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Speeches by former judicial officers

Alphabetical list:

Associate Justice Macready

The Honourable Justice Adams

Date	Speech
28 Jul 1998	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Adams QC

The Honourable Justice RI Barrett

Date	Speech
Sep 2018	Banking and Financial Services Law Association, 35th Annual Conference, Queenstown " Trust me: Does trust property go where it should after insolvency?"
Aug 2015	Law Council of Australia, Business Law Section Corporations Workshop, After Dinner Speech
20 Apr 2015	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice R I Barrett upon the occasion of his retirement as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW
23 Jul 2014	Book Launch - Nuncio D'Angelo, "Commercial Trusts"
30 Aug 2013	Commentary on "Cross Border Insolvency - Judicial Assistance in the Post- Hoffmann Era
14 May 2013	Book Launch - Everett and McCracken's Banking and Financial Institutions Law
22 Feb 2013	Admission of Lawyers, Newcastle
11 Sep 2012	Elder Law and Succession Committee - "Listen to the Judges" Series
19 Jul 2012	Book Launch - Farid Assaff, "Statutory Demands and Winding Up in Insolvency"
15 Mar 2011	Judicial Views on Litigation Funding
13 Mar 2011	Judicial Reflections on Insurance Insolvency
04 Apr 2010	Sydney Law School Takeovers Panel Conference - Closing Remarks
26 Jul 2008	Insolvency of Registered Managed Investment Schemes
23 Feb 2006	The Principle in Re Hastings-Bass
24 Aug 2003	The "Most Wrong" Equity Cases 1990 - 2003: Attorney General v Blake
07 Aug 2005	Cross Border Insolvency - Aspects of the Unctral Model Law
19 Mar 2001	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Reginald Ian Barrett

The Honourable Justice J Basten

Date	Speech
05 Nov 2021	EPLA Conference: Year in Review – Cases in The Court of Appeal
10 Nov 2020	The Richard Davies QC Memorial Lecture presented to the Personal Injury Bar Association, United Kingdom on 10 November 2020: "Loss of a Chance"
20 Jun 2018	Newcastle Court of Appeal Sittings Opening Ceremony
21 Jun 2017	NCAT Twilight Seminar – Section 36 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) – The Guiding Principle
11 Mar 2017	Personal Injury - Contributory Negligence. New South Wales Bar Associatation: Common Law Conference
03 Mar 2016	Australian Institute of Administrative Law - NSW Chapter Seminar: Judicial review in state jurisdiction
04 Nov 2015	Western Australian Bar Association CPD Conference: Modern Judicial Review - An Overview
24 Jul 2015	Constitutional Dimension of Statutory Interpretation - Constitutional Law Conference
13 Jun 2015	Reliability of Evidence - Judge or Jury? - A New South Wales View. Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) - 20th Anniversary Symposium
13 Feb 2015	Constitutional Law in the Federal and State Courts in 2014: the Judiciary and the Legislature
21 Aug 2014	Book Launch - Rayner Thwaites "The Liberty of Non-citizens: Indefinite Detention in Commonwealth Countries"
20 Jun 2013	The Scope of Power: Determining the Limits - AGS Administrative Law Conference
17 Apr 2013	Judging Community Standards and Mores
28 Mar 2012	University of NSW, Lecture on Judicial Review
25 Jan 2012	Jurisdictional Error After Kirk: Has it a Future?
2011	The Supervisory Jurisdiction of Supreme Courts - ALJ article (2011) 85 ALJ 273
19 Jul 2011	Procedural Reform: The New Part 10 - A Paper on Representative Actions in the Supreme Court
06 May 2011	Judicial Review: Grounds, Standards & Intensity Of Review Or Who Is Miss Behavin?"
27 Apr 2011	Court of Appeal Review and Appeals in the District Court
07 Oct 2010	"Standards of Review" - An Australian Perspective
11 May 2010	International Influences on Domestic Law: Neither Jingoistic Exceptionalism nor Blind Servility
07 May 2010	Jurisdiction and Powers of Tribunals: A Question of Statutory Construction?
09 Mar 2010	Comment on Paper "Constitutional Issues and the Strength of Aboriginal Property Rights" by Sean Brennan
31 Mar 2009	Excellence in Government Decision-Making Course
Sep 2008	International Conventions and Administrative Law
26 Jun 2008	Administrative Law and Statutory Interpretation
09 May 2008	Judicial Review: Intensity of Scrutiny
03 Apr 2008	The 2008 Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture
26 Mar 2008	Administrative Law - A Perspective from the Bench
15 Jun 2007	Natural Justice: Is There Too Much, Too Little or Just the Right Amount?
26 May 2006	A Curious History of the Mabo Litigation
04 Nov 2005	Court and Media Relationships
04 Nov 2005	Judicial Conduct: Relationship with Government
04 Nov 2005	Judicial Attributes
21 Jul 2005	Comment on Paper by Professor Carol Harlow
30 Jun 2005	Limits on Procedural Fairness
02 May 2005	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable John Basten QC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Honourable Justice MJ Beazley AO

