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​​Speeches by current judicial officers


​​Judicial Officer (alphabetical)
Justice Natalie Adams​​​​​
Justice ​A​​damson​
​Justice Armstrong
Justice Ball​
Acting Justice Basten
Jus​tice Beech-Jones​
Justice Black​
Justice ​Button​
Justice​ Campbell​
​Justice Cavanagh
​Justice Chen
Justic​e Darke​
Justice​ Davies​
Justice Dhanji
​Justice Fagan
Justice Ga​rling​
Justic​e Gleeson​
Acting Justice Griffiths
Justice​ Hallen
Justice Hammerschlag​
Justice Hamill​
Justic​e Harrison​
Justice Henry
Acting Justice RA Hulme
Justice Ierace
Justice Kirk
Jus​tice Kunc​
Justice ​Leeming​
Justice L​indsay​
Justice Lonergan​​​
​​Justice​ McNaughton
Justice ​Meagher​
​Justice Meek
​Justice Mitchelmore
​Justice Parker
​Justice Payne​​
​Justice Peden
Justic​e Price​
Justice Rees
​Justice Richmond
Justice​ Robb​
Justice ​Rothman​ 
​Justice Sackar​
Justic​e Slattery​
Justi​ce Stevenson
​​Justice Walton​
Justice​ Ward​
​Justice Weinstein
Justice​ White​
Justice Williams
Justice​ Wilson
Justice ​Wright​​​
​Justice Yehia

​​​​


The Hon​our​able Justice Natalie Adams​​​​​

​​Date​Speech
05 Apr 2016Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Natalie Adams


The Honourable​​ Justice C Adamson​​

​​Date​Speech
17 Oct 2011Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Christine Adamson

 

The Honourable​​ Justice L Armstrong

​​Date​Speech
31 Oct 2018Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Lea Armstrong​


The Honourable Justice ML Ball​

​​Date​Speech
02 Oct 2014Commercial Arbitration (Seoul, Sth Korea)
​13 Apr 2010Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Ball


The Honourable​​ Acting Justice Basten

​​Date​Speech
Link >> speeches by the Hon. Justice Basten from 02 May 2005 to 21 Nov 2021
30 Nov 2022Occasional Address – UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice – Graduation Ceremony – 30 November 2022


The Honourabl​e Justice R​T Beech-Jones, Chief Judge at Common Law​

The Honourable Justice A Black​

​​Date​Speech
​08 Jul 2022
Practice in the Corporations List and recent case law - Commercial Law Association Seminar
​25 Feb 2022
Court to Court Communication Protocols - Comments at 7th Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation
​13 Mar 2021
Update on Corporation Law - NSW Bar Association Conference
​12 Nov 2020
Some recent case law and statutory developments in insolvency - ARITA conference
​29 Oct 2020
Some issues in enforcement of directors' duties - Monash University presentation
​2020
Misconduct in Banking and Financial Services: Some aspects of the Hayne Royal Commission
​29 Mar 2019
Conflict of interest regulation after the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry
​14-16 Feb 2019
​Sixth Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation - Case Management: Innovations and Obstacles
​25 Aug 2018
Design and distribution obligations and product intervention powers - Corporate Law Workshop 2018
​06 Jun 2018

Recent developments in corporate law- CLA June Judges series

​11 Apr 2018
Recent developments in Corporations and Insolvency Law - New South Wales Bar Association CPD Program
​15 Nov 2017
Modern indicia of fiduciary relationships in a commercial setting and the interaction of equity and contract
0​8 Sep 2017
Three developments in insolvency law - Law Council of Australia Insolvency Committee Annual Dinner
0​9 Aug 2017
Recent developments in insolvency laws - Australian Restructuring Insolveny & Turnaround Association National Conference
​​25 Mar 2017Some parallel duties and remedies in equity and corporation law - NSW Bar Association Sydney CPD Conference
​​26 Oct 2016Development of Corporations Law - Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, Introduction to Australian Legal History Tutorials
​​Oct 2016Several issues in insolvency law reform - the Australian perspective - Judicial Insolvency Network Conference Singapore
​26 Sep 2016Hedge Fund Activism Seminar and Book Launch of Research Handbook on Shareholder Power​​
​​29 Aug 2016Banking & Financial Services Law Association Conference - ​Judicial Case Law Update - Australia
​​Aug 2016Three recent developments in insolvency Law - Corporation Law Conference
​​18 Jun 2016​Unfinished Business in Corporations Law Reform - BLS Corporations Workshop
​​10 May 2016Equitable and Statutory Regulation of Conflicts of Interests and Duty - Presentation at University of NSW Law School
​26 Apr 2016​Commercial Equity Seminar:
08 Sep 2015​​Insolvency Practice in the Corporations List of the Supreme Court of New South Wales - University of Technology Presentation
​19 Jun 2015Recent Developments in Corporations Law - Commercial Law Association of Australia
​21 Mar 2015INSOL International/UNCITRAL/World Bank Judicial Colloquium in Insolvency - Lessons from recent cases on cross-board insolvency - Australia
​19 Feb 2015Trusts, Financial Services and Conflicts - Law Council of Australia Conference - 2015: Superannuation. Super Forever....
​08 Mar 2014Recent Developments in Corporate Law - NSW Young Lawyers Annual Seminar
​20 Feb 2014Market Manipulation - Incentives and Enforcement
​01 Oct 2013Development of principles of statutory interpretation - Introduction to Australian Legal History Tutorials
​Jun 2013Practice in the Corporations List of the Supreme Court of New South Wales - Commercial Law Association Judges Seminars
​Mar 2013Recent developments in corporate law - NSW Young Lawyers Annual Seminar
​24 Feb 2012Simply Super 2012 Presentation
​04 Jul 2011Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Ashley Black


