 73.
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    Slattery, Justice M. (5 January 2024). "Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Slattery KC". New South Wales Judicial Scholarship. [2009] NSW Judicial Scholarship 9.
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    New South Wales Bar Association (9 November 2017). "Bar Association office bearers for 2018". Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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    New South Wales Bar Association (12 November 2020). "Bar Association office bearers for 2021". Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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    New South Wales Bar Association (12 May 2022). "Bar Association office bearers for 2022". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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    Low, Charles (1971). A Roll of Australian Arms. Adelaide: Rigby Limited. p. 8. ISBN 0-85179-149-2. OCLC 246821.
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