Date	Speech
27 Feb 2019	Farewell Ceremony for The Honourable Justice Margaret Beazley AO as a Judge of The Supreme Court of New South Wales
18 Oct 2018	100 Years of Women in Law in NSW: Speech Slides
15 Jun 2018	'Honouring Jane Mathews' - Speech at Bar asssociation of New South Wales: Speech Slides
19 May 2018	"The Jurisprudence of the Court of Appeal: Colour and Movement” - delivered at the College of Law Specialist Legal Conference
18 Oct 2017	Contemporary Issues in Public Law: Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose? - Clarence Chambers
28 Sep 2017	An Insight into Appellate Justice in New South Wales - Francis Forbes Lecture
21 Sep 2017	Law in the Age of the Algorithm - State of the Profession Address, New South Wales Young Lawyers
20 Sep 2017	The Fundamentals of Insurance Law: Enduring Constants in the Winds of Change? - 2017 Geoff Masel Memorial Lecture
11 Aug 2017	Language - The Law's Essential Tool - Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture, University of Newcastle
17 Jun 2017	Occasional Remarks: North & North West Community Legal Service Inc 21st Celebration - North & North West Community Legal Service Inc
06 May 2017	The Continuing Role of Justices of the Peace in the NSW Community - NSW Justices Association Annual Conference
19 Apr 2017	Recurring Issues in the Court of Appeal - District Court of New South Wales Annual Conference
07 Apr 2017	Prosecution of Corporate Executives - Emerging Trend or the Eternal Struggle - Inter-Pacific Bar Association Conference
16 Mar 2017	Legalwise Advocacy & Evidence Conference - Keynote Address
07 Mar 2017	Extended joint criminal enterprise in the wake of Jogee and Miller
23 Feb 2017	The rise of litigation funding and class actions and the duties owed by legal practitioners
20 Feb 2017	Ceremony for commencement of proceedings (Orange)
15 Feb 2017	The Principle of Legality and the Protection of Human Rights in Australia – The Hon Barry O'Keefe Memorial Lecture, Australian Catholic University
Feb 2017	Admissions Speech 2017
15 Nov 2016	Conflicts in Commercial Trusts
27 Oct 2016	The Future With Blockchain - UNSW Continuing Legal Education Blockchain Forum
12 Oct 2016	Judicial Review & The Shifting Sands of Legal Unreasonableness
29 Sep 2016	Keynote Address delivered at the Baker & McKenzie National Intervarsity Women’s Moot
10 Jun 2016	Catalyst for Change? Legal developments in a shifting society: Law Week 2016
29 Mar 2016	Recurring issues in the Court of Appeal - District Court Annual Conference 2016
17 Nov 2015	Future directions in workplace law - bursting the bubble?
29 Oct 2015	Communicating the law: self-represented litigants in the Court of Appeal
05 Aug 2015	Offers of Compromise: Following, bending and breaking the rules
23 May 2015	Recent Judgments in Personal Injury and Litigation
11 May 2015	Social Media and the Law
28 Mar 2015	Appellate Advocacy
23 Oct 2014	The Law Society of New South Wales Annual Members Dinner
10 Oct 2014	Uniformity and similarity? Tendency evidence under the Uniform Evidence Law
05 Sep 2014	Rule of law and national security concerns: whither human rights?
27 Aug 2014	The intersection of the Australian law and the Islamic faith: A selection of cases
23 Apr 2014	Recurring issues in the Court of Appeal Appendix
03 Sep 2013	A reflection on public law: From Federation to the Twenty-first century
24 May 2013	The distinction between questions of fact and law: a question without answer?
18 May 2013	Social Media and the Courts: Service of Process
27 Mar 2013	Advocacy: A view from the bench
26 Sep 2012	Calderbank offers 2
26 Mar 2010	Natural Justice: New South Wales cases in a Commonwealth context
14 Mar 2008	Calderbank offers