The Honourable Justice R Button​ 

​​Date​Speech
12 Jun 2012Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Richard Button


The Honourable Justice Campbell​

​​Date​Speech
27 Mar 2014An Introduction to the Civil Liability of Public Authorities - State Legal Conference
​27 Mar 2014S.6 Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1946 and Chubb Insurance Company of Australia LTD v Moore [2013] NSWSC 2012 - State Legal Conference
​08 Oct 2012Remarks on the inaugural Supreme Court sitting at Murwullimbah Courthouse
​02 May 2012Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Stephen Campbell


The Honourable Justice Cavanagh

​​Date​Speech
20 Jul 2022
The Civil Liability Act … Has it Served its Purpose?
18 Mar 2021
2021 St Aloysius Law Lunch
16 Sep 2019Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Richard Cavanagh


The Honourable​​ Justice N Chen

​​Date​Speech
11 Jul 2022Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Nicholas Chen (pending)

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony



The Honourable Justice R Darke​

​​Date​Speech
16 Aug 2013Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Rowan Darke


The Honourable Justice DL Davies​ 

​​Date​Speech
29 Jun 2009Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice David Davies


The Honourable​​ Justice H Dhanji

​​Date​Speech
23 Feb 2023
Boris Johnson and Diversity
27 Sep 2022
​Cultural diversity in the Law: It is not revolution - but we are going to occupy the buildings
08 Dec 2021
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Hament Dhanji​

> Link to Video of Welcome Ceremony


The Honourable Justice DJ Fagan

​​Date​Speech
11 Jun 2015Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Des Fagan


The Honourable Justice PR Garling RFD​

​​Date​Speech
0​3 Aug 2017
​Local Court Conference - Civil Law - An Update
​15 Mar 2017Hicksons Health Law Forum
​​06 May 2016​Sydney University Law Graduation Address
0​​1 Dec 2015Concurrent Expert Evidence - The New South Wales Experience - University of Oxford
08 Dec 2014Bureau of Health Information - An Enabler of Public Hospital Reform
​15 Mar 2014Civil Liability Act 2002 - Burden for a Defendant - NSW Bar Association Personal Injury Conference
​16 Oct 2013Concurrent Evidence: Perspective of an Australian Judge - Oxford University Seminar Paper
​14 Mar 2012Expert Witness Immunity - Address to Medio-Legal Society of NSW
​​03 Mar 2012​Civil Liability Act 2002 - 10 Years On
​17 Aug 2011Concurrent Expert Evidence
​01 Sep 2010Duties of Counsel: Recent Developments
​10 Aug 2010Speech on the Occasion of the Launch of the Agency For Clinical Innovation
​07 Jun 2010Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Peter Garling


The Honourable Justice F Gleeson​

​​Date​Speech
​15 Nov 2017
​2017 Corporate and Commercial Law Conference: Proscriptive and prescriptive duties: is the distinction helpful and sustainable, and if so, what are the practical consequences?
​29 Apr 2013
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Fabian Gleeson


The Honourable Acting Justice J Griffiths

​​Date​Speech
​27 May 2022
'Apprehended Bias and the Personal Injury Commission': Address at the Personal Injury Commission's Annual Member Conference 2022
19 May 2022
'Judicial and Administrative Review of Non-Statutory Executive Power': Keynote Address at the Land and Environment Court Annual Conference 2022


The Honourable Justice P Hallen​

​​Date​Speech
05 Jul 2010Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Associate Justice Philip Hallen


​The Honourable Justice D Hammerschlag, Chief Judge in Equity​

​​Date​Speech
30 Jan 2007Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice David Hammerschlag


The Honourable Justice P Hamill​

​​Date​Speech
​22 Jun 2022
Paul Byrne SC Memorial Lecture: “They’re All Good Cases”
16 Sep 2015Is it Murder? The Ethics and Legality of Drone Strikes - 2015 Learned Friends Conference, Nuremberg
​29 Oct 2014Ceremonial Bows of Jeffrey McLennan SC
​29 Apr 2014Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Peter Hamill


