New South Wales Bar Association
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| Abbreviation | NSWBar |
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| Formation | 1936 |
| Legal status | Bar Association |
| Purpose | Regulation of Barristers |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales |
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Region served | New South Wales |
Membership | 2850 (2012)[1] |
President | Phillip Boulten SC |
| Remarks | http://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 | Years |
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| Richard Clive Teece KC | November 1936 – December 1947 |
| Alan Taylor KC | December 1947 – December 1949 |
| Garfield Barwick KC | December 1949 – November 1952 |
| Keith Aubrey Ferguson QC | November 1952 – November 1954 |
| Sir Garfield Barwick QC | November 1954 – November 1956 |
| Gordon Wallace QC | November 1956 – December 1958 |
| Bruce Panton MacFarlan QC | December 1958 – July 1959[3] |
| Nigel Bowen QC | July 1959 – November 1961 |
| Leycester Meares QC | November 1961 – December 1963 |
| John Kerr QC | December 1963 – December 1964 |
| John Dashwood Holmes QC | December 1964 – November 1965[3] |
| Maurice Byers QC | November 1965 – November 1967 |
| Bernard Blomfield Riley QC | November 1967 – December 1969 |
| Philip Woodward QC | December 1969 – October 1971[3] |
| Gordon Samuels QC | October 1971 – November 1972[3] |
| George Denys Needham QC | November 1972 – December 1972 |
| Harold Glass QC | December 1972 – September 1973[3] |
| Tom Hughes QC | September 1973 – December 1975 |
| Douglas Gordon McGregor QC | December 1975 – November 1977 |
| Trevor Morling QC | November 1977 – December 1979 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Anna Katzmann SC | November 2007 – November 2009 |
| Tom Bathurst QC | November 2009 – May 2011[3] |
| Bernard Coles QC | May 2011 – November 2012 |
| Phillip Boulten SC | November 2012 – present |
Arms
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Notes
- ^ "All Members of the New South Wales Bar Association (Practicing and Non-practicing)" (PDF). NSW Bar Association Statistics Booklet. NSW Bar Association. October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ "About the New South Wales Bar Association". NSW Bar Association. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Resigned to take up an appointment to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
- ^ Low, Charles (1971). A Roll of Australian Arms. Adelaide: Rigby Limited. p. 8. ISBN 0-85179-149-2. OCLC 246821.