The Honourable Justice PA Bergin, Chief Judge in Equity

Date	Speech
20-22 Oct 2016	Meeting challenges posed by modern international commercial litigation - Fifth Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation (Hong Kong)
31 Jul 2015	50 Years of Commercial Law: the Commercial Law Association of Australia Anniversary Conference
20 Mar 2014	The global trend in mediation; confidentiality; and mediation in complex commercial disputes. An Australian perspective (Mediation Conference, Hong Kong)
21 Jun 2013	The new regime of practice in the Equity division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
19 Oct 2012	The Right Balance Between Trial and Mediation: Visions, Experiences and Proposals
11 May 2012	The Objectives, Scope and Focus of Mediation Legislation in Australia
04 Apr 2012	Elder Law in Australia, by Rodney Lewis; Launch, Parliament House, Sydney
06 May 2011	The Expert's Lament
28 Apr 2011	Judicial Mediation in Australia
21 Mar 2011	Cross Border Issues in Discovery Disclosure Orders and Search Orders
18 Feb 2011	The Repentant Trustee
08 Nov 2010	A Question of Dignity
25 Oct 2010	New South Wales Young Lawyers' Association State of The Profession Address
28 Aug 2010	2010 Alternative Dispute Resolution Workshop
25 Nov 2009	Executors/Trustees and Mandatory Mediations
03 Aug 2008	Case Management
30 Nov 2007	Mediation in Hong Kong: the Way Forward Perspectives from Australia
31 Mar 2007	Litigation and Globalisation
26 Oct 2005	Presentation of Commercial Cases in the Supreme Court of New South Wales
05 May 2004	Methodology of the management of construction disputes in the Supreme Court of New South Wales
26 Nov 2003	Equity in Practice
06 Nov 2003	Commercial Causes Centenary Dinner
26 Aug 2003	Commercial Litigation: Tips for Success and Traps for the Unwary: A Judge's Perspective on Case Preparation
26 Jul 2003	A Judicial Perspective on what the Court expects from legal practitioners in equity and commercial litigation
17 Apr 2003	Conferral of Degrees Ceremony, Division of Law, Macquarie University
22 Oct 2002	National Judicial Orientation Programme - Time Management
28 Nov 2000	Interlocutory Procedures
04 May 2000	Women in Health Law
12 Nov 1999	Professional Legal Education in the Multi-Disciplinary Corporate Environment
29 Oct 1999	Women on Statutory Boards
01 Mar 1999	Swearing in Ceremony of Patricia Anne Bergin, SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW

The Honourable Justice Bryson

Date	Speech
06 Nov 2019	Lecture: Henry VIII's Will and the Politics of Succession Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4
13 Jun 2017	The History of Property Law. Tutorial on Old System Title
30 Aug 2011	Common Law Pleadings in NSW and How They Got There - Lecture
27 Aug 2010	Richard of Anstey - Lecture
28 Feb 2007	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice John Bryson
26 Nov 2004	Book launch: Australian Society and the Law - Volume 1 The Citizen and the Law
18 Sep 2004	Law and Politics of Magna Carta
25 Feb 2004	Continuing Professional Education - The 2004 Judges Series. Practical Litigation in the Supreme Court and the Federal Court
29 Mar 2003	Caveats Against Dealing Under the Real Property Act 1900
11 Oct 2002	Easements Ordered by the Court - s.88K of the Conveyancing Act 1919
20 Jul 2002	Henry ll and the English Common Law

The Honourable Justice AR Emmett

Date	Speech
07 Mar 2013	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Arthur Robert Emmett

The Honourable Justice PM Hall

Date	Speech
08 Mar 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Peter Michael Hall QC

The Honourable Justice PJ Hidden, AM

Date	Speech
May 2003	Public Defenders' Conference - Common Ethical Problems for the Criminal Advocate

The Honourable Justice CRR Hoeben AM AFD, Chief Judge at Common Law

Date	Speech
6 Dec 2021	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Clifton Hoeben AM RFD as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
16 Aug 2004	Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Clifton Ralph Russell Hoeben AM RFD SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW

The Honourable Justice PA Johnson

Date	Speech
10 Mar 2020	Some Issues Arising from Terrorism Trials and Sentencing Appendix
18 Apr 2017	Criminal Law Review – A paper for the District Court of New South Wales Annual Conference
08 Apr 2014	The Bail Act 2013 - An Overview and Some Issues Affecting the Supreme Court
24 May 2013	Criminal Law Review 2013
25 Jul 2012	The Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010: One year on – some legal and practical issues
11 Feb 2012	Consistency in Sentencing for Federal Offences - Challenges for Sentencing Courts in an Evolving Landscape
07 Sep 2011	Criminal Trial Case Management: Why Bother? A joint paper by Justices P Johnson and M F Latham - AIJA Criminal Justice in Australia and New Zealand - Issues and Challenges for Judicial Administration Conference
06 Sep 2008	Controlling Unreasonable Cross-Examination
Mar 2008	Claims for Possession of Land Following Mortgage Default – A Rising Tide
01 Feb 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Peter Anthony Johnson SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Honourable Justice MF Latham