The Honourable Justice IG Harrison​

​​Date​Speech
17 May 2011Commencement speech to law graduates, University of Technology, Sydney Law Graduation ceremony
​22 May 2009Commencement speech to law graduates, University of Sydney Law Graduation ceremony
​07 Mar 2009Paper delivered at Public Defenders Criminal Law Conference
​11 Oct 2008Speech delivered to 11th International Criminal Law Congress
​08 Feb 2008Speech delivered to National Sentencing Conference
​12 Feb 2007Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Ian Harrison


The Honourable​​ Justice PA Henry

​​Date​Speech
30 Jan 2019Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Patricia Henry


The Honourable​​ Acting Justice RA Hulme

Date
​Speech
​19 Mar 2023
2023 District Court Annual Conference Criminal Law Review
06 Feb 2023
Opening of 2023 Law Term Dubbo
16 Jun 2022
Tribute to the Honourable Justice Peter Anthony Johnson
​11 Apr 2022
2022 District Court Annual Conference Criminal Law Review
​7 Apr 2021
2021 District Court Annual Conference – Court of Criminal Appeal Round-up 2020
​14 Sep 2020
A Criminal Chronicle 2010-2020
​10 Sep 2020
2020 Annual Criminal Appeal Review
​14 Aug 2019
2019 Supreme Court Annual Conference – A Year of Criminal Appellate Decisions
​23 Apr 2019
​2019 District Court Annual Conference – Criminal Law Review
​30 Oct 2018
Address to the Mayoral Reception on 30 October 2018 for the sittings of the Supreme Court at Dubbo
​24 Aug 2018
2018 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Developments in Criminal Law
​24 Aug 2018
2018 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Notable Criminal Legislation of the Past Year
​May 2018
May 2018 Court of Appeal workshop of County Court, Victoria: Sentencing for Standard Non-parole Period Offences in NSW
​25 Aug 2017
2017 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Developments in Criminal Law
​02 Aug 2017
2017 Local Court Annual Conference – Criminal Law Update
​26 Aug 2016
​2016 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Developments in Criminal Law
​01 Jun 20162016 Local Court Annual Conference Criminal Law Update
​29 Mar 20162016 District Court Annual Conference - Smartening Up your Summing Up
​29 Mar 20162016 District Court Annual Conference - Court of Criminal Appeal Review
04 Sep 20152015 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​01 Jul 20152015 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​07 Apr 20152015 District Court Annual Conference - Court of Criminal Appeal Review
​01 Aug 20142014 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Developments in Criminal Law
​02 Jul 20142014 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​31 Mar 20142014 District Court Annual Conference - Criminal Appeals Review
08 Mar 20142014 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Significant Developments in Criminal Law
​07 Sep 20132013 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​31 Jul 20132013 Local Courts Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​02 Apr 20132013 District Court Annual Conference - Criminal Appeals Review
​08 Sep 20122012 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​01 Aug 20122012 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​11 Apr 20122012 District Court Annual Conference -Criminal Appeals Review
​25 Feb 20122012 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Criminal Law Update
​17 Sep 2011​2011 "Reasonable Cause" Charity Criminal Law Conference - Current Issues in Criminal Law
​20 Aug 20112011 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​01 Jun 20112011 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​05 Mar 20112011 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Criminal Law Update
​21 Aug 20102010 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​27 Nov 2009Presentation to the Judges of the County Court of Victoria -  Admissibility of Tendency and Coincidence under the uniformEvidence Act
​02 Mar 2009Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice RA Hulme


The Honourable​​ Justice MJ Ierace

​​Date​Speech
31 Jan 2019Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Mark Ierace


The Honourable​​ Justice JK Kirk

​​Date​Speech
21 Apr 2022Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Jeremy Kirk

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony



The Honourable Justice F Kunc​

​​Date​Speech
​20 May 2021
An occasional address at the ​University of Sydney Law School prizegiving ceremony
​11 Nov 2019
Family Provision and Artificial Intelligence – Utopia or Dystopia?  - Annual Dinner of Accredited Wills & Estates Specialists at the Union, University & Schools Club, Sydney
​09 Nov 2019
E-conveyancing and Caveats - Toongabbie Legal Centre’s e-Conveyancing and its Fundamentals Conference
​02 May 2019
​Courage as a Legal Virtue - The Inaugural Andrew Rogers Lecture in Private Law and Legal Practice, School of Law and Justice of Southern Cross University, Lismore
​07 Jan 201716 Rules for the Compleat Expert - Australian Accountants Lawyers and Directors Conference, Aspen, Colorado
​​22 Oct 2016Section 88K Easements - How Much Discretion Really? - Environmental & Planning Law Association (NSW) Inc Conference 2016
​​18 Feb 2016​The 2016 Barry O'Keefe Memorial Lecture at Australian Catholic University: The Rule of Law - Necessary but not Sufficient?
08 Apr 2015An address to the University of Technology Sydney Law Student's Society's Speaker Series 2015 Launch A facade of freedom: is there such a thing as free speech?
​09 Jan 2015Company Directors: Decisions, Duties and Dilemmas
​Oct 2014Reflections on the origins of the parens patriae jurisdiction
​09 Nov 2013Shall ye be heard? Legal Representation in civil claims - Salvos Legal Lecture Series
​08 Apr 2013Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Francois Kunc


