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​​Speeches by current judicial officers


​​Judicial Officer (alphabetical)
​Justice Natalie Adams​​​​​
​Justice ​A​​damson​​
​Justice Armstrong
​Justice Ball​
​Justice​ Basten​
​Jus​tice Beech-Jones​
​Justice Bell, President of the Court of Appeal
​Just​ice Bellew​
​Justice Black​
​Justice Brereton​
​Justice ​Button​
​Justice​ Campbell​
​Justice Cavanagh
​Justic​e Darke​
​Justice​ Davies​
​Justice F​ullerton
​​Justice Fagan
​Justice Ga​rling​​
​​Justic​e Gleeson​
​Justice​ Hallen
​Justice Hammerschlag​
​Justice Hamill​
​Justic​e Harrison​
​Justice Henry
​Justice ​Hoeben, Chief Judge at Common Law​
​Justice RA Hulme​
​Justice Ierace
​Justice ​Johnson​
​Jus​tice Kunc​
​Justice ​Leeming​
​Justice L​indsay​
​Justice Lonergan​​​
​Justice M​acfarlan​
​Justice McCa​llum​
​Justice ​Meagher​
​Justice Parker
​Justice Payne​​
​Justic​e Price​
​Justice Rees
​Justice ​Rein​
​Justice​ Robb​
​Justice ​Rothman​ 
​Justice Sackar​
​Justic​e Slattery​
​Justi​ce Stevenson
​​Justice Walton​
​Justice​ Ward​
​Justice​ White​
​Justice Williams
​Justice​ Wilson
​Justice ​Wright​​​

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

​​Date​Speech
​05 Apr 2016​Swearing-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 2010​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Ball


​​The Honourable Justice J Basten​

​​Date​Speech
​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 2016Australian 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 Honourabl​e Justice R​T Beech-Jones​

​​Date​Speech
​​23 Mar 2017​Representative Actions in NSW Courts​
20 Mar 2014Proportionate Justice - NSW Conference of the Australian Lawyers Alliance
​12 Mar 2012​Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Robert Beech-Jones


​​Date​Speech
​15 Apr 2021
​NSW Court of Appeal: A Year in Review – 2020
​13 Apr 2021
​Occasional Address to the Newcastle University College of Human and Social Futures Graduation Ceremony
​06 Apr 2021
​Recent Recurring Issues in the Court of Appeal - District Court of NSW Annual Conference
​15 Oct 2020
​'The Rise of the Anti-Arbitration Injunction', Third Annual Supreme Court ADR Address
​18 Aug 2020
​The Court of Appeal and the Coronavirus [2020] (Winter) Bar News
21 Feb 2020
The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2019 Term
​26 Nov 2019
​International Commercial Dispute Resolution: an Australian perspective
​25 Oct 2019
​EPLA Conference - Court of Appeal update
​21 Oct 2019
​Delivering Reasons in the Tribunal Context
​05 Sep 2019
​Launch of Heydon on Contract: The General Part
​02 Sep 2019
What Albert did and what Albert did next: Albert Bathurst Piddington - the High Court judge who never sat

​23 Aug 2019
​Private International Law in Practice Across the Divisions: some recent developments and case law
​12 Jul 2019
​An Australian International Commercial Court – Not a Bad Idea or What a Bad Idea?, Australian Bar Association Biennial International Conference
​28 Jun 2019
​​Occasional Address, Legal Profession Admission Board Graduation Ceremony
28 Feb 2019
Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Andrew Bell as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW and President of the Court of Appeal 


The Honourable Justice GJ Bellew​

​​Date​Speech
31 Jan 2012Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Geoffrey Bellew


​The Honourable Justice A Black​

​​Date​Speech
​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 2017​Some parallel duties and remedies in equity and corporation law - NSW Bar Association Sydney CPD Conference​
​​26 Oct 2016​Development of Corporations Law - Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, Introduction to Australian Legal History Tutorials​
​​Oct 2016​Several issues in insolvency law reform - the Australian perspective - Judicial Insolvency Network Conference Singapore​
​26 Sep 2016​Hedge 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 2016​Three recent developments in insolvency Law - Corporation Law Conference​
​​18 Jun 2016​Unfinished Business in Corporations Law Reform - BLS Corporations Workshop​
​​10 May 2016​Equitable 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 2015​​Recent Developments in Corporations Law - Commercial Law Association of Australia
​21 Mar 2015​INSOL International/UNCITRAL/World Bank Judicial Colloquium in Insolvency - Lessons from recent cases on cross-board insolvency - Australia
​19 Feb 2015​Trusts, Financial Services and Conflicts - Law Council of Australia Conference - 2015: Superannuation. Super Forever....
​08 Mar 2014​Recent Developments in Corporate Law - NSW Young Lawyers Annual Seminar
​20 Feb 2014​Market Manipulation - Incentives and Enforcement
​01 Oct 2013​Development of principles of statutory interpretation - Introduction to Australian Legal History Tutorials
​Jun 2013​Practice in the Corporations List of the Supreme Court of New South Wales - Commercial Law Association Judges Seminars
​Mar 2013​Recent developments in corporate law - NSW Young Lawyers Annual Seminar
​24 Feb 2012​Simply Super 2012 Presentation
​04 Jul 2011​Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Ashley Black