Date	Speech
12 Apr 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Megan Fay Latham as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Honourable Justice L McCallum

Date	Speech
30 Jan 2008	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Lucy McCallum
25 Feb 2022	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Lucy McCallum as a Judge of Appeal and Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW
25 Feb 2022	> Link to Video of Farewell Ceremony for the Hon. Justice Lucy McCallum

The Honourable Justice PD McClellan, AM

Date	Speech
08 Feb 2018	Swearing Out Ceremony of the Hon Justice Peter McClellan
07 Feb 2018	Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Speeches 2013-2017
06 Dec 2012	Corruption: A Problem for the Public and Private Sector?
03 Dec 2012	A Matter of Fact: The Origins of the Court of Criminal Appeal
10 Apr 2012	Crown Prosecutor's Conference - Sentencing in the 21st Century
29 Mar 2012	Rule of Law Insitute of Australia - 2012 NSW Legal Studies Association Conference
01 Dec 2011	The Future Role of the Judge - Umpire, Manager, Mediator or Service Provider
24 Nov 2011	White Collar Crime: Perpetrators and Penalties
22 Jul 2011	Contamination of the Environment - Past Problems and Contemporary Responses
05 Mar 2011	Looking Inside the Jury Room
19 Nov 2010	The University of Western Sydney Law Alumni Dinner Occasional Address
07 May 2010	UNSW Graduation Ceremony Occasional Address
15 Apr 2010	Civil Justice Reform - What has it achieved?
27 Mar 2010	Changes in Civil Process - Toward a Phased Trial
10 Dec 2009	Environment Crime in Context: From Spcc V Caltex to Date *
20 Nov 2009	Seventh Annual Jury Research and Practice Conference Paper
04 Nov 2009	Eloquence and Reason - are juries appropriate for defamation trials?
02 Oct 2009	Admissibility of expert evidence under the Uniform Evidence Act
29 Apr 2009	A Discussion on Property Rights
26 Mar 2009	Litigation - Some Contemporary Issues
25 Oct 2008	The Australian Justice system in 2020
17 Sep 2008	Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century Mediate Or Litigate?
07 Jun 2008	Two Contemporary Challenges: The Role of Deterrence In Sentencing and the Effective Use of Experts
Apr 2008	Some Benefits of Mediation
Apr 2008	ADR - An Introduction
25 Mar 2008	Juries - Common Sense and the Truth
29 Nov 2007	Concurrent Expert Evidence
20 Jul 2007	Contemporary Challenges for the Justice System - Expert Evidence
16 Apr 2007	The New Rules
04 Nov 2006	Australian Administrative Law
2006	Terrorism and the law
20 Oct 2006	Expert Evidence - Aces up Your Sleeve?
17 Aug 2006	Australian Institute of Urban Studies Sydney's Water Supply - A Reality Check: Is There a Need for a Public Inquiry?
02 Aug 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 Nov 2005	Courts in the 21st Century - Should We Do Things Differently?
12 Sep 2005	Access to Justice in Environmental Law - An Australian Perspective
02 Sep 2005	Judicial Conduct: Still a Live Issue, Some Thoughts On the Paper by Professor Peter A Sallman
30 Jan 2001	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Peter David McClellan QC

The Honourable Justice RS McColl AO

Date	Speech
04 Dec 2018	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice Ruth McColl upon the Occasion of Her Retirement as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
18 Aug 2017	Words, Words, Words! What Did You Mean: Contractual Interpretation and the Reasonable Business Person - Address to the Commercial Law Association of Australia
05 Mar 2016	How Common is the Common Law and Other Miscellany? - Keynote Address - NSW Bar Association Common Law Conference
30 Apr 2015	Sydney University Conferring of Law Degrees - Occasional Address
17 Oct 2014	Women in Law Awards
08 Mar 2014	Privacy, Business and the Digital Era
27 Feb 2014	Celebrating Women in the Judiciary
15 Sep 2010	Freedom of Information - A New Paradigm
30 Sep 2009	An Australian Perspective on Privacy Law Developments
17 Feb 2009	What About Me? Your Pets and Your Will
18 Sep 2008	The Current State of the Profession
22 Feb 2008	Civil litigation in crisis: what crisis
03 May 2006	Women in the Law - Address to the Anglo-Australasian Society of Lawyers
20 Feb 2004	Unfinished Matters: The Federal and State Supreme Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2003 Term
28 Nov 2003	Women Lawyers in 2003 - A View from the Top
19 Sep 2003	IT in The Courtroom from Both Sides of the Bench - The Transformation of Justice
29 Apr 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