The Honourable Justice MJ Leeming​

​​Date​Speech
May 2023
"There and back again - the last quarter century" Opening Keynote Address for ALAANZ conference, Kimpton Margot Hotel, Sydney
May 2023
Book Review Essay of "Understanding the Law of Assignment"  (2023) 38 Journal of Contract Law 261
​Oct 2022
"Penalties in Australia, the United Kingdom and Singapore - Storm-warnings, statutes and style" (2022) 51 Australian Bar Review 377-390
​Sep 2022
Book review of "The Intricacies of Dicta and Dissent" (2022) 81(2) Cambridge Law Journal 417-420
​Aug 2022
"Justice Basten and the New Frontiers of Administrative Law:  Crime, Tort and Contract"  (2022) 29 Australian Journal of Administrative Law 92
​27 Apr 2022
Land and Environment Court Seminar: Appeals to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Criminal Appeal 2021
​Apr 2022
Knowledge and Approval: The complex interplay between statute and judge-made law
Mar 2022
Cook and the (literary) pirates
Feb 2022
"Well hidden" Equity - Four Equity Eucalypts (2022) 96 ALJ 102"
​Jun 2021
Launch of “So Help Me God – A History of Oaths of Office”
Apr 2021
The Bathurst Lecture 2021: The enduring qualities of commercial law
​Jan 2021
Injunctions in criminal law (2021) 95 ALJ 18
​Dec 2020
Dec. 2020 Launch of 'Lord Devlin' by Justice John Sackar
​Nov 2020
"Lawyers' uses of history, from Entick v Carrington to Smethurst v Commissioner of Police" (2020) 49 Aust Bar Rev 199
​Aug 2020
Foreword to R Catterwell, "A Unified Approach to Contract Interpretation" (Hart Publishing, 2020)
​Apr 2020
"​Six differences between trustees and company directors" (2020) 94 ALJ 254
​Mar 2020
A History of Australian Tort Law 1901–1945: England 1945:  England ’s Obedient Servant?" (2020) 48 Aust Bar Rev 243
​22 Nov 2019
​Judge-made law and statute - a complex interwoven fabric:  Selected decisions from Western Australia
​25 Oct 2019
Equity in Australia and the United Kingdom: dissonance and concordance
​Oct 2019
"Has the Golden Age of Fraud Passed?" (2019) 19 OUCLJ 298
​30 Aug 2019
​"From the Bench - case law update"
Australian appellate decisions

​Aug 2019
“Marshalling securities and construing releases in equity” (2019) 93 ALJ 626
​Aug 2019
​"Statute Law in the Law of Obligations:  Dimensions of Form and Substance” in A Robertson and J Goudkamp, Form and Substance in the Law of Obligations (Hart Publishing 2019), ch 15
​Aug 2019
“Sir Owen Dixon”
​Aug 2019
​“Fusion - Fission - Fusion:  Pre-Judicature Equity Jurisdiction in New South Wales 1824 – 1972” in J Goldberg et al (eds) Equity and Law:  Fusion and Fission (Cambridge UP 2019), 118
​May 2019
​“The Role of equity in 21st century commercial disputes - Meeting the needs of any sophisticated and successful legal system” (2019) 47 Aust Bar Rev 137