The Honourable Justice P Brereton AM RFD

​​Date​Speech
​26 Oct 2019
​Psychological Injury in Veterans and the Law - Keynote address for the Australasian College of Legal Medicine, Canberra
​24 Aug 2019
​On The Occasion Of - The Australian Bravery Association, New South Wales Branch Dinner
​11 Aug 2018
​In Mixed Company: Corporations in Family Law
​05 May 2017
​The Origins and Evolution of the Parens Patriae Jurisdiction - Lecture on Legal History, Sydney Law School
​10 Nov 2016​Lieutenant General James Gordon Legge - Address delivered at the Supreme Court of New South Wales Remembrance Eve Ceremony​
​​26 Apr 2016​Corporations List - Commercial Equity Seminar for Practitioners​
​​08 Apr 2016​Children's Issues in the Supreme Court - Address to the Children's Court of New South Wales Meeting​
15 Jul 2015​Breaking Precedent: The Relevance of Previously Decided Cases in Determining the Entitlements of Parties in Property Proceedings​
​08 Oct 2014
​Aspects of Domestic and International Law and Practice in Adoptions - Peter Nygh Memorial Lecture, 16th National Family Law Conference
​08 May 2013
​Military Justice and Chapter III: The Constitutional Basis Of Courts Martial Commentary -Australian Association of Constitutional Lawyers Seminar 
​17 Oct 2012​Binding or Bound to Fail? Equitable Remedies and Rectification of Financial Agreements
​30 Jun 2011​Acting for the Incapable - A Delicate Balance
​16 May 2011​Proof of Foreign Law - Problems and Initiatives
​06 Nov 2010​The Director of Military Prosecutions, the Afghanistan Charges and the Rule of Law
​19 Oct 2010​A Trustee's Lot Is Not a Happy One
​16 Oct 2010​The High Court and Family Law - Two Recent Excursions
​14 Aug 2008​Practice and Procedure Before the Duty Judge in Equity
​11 Apr 2008​Third Parties: Invited Guests Or Gate Crashers?
​28 Mar 2008​Costs Update
​Sep 2007​Evidence in Civil Proceedings: An Australian Perspective on Documentary and Electronic Evidence
​31 Aug 2007​Costs - The Proportionality Principle
​16 Mar 2007​Equitable Estoppel In Australia: The Court of Conscience in the Antipodes
​Oct 2006​Where Death and Divorce Meet: The Intersection of Family Provision and Family Law
​13 Aug 2006​Aspects of Advocacy: The Effective Presentation of Evidence
​Oct 2005​Part VIIIAA of the Family Law Act Update:Orders and Injunctions Binding Third Parties
​21 Sep 2005​Recent Developments in Family Law: Bankruptcy, Third Parties and Other Matters

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


The Honourable Justice Cavanagh

​​Date​Speech
16 Sep 2019Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Richard Cavanagh


The Honourable Justice R Darke​

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


The Honourable Justice DL Davies​ 

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


​The Honourable Justice DJ Fagan

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


The Honourable Justice EL Fullerton​

​​Date​Speech
19 Feb 2007Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Elizabeth Fullerton


The Honourable Justice PR Garling RFD​

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

​​Date​Speech
05 Jul 2010Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Associate JusticePhilip Hallen


​The Honourable Justice D Hammerschlag​

​​Date​Speech
30 Jan 2007Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable David Jacob Hammerschlag


The Honourable Justice P Hamill​

​​Date​Speech
16 Sep 2015Is it Murder? The Ethics and Legality of Drone Strikes - 2015 Learned Friends Conference, Nuremberg​
​29 Oct 2014​Ceremonial Bows of Jeffrey McLennan SC
​29 Apr 2014​Swearing-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 2009​Commencement speech to law graduates, University of Sydney Law Graduation ceremony
​07 Mar 2009​Paper delivered at Public Defenders Criminal Law Conference
​11 Oct 2008​Speech delivered to 11th International Criminal Law Congress
​08 Feb 2008​Speech delivered to National Sentencing Conference
​12 Feb 2007​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Ian Gordon Harrison


The Honourable​​ Justice PA Henry

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


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

​​Date​Speech
16 Aug 2004Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Clifton Ralph Russell Hoeben AM RFD SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW


The Honourable Justice RA Hulme​ 

​​Date​Speech
​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 2016​2016 Local Court Annual Conference Criminal Law Update​
​29 Mar 2016​2016 District Court Annual Conference - Smartening Up your Summing Up​
​29 Mar 2016​2016 District Court Annual Conference - Court of Criminal Appeal Review
04 Sep 20152015 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update​
​01 Jul 2015​2015 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update​
​07 Apr 2015​2015 District Court Annual Conference - Court of Criminal Appeal Review​
​01 Aug 2014​2014 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Developments in Criminal Law
​02 Jul 2014​2014 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​31 Mar 2014​2014 District Court Annual Conference - Criminal Appeals Review​
​​08 Mar 2014​2014 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Significant Developments in Criminal Law
​07 Sep 2013​2013 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​31 Jul 2013​2013 Local Courts Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​02 Apr 2013​2013 District Court Annual Conference - Criminal Appeals Review
​08 Sep 2012​2012 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​01 Aug 2012​2012 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​11 Apr 2012​2012 District Court Annual Conference -Criminal Appeals Review
​25 Feb 2012​2012 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 2011​2011 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​01 Jun 2011​2011 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​05 Mar 2011​2011 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Criminal Law Update​
​21 Aug 2010​2010 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update
​27 Nov 2009​Presentation to the Judges of the County Court of Victoria -  Admissibility of Tendency and Coincidence under the uniformEvidence Act
​02 Mar 2009​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Robert Allan Hulme


The Honourable​​ Justice MJ Ierace

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


​The Honourable Justice PA Johnson​

​​Date​Speech
​10 Mar 2020
Some Issues Arising from Terrorism Trials and Sentencing 
​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 2012Consistency in Sentencing for Federal Offences - Challenges for Sentencing Courts in an Evolving Landscape
0​7 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 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 2017​16 Rules for the Compleat Expert - Australian Accountants Lawyers and Directors Conference, Aspen, Colorado​
​​22 Oct 2016​Section 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 2015​Company Directors: Decisions, Duties and Dilemmas
​Oct 2014​Reflections on the origins of the parens patriae jurisdiction
​09 Nov 2013​Shall ye be heard? Legal Representation in civil claims - Salvos Legal Lecture Series
​08 Apr 2013​Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Francois Kunc SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales


The Honourable Justice MJ Leeming​

​​Date​Speech
​Apr 2021
​The Bathurst Lecture 2021: The enduring qualities of commercial law
​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
​2016​The Comparative Distinctiveness of Equity, (2016) 2(2) CJCCL 403-420​​
​03 Aug 2016​Appeals 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 2015​Judicial Review of Vice-Regal Decisions: South Australia v O'Shea its Precursors and its Progeny" (2015) 36 Adelaide Law Review 1​
16 Oct 2015​Recent Decisions of the NSW Court of Appeal​ with Appendix​ - EPLA Conference, Sydney
​2015
​29 May 2015​Ministerial Override Certificates
​27 Feb 2015​Equity: Ageless in the Age of Statutes, (2015) 9 Journal of Equity 108​
​20 Feb 2015​Commercial Equity and Statutes - Law Society Summer School, Perth
​20 Nov 2014​Common law, equity and statute: limitations and analogies
​20 Oct 2014​Two topics from Administrative Law in Australia and the United Kingdom
​2014
​12 Sep 2014​Farah and its progeny: comity among intermediate appellate courts (2015) 12 The Judicial Review 165
​19 May 2014​Tradition and history, with a dash of humility - St Paul's College, University of Sydney
​Apr 2014​The riddle of jurisdictional error (2014) 38 Aust Bar Rev 139
​14 Feb 2014​The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2013 term
​2014
Translating Overseas Trusts into the Australian Legal System (2014) 88 ALJ 169
​Feb 2014​Theories 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 James Leeming SC