The Honourable Justice RC McDougall

Date	Speech
07 Dec 2018	Informal Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Robert Calder McDougall as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
03 Nov 2018	Recognition of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings – An Australian Perspective - Paper prepared for the 31st LAWASIA Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia
18 May 2018	The Interpretation of Commercial Contracts - Hunting for the Intention of the Parties - College of Law Specialist Legal Conference, Sydney
20 Sep 2017	Aspects of Evidentiary Privileges in Australia - Law Asia Conference Tokyo, Japan
25 Nov 2016	Arbitration: past, present and future - Opening address to the RAIF Conference, Sydney
02 Nov 2016	The utility of expert evidence in dispute resolution - Resolution Institute, Sydney
30 Sep 2016	The importance of private international law in Australia - Haque Conference on Private International Law at Parliament House
21 Oct 2016	Challenges in the age of Cyberspace - Fifth Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation (Hong Kong)
19 Aug 2016	Revisiting the penalties doctrine: Paciocco v ANZ - Commercial Law Association Conference
12 Mar 2016	Penalties in Commercial Contracts since Andrews v ANZ - Keynote address for the Annual One Day CLE Seminar: Business Law
27-29 Jan 2016	Designing the Courtroom of the Future - International Conference on Court Excellence, Singapore
07 Sep 2015	Courts and ADR: A Symbiotic Relationship - LEADR & IAMA Conference
26 Jun 2015	Construction of Contracts: The High Court's Approach - Commercial Law Association Judges' Series
30 Oct 2014	Section 54(1) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth)
13 May 2014	Natural Justice and the Building and Construction Industry Security for Payments Act 1999 (NSW)
28 Feb 2014	Remedies in Commercial Litigation
02 Aug 2013	The Uses and Abuses of Technology in the Courtroom
09 Mar 2012	Remedies in Commercial Litigation
29 Oct 2011	Overview of the Evidence Act
06 Aug 2011	Australian and New Zealand Case Law Update - Australia
13 Mar 2010	Keynote Address to the NSW Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Seminar
13 Nov 2009	Some thoughts on calling expert evidence
11 Sep 2009	An examination of the role and content of natural justice in adjudications under construction industry payment legislation
07 Apr 2009	Paper presented to the 16th Commonwealth Law Conference in Hong Kong, April 2009
18 Oct 2008	The Privilege Against Self-incrimination: a time for reassessment
16 Sep 2007	The Baby or the Bathwater? Terrorism, Responses and the Role of the Courts
22 Jun 2007	The Evolving Principles Governing Client Legal Privilege
10 Jul 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 Feb 2006	The Implied Duty of Good Faith in Australian Contract Law
31 Aug 2005	The Court View of Security of Payment Legislation in Operation
May 2005	Developments in Building and Construction Law
13 Feb 2004	Expert Evidence
21 Aug 2003	Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable Robert Calder McDougall as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Honourable Justice MA Pembroke

Date	Speech
29 Jun 2010	Cross Examination of Experts
12 Apr 2010	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Andrew Pembroke SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Honourable Justice NG Rein

Date	Speech
05 May 2008	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Nigel Geoffrey Rein

The Honourable Justice CC Simpson

Date	Speech
27 Mar 2018	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice Carolyn Simpson upon the Occasion of Her Retirement as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW
01 Feb 1994	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Carolyn Chalmers Simpson QC

The Honourable J J Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of NSW

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The Honourable T F Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of NSW