​Feb 2019

"Pipikos v Trayans - The High Court Revisits Part Performance" (2019) 93 ALJ 91 

​2018
“Trustees’ Rights of Indemnity, Insolvency and Statutory Distributions to Preferred Creditors” (2018) 92 ALJ 503
​Sep 2018
​“Maintenance in Medieval England” [2018] 77 Cambridge Law Journal 402-405
​May 2018
"Not Slavishly Nor Always - Equity and Limitation Statutes" published in P Davies, S Doulas and J Goudkamp (eds), Defences in Equity (Hart Publishing, 2018), ch 14
​Apr 2018
"Receipts Clauses and 'Contractual Estoppel' Revisited" (2018) 134 LQR 171
​2018
Ex parte candour, Solicitors' Liens and Set-off (2018) 92 ALJ 22
​Dec 2017
"Overlapping Claims at Common Law and in Equity – An Embarrassment of Riches?" (2017) 11 Journal of Equity 229.
​Sep 2017
​Equitable Compensation for Breach of Confidence [2017] (Spring) Bar News 42-45
​06 Sep 2017
Launch of “Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit” edited by Simone Degeling and Jason Varuhas
​2017
Injunctions restraining enforcement of 'Muslim Ban' Executive Orders (2017) 91 ALJ 443
0​2 Aug 2017
​Launch of "Strata Title Property Rights– Private governance of multi-owned properties" by Cathy Sherry
​2016
The Primary Judge in Equity (2016) 90 ALJ 783
​2016The Comparative Distinctiveness of Equity, (2016) 2(2) CJCCL 403-420​​
​03 Aug 2016Appeals from the Land and Environment Court - Land and Environment Court Seminar
​2016
Proprietary Relief and Tracing in Equity (2016) 90 ALJ 92
​2016
Equity and statute:  a commentary - published in P Turner (ed) "Equity and Administration" (Cambridge University Press, 2016), 248-257
​Nov 2015Judicial Review of Vice-Regal Decisions: South Australia v O'Shea its Precursors and its Progeny" (2015) 36 Adelaide Law Review 1
16 Oct 2015Recent Decisions of the NSW Court of Appeal​ with Appendix​ - EPLA Conference, Sydney
​2015
​29 May 2015Ministerial Override Certificates
​27 Feb 2015Equity: Ageless in the Age of Statutes, (2015) 9 Journal of Equity 108
​20 Feb 2015Commercial Equity and Statutes - Law Society Summer School, Perth
​20 Nov 2014Common law, equity and statute: limitations and analogies
​20 Oct 2014Two topics from Administrative Law in Australia and the United Kingdom
​2014
​12 Sep 2014Farah and its progeny: comity among intermediate appellate courts (2015) 12 The Judicial Review 165
​19 May 2014Tradition and history, with a dash of humility - St Paul's College, University of Sydney
​Apr 2014The riddle of jurisdictional error (2014) 38 Aust Bar Rev 139
​14 Feb 2014The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2013 term
​2014
Translating Overseas Trusts into the Australian Legal System (2014) 88 ALJ 169
​Feb 2014Theories and Principles Underlying the Development of the Common Law - The Statutory Elephant in the Room (2013) 36(3) UNSWLJ 1002
​2013
Ex parte applications for injunctions:  then and now (2013) 87 ALJ 303
​03 Jun 2013
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Mark Leeming


The Honourable Justice G Lindsay​

​​Date​Speech

19 Apr 2023

NSW Bar Association - The Succession and Protective Law Committee: IN CONVERSATION: Neuroscience, Text, Context and Purpose

