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The New South Wales Bar Association
AbbreviationNSWBar
Formation1936
Legal statusBar Association
PurposeRegulation of Barristers
HeadquartersSydney
Location
  • Australia
Region served
New South Wales
Membership
2850 (2012)[1]
President
Tim Game SC
Remarkshttp://www.nswbar.asn.au/

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

History

Formerly known as the Council of the Bar of New South Wales, the organisation was incorporated on 22 October 1936 as 'The New South Wales Bar Association'. The College of Arms granted the Bar Association's coat of arms in 1959.[2]

Presidents

President Commenced Ended Comments Notes
Richard Clive Teece KC November 1936 December 1947 [3]
Alan Taylor KC December 1947 December 1949
Garfield Barwick KC December 1949 November 1952
Keith Ferguson QC November 1952 November 1954 [4]
Sir Garfield Barwick QC November 1954 November 1956
Gordon Wallace QC November 1956 December 1958
Bruce MacFarlan QC December 1958 July 1959 [a][5]
Nigel Bowen QC July 1959 November 1961
Leycester Meares QC November 1961 December 1963
John Kerr QC December 1963 December 1964
John Holmes QC December 1964 November 1965 [a][6]
Maurice Byers QC November 1965 November 1967
Bernard Riley QC November 1967 December 1969 [7]
Philip Woodward QC December 1969 October 1971 [a]
Gordon Samuels QC October 1971 November 1972 [a]
Denys Needham QC November 1972 December 1972 [8]
Harold Glass QC December 1972 September 1973 [a]
Tom Hughes QC September 1973 December 1975
Douglas McGregor QC December 1975 November 1977 [9]
Trevor Morling QC November 1977 December 1979 [10]
Roderick Meagher QC December 1979 November 1981
Michael McHugh QC November 1981 December 1983
Murray Gleeson QC December 1983 December 1985
Roger Gyles QC December 1985 November 1987
Kenneth Handley QC November 1987 November 1989
Barry O'Keefe AM, QC November 1989 December 1991
John Coombs QC December 1991 November 1993 [11]
Murray Tobias QC November 1993 November 1995
David Bennett QC November 1995 December 1997
Ian Barker QC December 1997 November 1999
Ruth McColl SC November 1999 November 2001
Bret Walker SC November 2001 November 2003
Ian Harrison SC November 2003 November 2005
Michael Slattery QC November 2005 November 2007 [12]
Anna Katzmann SC November 2007 November 2009
Tom Bathurst QC November 2009 May 2011 [a]
Bernard Coles QC May 2011 November 2012
Phillip Boulten SC November 2012 May 2014
Jane Needham SC May 2014 November 2015 [b]
Noel Hutley SC November 2015 May 2017
Arthur Moses SC May 2017 November 2018
Tim Game SC November 2018

Arms

Coat of arms of New South Wales Bar Association
Notes
The arms of the New South Wales Bar Association, granted by the Kings of Arms on 22 March 1960, consist of:[13]
Crest
On a Wreath Or and Gules, a closed Book proper, standing thereon a pair of Scales Or.
Escutcheon
Ermine, on a Cross Gules a Brief Scroll fessewise proper, Taped Gules, between four Stars each of eight points Or.
Supporters
On the dexter side a Kangaroo, and on the sinister a Lion, both proper.
Motto
Servants of All yet of None
Badge
A Brief Scroll fessewise proper, Taped Gules.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Resigned to take up an appointment to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
  2. ^ Jane Needham is the daughter of former president Denys Needham

References

  1. ^ "All Members of the New South Wales Bar Association (Practicing and Non-practicing)" (PDF). NSW Bar Association Statistics Booklet. NSW Bar Association. October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. ^ "About the New South Wales Bar Association". NSW Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ^ Bennett, J M. "Teece, Richard Clive (1877–1965)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
  4. ^ Hon. Mr Justice Keith Aubrey Ferguson KC, BA, LLB, NSW State Archives & Records
  5. ^ Bruce Panton MacFarlan OBE, QC, BA, LLB Hons, NSW State Archives & Records
  6. ^ John Dashwood Holmes
  7. ^ Persse, Jonathan W De B. "Riley, Bernard Blomfield (1912–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
  8. ^ Needham, Jane. "The Hon G D Needham QC" (PDF). NSW Bar Association. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. ^ Byers, Maurice, Douglas Gordon Patrick McGregor – Obituary (PDF) (1992 Spring) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association/Summer 29.
  10. ^ "The Hon Trevor Rees Morling". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  11. ^ Ellis, Graham, John Coombs QC (1937–2007) (PDF) (2007 Summer) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association 73.
  12. ^ "Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Slattery QC". [2009] NSW Judicial Scholarship 9.
  13. ^ Low, Charles (1971). A Roll of Australian Arms. Adelaide: Rigby Limited. p. 8. ISBN 0-85179-149-2. OCLC 246821.
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