2022
28 Feb	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Chief Justice Bathurst AC > Link to Video of Ceremony
25 Feb	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice Lucy McCallum > Link to Video of Ceremony
2021
06 Dec	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice Clifton Hoeben AM RFD > Link to Video of Ceremony
09 Nov	21st Century Legal Practice: International and Domestic – Chief Justices Past and Present Dispute Resolution Lecture Series
03 Nov	Modern and Future Judging - Sir Maurice Byers Lecture 2021
05 Oct	Commercial Trusts and the Liability of Beneficiaries: Are Commercial Trusts a Satisfactory Vehicle to be used in Modern Day Commerce? 2021 Harold Ford Memorial Lecture
22 Sep	A History of Sentencing Law since Francis Forbes, 1823
31 Jul	Persuasive Criminal Advocacy
17 Jun	Opening Remarks: UNSW Evening with a Justice
05 May	Introductory Remarks: Murder at Myall Creek Lecture
06 Apr	Challenges to the Rule of Law in Modern Society
24 Feb	Newcastle Admission Ceremony Speech
2021	2021 Admission Ceremony Speech
10 Feb	Remarks: Opening of Law Term Jewish Service
03 Feb	Trust in the Judiciary – Opening of Law Term Dinner
Jan	Remarks: Australian Disputes Centre 35th Anniversary of Mediation Training Program
2020
12 Oct	Welcome Address: ACICA and CIArb International Arbitration Conference 2020
08 Oct	The History of Defamation Law: Unjumbling a Tangled Web
Aug	2020 Admission Ceremony Speech
28 Mar	Don’t Be Court Out: The Basics Of Court Etiquette
26 Feb	College of Law Judges’ Series: Lawyer-Client Privilege
12 Feb	Remarks: Opening of Law Term Jewish Service
05 Feb	Law as a Reflection of the ‘Moral Conscience’ of Society - Opening of Law Term Dinner
2019
28 Nov	Hammerschlag’s Commercial Court Handbook – Book Launch
27 Nov	Contract Law in Japan and ASEAN Consumer Law – Book Launch
29 Oct	Does the Modern Corporation Have a Future? – Supreme Court Annual Corporate Law Conference 2019
29 Oct	Remarks: 50th Anniversary of the Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales
16 Oct	'Something More, Something Less': The Contemporary Meaning of Open Justice – Communications and Media Law Association
19 Sep	‘A tough nut to crack’: The History of the Legal Profession in New South Wales
14 Sep	Death and Taxes: The Policy Objectives of Succession Law – Sir Anthony Mason Oration 2019
05 Sep	Heydon on Contract – Book Launch
08 Aug	Demystifying Judicial Commissions – Federal Circuit Court of Australia Plenary 2019
10 Jul	The Future Direction of Anti-Corruption Commissions: An Australian Legal Perspective – International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law Annual Conference 2019
27 Jun	Ethical Legal Practice and Professional Conduct – Book Launch
07 Jun	University of Sydney Law Graduation Ceremony – Occasional Address
23 May	‘Easier for a Camel to Pass Through the Eye of a Needle’: The Lessons for Australia from Brexit – Michael O’Dea Oration 2019
16 Apr	Defining the Public Interest: Where Lawyers Fear to Tread? – Public Interest Symposium 2019
10 Apr	Remarks: Law Society of New South Wales FLIP Stream Seminar
05 Apr	The Place of Religious Law in a Pluralist Society – Aloysian Law Lunch 2019
22 Mar	Not a Master, But a Teacher: The Role of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales – Law Council of Australia Directors’ Dinner
16 Mar	Is Discretion the Better Part of Sentencing? – Public Defenders’ Criminal Law Conference 2019
27 Feb	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice Margaret Beazley AO
14 Feb	The Mysteries of Judicial Power: Defining the Relationship between Law and Power in the Modern State – 2019 George Winterton Memorial Lecture
06 Feb	Remarks: Opening of Law Term Jewish Service
30 Jan	Who Judges the Judges, and How Should They Be Judged? – Opening of Law Term Dinner
2019	2019 Admission Ceremony Speech
2018
16 Nov	The Role of the Commercial Bar in the Mid-21st Century – Keynote Address at the 2018 Australian Bar Association National Conference
12 Nov	Remembrance Day Ceremony: Commemorating the sacrifice and service of the NSW legal profession in the First World War
30 Oct	Address to NSW Legislative Drafters on the Principle of Legality
18 Oct	The History of the Law of Commercial Arbitration
20 Sep	ADR, ODR and AI-DR, or do we even need courts anymore? - Inaugural Supreme Court ADR Address
17 Sep	Justice on Shoestring: How do we make the legal dollar for further? - Inaugural Bill Grant Access to Justice Oration
07 Sep	Writing Better Judgments: Speech delivered at the Council of Australasian Tribunals NSW Annual Conference
23 Aug	Address at the Closing Ceremony of the International Law Association Biennial Conference
21 Aug	The Courts and Integrity Bodies: Constitutional Conundrums – Paper presented at the Symposium on Australia’s National Integrity Institutions: Strengths, Weaknesses, Options