​21 Mar 2023
Wills and Estates - Context in Law, a Digression: Neuroscience, Text, Context and Purpose
16 Nov 2022
EQUITY'S CHALLENGE: Maintenance of Standards in Deployment of Enduring Powers of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship Appointments
13 Oct 2022
​"Enduring Agents": Creation, Use and Abuse of Enduring Powers of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship Appointments
28 Sep 2022
IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS: The Context, Nature and Purpose of Work of the NSW Trustee and the Public Guardian in the Protection of a Vulnerable Person
​14 Jun 2022
NCAT's Protective Jurisdiction in Context
​22 Mar 2022
What is a Will, and why does it matter?
03 Mar 2022
Probate Law and Practice: An Introduction
23 Feb 2022
The Province and Nature of Probate Law and Practice
​19-21 Nov 2021
An Application For Judicial Advice:  Text, Context and Functional Purpose - The Blue Mountains Law Society Succession Law Conference
17 Nov 2021
​A Platypus in NSW Succession Law: Statutory Wills in a Managed Society
​05 Aug 2021
​Challenges in the conduct of a 'succession' case across jurisdictional boundaries
16 Jun 2021
The role of "evaluation" in the determination of succession (Probate and Family Provision) litigation
​26 May 2021
The Family Provision Jurisdiction: An Outline of Themes and Practical Considerations 
24 Feb 2021
Boundaries in Estate Administration and Protective Management: Limits on what can be done
​11 Sep 2020
Accountability: The Universal Problem in the Administration of Estates affected by Incapacity or Death - 2020 Succession Conference
​03 Jun 2020
The Family Provision Jurisdiction in Historical Perspective - Macquarie Law School, Succession
​12 Mar 2020
A Progress Report: Case Management in the Probate List - UNSW, Wills & Estates  Law Intensive Programme
​13 Nov 2019
Probate Law and Practice: an Appetite for Change - College Of Law, Advanced Wills And Estates Conference
​14 Sep 2019
Render Unto Caesar:  Medicine and Law in Assessments of (In)capacity - Succession Law Conference, 2019
​31 Aug 2019
The Concept of "Special" Administration of a Deceased Estate - The Esls Lawyers Learning for Charity Conference
​23 Aug 2019
The Judicial Function and the Public Domain: Proceedings in the Equity Division - Judicial Commission of NSW, Annual Conference 2019
​9 Aug 2019
Discovery and Subpoenas in Probate Matters - Law Society of NSW, Specialist Accreditation Conference (Wills & Estates)
​30 Jul 2019
(In)capacity – For What? - College Of Law, Elder Law Workshop
​12 Jul 2019
​The Study Of Legal History:  A Practitioner’s Perspective - British Legal History Conference, Saint Andrews, Scotland
​20 Feb 2019
Parties, Property and Notice of Proceedings in Succession Law Cases - College of Law Seminar
​16 Nov 2018
The "Why" and "What" of "Suspicious Circumstances" in Probate Litigation​ - Succession Law Conference, Adelaide
​26 Oct 2018
​A STRUGGLE FOR PERFECTION IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD: Dignity of the Individual; Incapacity for Self-Management; Rights, Duties and Conflicts of Interest - Incapacity Conference, Perth
​11 Oct 2018
​The Grounds for "Challenging a Will" - a Closed Class? - NSW Law Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Wills and Estates Law
​07-09 Sep 2018
​An Australian History of the Law of Succession - 2018 Succession Conference, The Blue Mountains Law Society
​18 Jul 2018
Entitlements to Remuneration of a Fiduciary as an Accounting Party - STEP Australia Seminar
​15 Jun 2018
Who Guards the Guard? Incapacity in a Family Context - Elder Law Workshop, College of Law
​01 Mar 2018
Indigenous Estate Distribution Orders - Seminar: Sorry Business and Wills, Judicial Commission of NSW
​28 Feb 2018
Pleadings and Case Management - 2018 Judges' Series of Seminars, The College of Law
​27 Feb 2018
Wills and Estates: A Survey of the Field - UNSW Continuing Legal Education Program, CPD Seminar
​08 Dec 2017
Roles in Protective Management of Person and Property - Training Seminar, NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal​
​18 Nov 2017
Children, The Parens Patriae, And Supervisory, Jurisdiction of the Suprme Court of NSW - Legal Aid NSW, Child Representation Conference, Terrigal
​16 Sep 2017
​Accountability Across the Spectrum of Estate Administration in NSW - 2017 Succession Conference, Medlow Bath
​30 Jun 2017
​Launch of "Capacity and the Law" (2nd ed)
​14 May 2017
Recent Developments, Fiduciary Obligations, The Liability To Account And Vulnerable People
​05 May 2017
The "Doctrine of Precedent" in Australian Legal History
​​20 Apr 2017Having a Voice: CEW Bean as a "Social Missionary"​
​​11 Mar 2017The Incapacitated Plantiff and Personal Injury Compensation Proceedings - NSW Bar Association Personal Injury and Common Law Conference
​24 Jan 2017Concepts, Patterns and Problems in Probate Litigation: A Perspective of Estate Administration – Judges’ Conference 2017​​
​​16 Nov 2016The Literary Executor and the Lighthouse - The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners ("STEP") - STEP Australia - NSW Branch​​
​​10 Nov 2016The Forgotten CEW Bean - Remembrance Day, 2016: The Legal Profession and World War On​e
0​​4 Nov 2016Equity: A NSW Experience - Succession and Elder Law Residential 2016, Queensland Law Society​
​​25 Oct 2016The Role of "Purpose" in Estates Litigation: Why We Do What Must Be Done - The College of Law, Advanced Will and Estates Day
​​17 Sep 2016Operation of the Probate and Protective Lists - Succession Conference, The Blue Mountains (Regional) Law Society
​​22 Mar 2016​Key Insights Into Civil Litigation: Opening Commentary - Seminar, University of NSW, Faculty of Law
​​25 Nov 2015​Estate Disputes: Practical Tactics and Recent Events - A Comment. A Legalwise Seminar, UNSW
​05 Nov 2015Pleadings and Case Management - 2015 Judges' Series of Seminars
14 Oct 2015The TFM Act: Early Days Leading to a 99 Year Centenary - Seminar, The Law Society of NSW
​16 Sep 2015QUO VADIS : Wills and estates, law and practice, in contemporary NSW​​
​26 May 2015Estate Administration: A Course of Seminars - A Province of Modern Equity: Management of Life, Death and Estate Administration (Seminar No 1)
​12 Apr 2015A Literary Event: The Launch of Bearing Witness (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015) by Peter Rees
​25 Mar 2015Litigation Master Class - CLE Seminar, University of NSW, Faculty of Law
​17 Feb 2015Administration of Estates - Deconstruction and Synthesis in Changing Times: Purposeful Management of Property, People and Relationships
​06 Aug 2014Current Issues in Probate Law Administration: Life, Death, Form, Function and History - Advances Wills and Estates Conference
​23 Jul 2014Financial Management and Remuneration - NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Members' Training Seminar
​08 Nov 2013LPAB "Orientation Day" Welcome to Students
​23 Sep 2013The Unfolding Future of Authorised Law Reporting in Australia
​05 Sep 2013Perspectives from the Bench: The Importance of Adjectival Law, and Practice, to Substantive Outcomes
​22 Aug 2013Onus of Proof in Estate Litigation for the Law Society of New South Wales Young Lawyers
​24 Jun 2013The Future of Authorised Law Reporting in Australia - The Australian Law Librarians Association
​05 Apr 2013Perspective from the Equity Bench - Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Law 2013 Annual Seminar
​25 Mar 2013Strategies to Avoid Risk in Relation to Death Bed Wills
​06 Aug 2012Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Geoffrey Charles Lindsay
​06 Aug 2012Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Geoff Lindsay (speech notes)


