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Evolving with purpose: Strategic Plan 2025–2028
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The Law Society of NSW is one of the largest legal associations in the world. It’s essential that an organisation representing more than 37,000 members, and entrusted with important regulatory responsibilities, continually monitors its performance and core purpose. The Objects clauses in our Constitution (which I mentioned last month in relation to the work of our policy committees) lay the foundation for all the work we do on your behalf. While these core purposes have remained largely unchanged throughout our storied history, we have continued to evolve with the times. Continue reading >
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Northern Suburbs Regional Visit: CPD with a view
The Law Society of NSW and North Metropolitan Regional Law Society invite you to a full-day CPD Conference and Dinner on Tuesday 26 August at the scenic Miramare Gardens, Terrey Hills. Earn six CPD units while exploring key topics including ethics, risk and AML/CTF, followed by dinner with a keynote from the Honourable Justice Julie Ward. Spaces are limited. Please RSVP by the end of today.
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Justice Doesn’t Hibernate: Winter Pro Bono Drive 2025
The Law Society’s Access to Justice team has launched its winter pro bono campaign, Justice Doesn’t Hibernate, with the aim of growing the number of firms participating in the Pro Bono Scheme. By signing up, your firm can provide necessary legal assistance to individuals who are ineligible for Legal Aid or cannot afford private legal services. This work can take many forms, including phone advice, document preparation, or court representation, all tailored to your capacity. If you think your firm can be doing more in this area, please register here. You can also contact the Pro Bono Scheme on (02) 9926 0396 or email a2j@lawsociety.com.au for more information.
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Legal Aid NSW new policy for subpoena to a complainant in sexual assault proceedings
The Legal Aid NSW Board has approved a new policy to make legal aid available to a complainant in sexual assault proceedings to object to a subpoena seeking the production of their personal records. Legal aid is available to assist complaints to negotiate a more limited scope for a subpoena and to raise objections where necessary. More information about the changes can be found here.
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In-House Corporate Lawyers Forum: Ask the Law Society – ethics, practice and regulation unpacked
Tuesday 19 August 2025
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Staying Well in the Law: Communicating with clients in crisis
Wednesday 20 August 2025
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NSW Young Lawyers trivia fundraiser night
Friday 29 August 2025
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Spotlight on professional obligations: Mandatory rule 6.1 – live webinar
Tuesday 30 September 2025
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Critical thinking for lawyers: Mandatory rule 6.1 – live webinar
Thursday 9 October 2025
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August Service Directory
The LSJ Online Service Directory for August remains available. Here you will find advertisements for agency and referrals, practices for sale and purchase, and much more, plus all missing wills’ notices. Read more.
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Amended Industrial Court Criminal Practice Note No. 1
The Practice Note has been amended to reflect:
- the Usual Directions for sentencing (paragraphs 39-41);
- the fact that the Registrar now manages the WHS Monday List (paragraphs 42-44 and 46); and
- the updates made to Practice Note No. 32 relating to the formatting of electronic submissions of court books and email attachments (paragraphs 31 and 57).
The amended Practice Note is available here.
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eDuties enhancements to document upload functionality
Revenue NSW has advised that it has made improvements to the supporting document upload functionality for eDuties as follows:
- Increased file size limit: You can now upload individual files up to 300MB, up from the previous 50MB limit
- Improved drag-and-drop: You can now drag and drop up to 30 documents at once into your application
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Probate tips
From time to time, the Law Society of NSW will include probate tips in Monday Briefs. Practitioners are reminded that expeditious processing of probate applications in urgent cases may be applied for at no additional cost. If granted, the applications are attended to within days of the request. Further information about the process for seeking expedition is located on the Supreme Court website here.
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DEFAMATION
The evolution of ‘the public interest’ in the law of defamation
By Nicholas Olson >
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CYBER AND TECHNOLOGY
Taking ‘persons unknown’ to court: the use of injunctions against anonymous hackers
By Andrew Miers, Zoe Tishler and Luke Roper >
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