11 Aug	Perspectives on ADR and Future Trends – Address to the 2018 ADR Masterclass on Making ADR Work in a #FakeNews World
04 Jul	The Role of the Courts: Address to the ACICA Symposium on Underwriting Cross-Border Contracts – The significance of the New York Convention 60 years on
26 Jun	Directors’ and Officers’ Duties in the Age of Regulation: Address at the Conference in Honour of Professor Robert Baxt AO
29 May	Affinity Iftar Keynote Address: Trust in the Judiciary
16 May	Reception for Lysicrates Prize Foundation
18 Apr	Closing Keynote Address at the 24th International Council for Commercial Arbitration Congress: Evolution and Adaptation, The Future of International Arbitration
27 Mar	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice Carolyn Simpson
08 Feb	Farewell Ceremony for the Hon Justice Peter McClellan AM
07 Feb	Remarks: Opening of Law Term Jewish Service
31 Jan	The Place of Lawyers in Politics - Opening of Law Term Dinner
2018	2018 Admission Ceremony Speech
2017
25 Nov	Keynote Address, Indian National Bar Association Annual Conference – A Comparative Perspective on Privacy Law: The Australian Experience
26 Oct	New tricks for old dogs: the limits of judicial review of integrity bonds - The James Spigelman Oration 2017
18 Oct	The History of Criminal Law
11 Oct	Welcome Address: 30th Anniversary of the Judicial Commission Reception
28 Jun	Launch of the Electronic State Reports (New South Wales)
03 Apr	Writing Judgments with the Parties in Mind : NJCA “Writing Better Judgments” Program Keynote Address
30 Mar	Off with the wig: Issues that arise for advocates when switching from the courtroom to the negotiating table
25 Mar	On to Strasbourg or back to Temple?: The future of European law in Australia post-Brexit
01 Feb	Doing Right By "All Manner of People": Building a More Inclusive Legal System - Opening of Law Term Dinner
2017	2017 Admission Ceremony Speech
2016
25 Nov	Keynote Address, Inaugural Sir James Martin Oration
22 Nov	Opening Address, 4th International Arbitration Conference
21 Nov	The benefits of courts such as Singapore International Commercial Court
11 Nov	Launch of the NSW Branch of the Hellenic Australia Lawyers Association
09 Nov	The History of Contract Law
21 Oct	Prying Open the Court Doors: Meeting the Challenges of International Commercial Litigation in Australia
14 Sep	Pacific Judicial Conference, Papua New Guinea - Specialised Courts/Court Tracks - The Way to Go?
2016	2016 Admission Ceremony Speech
19 Jul	The impact of the First World War on the NSW Judiciary
21 Jun	Tweeters, Posters and Grammers Beware: Discovery and Social Media Evidence
04 Jun	Costs in Representative Proceedings, Costs Budgeting and Fixed Costs Schemes
03 Jun	Opening Address: Future of Law Reporting in Australia Forum
25 May	Introductory Remarks, GC1000 Meet the Regulators
02 May	Launch of the Special Edition of the Australian Tax Review in Recognition of the Hon RF Edmonds SC
19 Apr	Access to Justice in Regional New South Wales, Newcastle Business Club
11 Apr	Judicial Responses to Domestic Violence
31 Mar	Book Launch: Insurance Contracts Act Handbook, 9th Edition
21 Mar	Statutory Commissions, Compulsory Examinations and Common Law Rights
08 Mar	Book Launch: Adjudication on the Gold Fields in NSW and Victoria in the 19th Century
05 Mar	Three Contemporary Issues in Civil Litigation: Expert Evidence, Discovery and Alternative Dispute Resolution
02 Mar	Illegally or Improperly Obtained Evidence: In Defence of Australia's Discretionary Approach
10 Feb	Remarks: Opening of Law Term Shabbat Dinner
04 Feb	Opening of law term address: 'The Nature of the Profession: The State of the Law' Appendix & Search Results
2015
18 Dec	Contracts in Commercial Law Conference: 'Getting your sold soul back: the limitations and justifications of waiver'
29 Oct	College of Law Judge's Series: Lawyer/Client Privilege
27 Oct	History of Equity - delivered at the Forbes Legal History Tutorial
31 Jul	50 years of Commercial Law
09 Jul	iAdvocate v Rumpole: Who will survive? An analysis of advocates' ongoing relevance in the age of technology
13 Jun	"Counting Ceorls and Eorls" - 20th Anniversary of the Evidence Act
06 May	"Buttered Parsnips and a Damp Squib"
20 Apr	Swearing Out Ceremony of the Hon Justice Reginald Barrett
Feb	2015 Admission Ceremony Speech
18 Feb	After the Civil Procedure Act - 10 Year Anniversary of the Civil Procedure Act
02 Feb	Opening of Law Term Dinner Address 2015
2014
14 Nov	Duties to the Court, Duties of the Court - Law Society Planning Conference
13 Nov	Accessing justice and dispensing it justly: some assorted thoughts - Salvos Legal Lecture Series
08 Nov	Accessing justice and dispensing it justly: some assorted thoughts - Salvos Legal Lecture Series