The Honourable Justice J Lonergan​​​

​​Date​Speech
21 Mar 2017Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Julia Lonergan


The Honourable Justice S McNaughton

​​Date​Speech
11 Oct 2022
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Sarah McNaughton

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony


The Honourable Justice AJ Meagher​

​​Date​Speech
​04 Dec 2019
Getting the Meaning Right – The Correct Approach to Interpreting Insurance Contracts
​28 Feb 2018
​NSW Bar Association - "Insurance and the Courts"
​19 Oct 2017
Asia Pacific Insurance Conference Keynote Speech "Insurance and the Courts"
​28 Apr 2017
​"The Insurance Contracts Act - Good faith, contracting out and refusing claims" (Kenneth Sutton Inaugural Insurance Lecture)
10 Aug 2011
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice  Anthony Meagher


The Honourable​​ Justice MK Meek

​​Date​Speech
22 Mar 2023
Will Construction - Succession and Elder Law Committee – NSW Bar Association Lecture Series
05 May 2022Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Meek 

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony



The Honourable Justice AM Mitchelmore

​​Date​Speech
28 Mar 2022Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Anna Mitchelmore

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony


The Honourable Justice T Parker

​​Date​Speech
0​6 Apr 2017
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Guy Parker


The Honourable Justice A Payne​​​

​​Date​Speech
04 Nov 2022
Making Good Decisions
18 Mar 2022
State Taxes Litigation – Some Observations from the Bench
​03 Nov 2017
Macarthur Legal Centre 30th Anniversary
​20 Oct 2017
Recent appeals from the Land and Environment Court
​30 Mar 2016Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Anthony Payne​​​


The Hon​our​able Justice E Peden​​​​​

​​Date​Speech
15 Mar 2023
Real Property List — An Overview (UNSW Property Law Intensive)
06 Apr 2022Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Elisabeth Peden




The Honourable Justice DM Price AM​

​​Date​Speech
28 Aug 2006Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Derek Price



The Honourable​​ Justice M Richmond

​​Date​Speech




The Honourable Justice S Robb​

​​Date​Speech
20 Jun 2013Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Stephen Robb


The Honourable Justice SC Rothman AM

​​Date​Speech
​08 May 2019
How I have tried to have the Courage to Care to be an Upstander, in my family life, working situation and community involvement - Courage to Care Fundraising Lunch
​18 Mar 2018
Disadvantage and Crime: The impact of Bugmy & Munda on Sentencing Aboriginal and Other Offenders - Public Defenders' Criminal Law Conference
​14 Jun 2017
Is social exclusion a problem for minorities in Australia and if so how should we deal with it & how does the judiciary deal with it? -  Muslim Legal Network Iftar Dinner 
​11 Mar 2016Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions
02 Jul 2014Equal Justice, Mandatory Sentencing and the Rule of Law
​25 Feb 2014The Impact of Bugmy & Munda on Sentencing Aboriginal and Other Offenders
​18 Oct 2012Good Faith, Mutual Trust and Confidence: How far have we come; and where are we heading?
​05 Dec 2011Reflections from Queens Square - Australian Labour Law
​18 May 2007Address to the NSW Industrial Relations Society
​10 Aug 2006The Evolution of Labour Law and Significance of WORKCHOICES
​23 Aug 2005Blackadder: An Analysis - Paper for NSW Young Lawyers: A Division of the Law Society of NSW
​03 May 2005Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Stephen Rothman


The Honour​able Justice JR Sackar​ 

​​Date​Speech
​30 Jun 2022
Middle Temple London Speech on the Pandemic
​04 Feb 2021
Prioritising identity and Culture for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander  Children - NSW Child Protection Legal Conference
​16 Jan 2019
The rule in Browne v Dunn – essential or anachronistic - University of Oxford
​22 Jan 2018
Life is a Lottery: Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference 2018 (Sydney)
​16 Jan 2018
​Disqualification of Judges for Bias: Faculty of Law, Oxford, U.K.
​19 Jan 2016

Cross Examination:  Its Preparation and Execution: Faculty of Law, Oxford, U.K.