The Honourable Justice G Lindsay​

​​Date​Speech
​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 2017​The Incapacitated Plantiff and Personal Injury Compensation Proceedings - NSW Bar Association Personal Injury and Common Law Conference​
​24 Jan 2017​Concepts, Patterns and Problems in Probate Litigation: A Perspective of Estate Administration – Judges’ Conference 2017​​
​​16 Nov 2016​The Literary Executor and the Lighthouse - The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners ("STEP") - STEP Australia - NSW Branch​​
​​10 Nov 2016​The 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 2016​The Role of "Purpose" in Estates Litigation: Why We Do What Must Be Done - The College of Law, Advanced Will and Estates Day​
​​17 Sep 2016​Operation 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 2015​Pleadings 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 2015​QUO VADIS : Wills and estates, law and practice, in contemporary NSW​​
​26 May 2015​Estate Administration: A Course of Seminars - A Province of Modern Equity: Management of Life, Death and Estate Administration (Seminar No 1)
​12 Apr 2015​A Literary Event: The Launch of Bearing Witness (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015) by Peter Rees
​25 Mar 2015​Litigation Master Class - CLE Seminar, University of NSW, Faculty of Law
​17 Feb 2015​Administration of Estates - Deconstruction and Synthesis in Changing Times: Purposeful Management of Property, People and Relationships
​06 Aug 2014​Current Issues in Probate Law Administration: Life, Death, Form, Function and History - Advances Wills and Estates Conference
​23 Jul 2014​Financial Management and Remuneration - NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Members' Training Seminar
​08 Nov 2013​LPAB "Orientation Day" Welcome to Students
​23 Sep 2013​The Unfolding Future of Authorised Law Reporting in Australia
​05 Sep 2013​Perspectives from the Bench: The Importance of Adjectival Law, and Practice, to Substantive Outcomes
​22 Aug 2013​Onus of Proof in Estate Litigation for the Law Society of New South Wales Young Lawyers
​24 Jun 2013​The Future of Authorised Law Reporting in Australia - The Australian Law Librarians Association
​05 Apr 2013​Perspective from the Equity Bench - Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Law 2013 Annual Seminar
​25 Mar 2013​Strategies to Avoid Risk in Relation to Death Bed Wills
​06 Aug 2012​Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Geoffrey Charles Lindsay
​06 Aug 2012​Swearing-In Ceremony Of the Honourable G C (Geoff) Lindsay SC (speech notes)


The Honourable Justice J Lonergan​​​

​​Date​Speech
21 Mar 2017Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Julia Lonergan​

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The Honourable Justice RBS Macfarlan​

​​Date​Speech
​30 Oct 2020
​EPLA Conference 2020 - Court of Appeal Update
08 Sep 2008Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Robert Bruce Scott Macfarlan QC


The Honourable Justice L McCallum​

​​Date​Speech
30 Jan 2008Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Lucy McCallum


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 Anthony John Meagher, SC


The Honourable Justice T Parker

​​Date​Speech
0​6 Apr 2017
​Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Thomas Guy Radcliffe Parker


The Honourable Justice A Payne​​​

​​Date​Speech
​03 Nov 2017
​Macarthur Legal Centre 30th Anniversary
​20 Oct 2017
​Recent appeals from the Land and Environment Court
​30 Mar 2016​Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Anthony Payne, SC​​​


The Honourable Justice DM Price AM​

​​Date​Speech
28 Aug 2006Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Derek Michael Price as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales



The Honourable Justice NG Rein​ 

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


The Honourable Justice S Robb​

​​Date​Speech
20 Jun 2013Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Stephen Robb QC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales


​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 2016​Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions​
02 Jul 2014Equal Justice, Mandatory Sentencing and the Rule of Law
​25 Feb 2014​The Impact of Bugmy & Munda on Sentencing Aboriginal and Other Offenders
​18 Oct 2012​Good Faith, Mutual Trust and Confidence: How far have we come; and where are we heading?
​05 Dec 2011​Reflections from Queens Square - Australian Labour Law
​18 May 2007​Address to the NSW Industrial Relations Society
​10 Aug 2006​The Evolution of Labour Law and Significance of WORKCHOICES
​23 Aug 2005​Blackadder: An Analysis - Paper for NSW Young Lawyers: A Division of the Law Society of NSW
​03 May 2005​Swearing in ceremony of the Honourable Stephen Craig Rothman SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales


The Honour​able Justice JR Sackar​ 

​​Date​Speech
​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 John Sackar QC


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 2016​Arthur 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 2014​Eulogy for the Hon. John Slattery
​25 May 2009​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Slattery QC


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 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​

​​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 2014​World Bar Conference - War is not the answer - The ever present threat to the rule of law
​03 Sep 2014​NSW Young Lawyers State of the Profession Conference
​29 May 2014​STEP Conference - Legal capacity then and now: The potential repercussions of neuroscientific studies
​24 Mar 2012​Costs - Banking and Financial Services Law Association Conference
​15 Aug 2010​Penalties and the protection of freedom of contract
​29 Sep 2008​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Julie Kathryn Ward


The Honourable Justice RW White​ 

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


The Honourable Justice K Williams

​​Date​Speech
22 Mar 2021
Welcome Ceremony For The Honourable Justice Kate Williams As A Judge Of The Supreme Court Of New South Wales


​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 2016​NCAT - 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 2015​The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal case management and practice and procedure
​03 Mar 2015​An Overview of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
​12 Nov 2014​Australian Lawyers, Australian Legal Practitioners, Solicitors and the New Super Tribunal
​10 Sep 2014​The Implementation of NCAT
​29 Jan 2014​Launch of the Civil And Adminstrative Tribunal of New South Wales
​25 Oct 2013​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Robertson Wright


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