30 Oct	Community Awareness of the Judiciary Program - Opening Remarks
05 Oct	27th LAWASIA Conference - Environmental/Judicial Session
03 Sep	The History of Insolvency Law
21 Aug	Panel discussion: privilege, confidentiality and privacy in the ADR forum
16 Jul	Ramadan Iftar Dinner
18 Jun	A different judicial perspective on discovery - 8th Information Governance and ediscovery summit
22 May	The Bail Act 2013: Selected Scenarios - DVD Launch
07 Apr	Key Issues in Judicial Review - Book Launch
04 Apr	Justice in Arms: Military Lawyers in the Australian Army's First Hundred Years - Book Launch
29 Mar	Duties of Bar and Bench: Some Reflections on Case Management and Judicial Bias
03 Mar	Newcastle University address: The trials and tribulations of being a lawyer
21 Feb	LawAsia Opening Address
13 Feb	Winterton's Australian Federal Constitutional Law - Book Launch
2014	2014 Admission Ceremony speech
03 Feb	Opening of Law Term Dinner Address 2014
2013
15 Nov	ADT Members' Conference - Opening Remarks
08 Nov	University of Western Sydney Law School Alumni Association - Annual Dinner Occasional Address
28 Oct	The Importance of Developing Convergent Commercial Law Systems, Procedurally and Substantively
12 Oct	Toongabbie Legal Centre Annual Fundraising Dinner
11 Oct	Separation of Powers: Reality or Desirable Fiction - JCA Colloquium
19 Sep	Insurance Law - A View From the Bench
03 Sep	The Historical Development of Corporations Law
31 Aug	It Tolls for Thee: Accessorial Liability After Bell v Westpac
12 Jul	LPAB Diploma in Law Graduation - Occassional Address (University of Sydney)
08 May	Insolvency Practitioner's Association of Australia - National Conference
06 May	Aviation Law Conference
16 Apr	Lawyers and Commercialism: Help or Hindrance?
2013	2013 Admission Ceremony speech
13 Mar	The Importance of Public Service - Affinity Intercultural Foundation Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony
28 Feb	Superannuation Lawyers Conference Opening Remarks
29 Jan	Opening of Law Term Dinner Address 2013
2012
03 Dec	Formal Ceremony in Honour of the Re-opening of Banco Court and 100 Year Anniversary of the Court of Criminal Appeal
21 Nov	Social Media: the End of CIvilization? - Warrane Lecture, UNSW
15 Nov	Legal Education - Does It Make Good Lawyers
24 Oct	Federalism and the National Legal Profession Reforms
13 Oct	Director's, Trustee and Fiduciary Duties in the Context of Domestic Corporate Arrangements - Annual Family Law Conference
10 Oct	Community Awareness of the Judiciary Program
01 Aug	Beyond the Stocks - A Community Approach to Crime
26 Jul	Justice for Hire: Have Gavel, Will Travel (Or, Arbitrators and the Judicial Duty)
21 Apr	Commercialisation of Legal Practice
24 Mar	The Legal Profession and the Defence Forces: Historical Connections
14 Mar	Commonwealth Secretariat Pacific Judges Regional Forum
29 Feb	The Australian Arbitration Option - Forum Mumbai and New Delhi
10 Feb	Address to Law Shabbat Dinner
2012	2012 Admission Ceremony speech
30 Jan	Opening of Law Term Dinner Address 2012
2011
01 Dec	Address to the University of NSW Law 40th Anniversary Conference
29 Nov	Interpretation of Contracts in Australia - Book Launch
16 Nov	Address to the City of Sydney Law Society Annual Dinner
27 Oct	Address to the University of NSW Law School Book Celebration
19 Oct	Address to Sydney Law School Foundation Reception
06 Oct	2011 Australasian Court Administrators Conference - Opening Address
21 Sep	Address to the Continuing Professional Development Seminar
10 Sep	Exchanging Ideas Conference - Welcome Address
09 Sep	Address to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
23 Aug	Annual Corporate Law Conference - Welcome Address
20 Aug	Annual Supreme Court Judges' Conference - Opening Address
13 Aug	Advanced Altenative Dispute Resolution Workshop - Opening Address
09 Aug	Speech on the Retirement of the Hon David Hodgson AO
01 Jun	Swearing In Ceremony of the Honourable TF Bathurst QC

Supreme Court

Speeches by former judicial officers

The Honourable Justice Adams​​

​The Honourable ​Justice RI Barrett​​​​​​​​

​​The Honourable Justice J Basten​

The Honoura​ble Justice PA Bergin, Chief Judge in Equity​​

​The Honourable Justice CRR Hoeben AM AFD, Chief Judge at Common Law​

​The Honourable Justice PA Johnson​

The Honourable Justice MF Latham​

The H​onourable Justice CC Simpson​​​

2015​​

2014

2013

2012

2011

The Honourable Justice Adams

The Honourable Justice RI Barrett

The Honourable Justice J Basten

The Honourable Justice PA Bergin, Chief Judge in Equity

The Honourable Justice CRR Hoeben AM AFD, Chief Judge at Common Law

The Honourable Justice PA Johnson

The Honourable Justice MF Latham

The Honourable Justice CC Simpson

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