​15 May 2013
​Should Judges be Mediators? - Faculty of Law, Oxford, U.K.
01 Feb 2011Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice John Sackar


The Honourable Justice MJ Slattery​

​​Date​Speech
​11 May 2021
​Eulogy by RADM Slattery AM RAN on behalf of Chief of Navy for the Hon. David Levine AO, RFD, QC. State Library of NSW.
​26 May 2019
Boer War Commemoration Address, ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney
​12 Nov 2018
​Lieutenant Edwin Mayhew Brissenden - Remembrance Day 2018
​11 Apr 2018
Percy Valentine Storkey: The Sydney Law Student Who Won a Victoria Cross
​09 Dec 2016Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC - Adelaide Tri-Service Dinner
​10 Nov 2016​Colonel Henry Normand MacLaurin - On the Eve of Remembrance Day
​25 Apr 2016​​ANZAC Day Address​​
16 Oct 2014CLEAA Conference Opening
​05 Sep 2014Eulogy for the Hon. John Slattery
​25 May 2009Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Slattery


The Honourable Justice JWJ Stevenson​

​​Date​Speech
​12 Sep 2018
Kenneth Sutton Insurance Lecture: Rectification of Insurance Contracts
01 Feb 2012
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice James Stevenson


The Honourable Justice M Walton​

​​Date​Speech
08 Dec 2016Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Walton


The Honourable Justice JK Ward, President of the Court of Appeal​

​​Date​Speech
​12 Nov 2018
Major James Whiteside Fraser McManamey - Remembrance Day 2018
​08 Sep 2018
Sir Anthony Mason Oration - Blue Mountains Law Society 2018 Succession Conference
​01-03 Sep 2018
Of Singaporean yachts, Chilean Ponzi schemes, and the Italian merchant marine (among others) - An update on cross-border insolvency laws in Australia: 35th Annual BFSLA Conference (Queenstown, New Zealand)
​01-03 Sep 2018
Australian Appellate Decisions in Insolvency Law: Recent Updates - 35th Annual BFSLA Conference (Queenstown, New Zealand)
​21 May 2018
​Integrated Diversity in the Legal Profession - Iftar Dinner
0​7 Jun 2017
Women's Leadership - Keynote Address - The Australian Women's Leadership Symposium
05 Oct 2014LAWASIA 27th Conference (Bangkok) - Criminal Sessions: Discriminating Laws
​05 Sep 2014World Bar Conference - War is not the answer - The ever present threat to the rule of law
​03 Sep 2014NSW Young Lawyers State of the Profession Conference
​29 May 2014STEP Conference - Legal capacity then and now: The potential repercussions of neuroscientific studies
​24 Mar 2012Costs - Banking and Financial Services Law Association Conference
​15 Aug 2010Penalties and the protection of freedom of contract
​29 Sep 2008Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Julie Ward



The Honourable Justice RW White​ 

​​Date​Speech
17 Mar 2017Insolvent Trusts: Implications of Buckle and CPT Custodian
18 Oct 2014Advocacy and Ethics: The Self-Represented Litigant
​15 Nov 2011Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Construe Wills
​30 Oct 2010Overview of the Evidence Act
​21 May 2010Trusts - An Australian Perspective
​Aug 2007The Nature of a Beneficiary's Equitable Interest in a Trust
​27 Apr 2004Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Richard White


The Honourable Justice K Williams

​​Date​Speech
22 Mar 2021
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Kate Williams

> Link to Video of the Welcome Ceremony



The Honourable Justice H Wilson​

​​Date​Speech
03 Nov 2014Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Helen Wilson


The Honourable Justice R Wright​

​​Date​Speech
​07 Aug 2017
Two Warnings and Some Encouragement (Occasional Address to St. Paul's College)
​21 Mar 2017
Administrative Review Proceedings in NCAT
​12 Aug 2016​A New Approach to Civil Disputes
​16 Mar 2016NCAT - Where did it come from? How does it work? How does the Supreme Court relate to NCAT?: Supreme Court of NSW Seminar
17 Jul 2015​LPAB Graduation Ceremony Occa​​sional Address
​29 May 2015The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal case management and practice and procedure
​03 Mar 2015An Overview of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
​12 Nov 2014Australian Lawyers, Australian Legal Practitioners, Solicitors and the New Super Tribunal
​10 Sep 2014The Implementation of NCAT
​29 Jan 2014Launch of the Civil And Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales
​25 Oct 2013Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Robertson Wright


 The Honourable​​ Justice D Yehia

​​Date​Speech
04 Jul 2022Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Dina Yehia

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony


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