InBrief

Below are the membership lists for the Bar Association’s 2007 committees. As happens every year, we have received an overwhelming number of offers to assist in the work of the committees. It is simply not possible to take up everyone’s offer. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to serve.

It is necessary for there to be some change in committee membership each year. It is important that committee membership reflect as wide a cross-section of the Bar as possible. There is neither room on a committee, nor is it fair to others who wish to be on a committee, for members who for whatever reason are not able to make a sustained contribution to the work of their committee. The new committees have been chosen with these things in mind.

During the year the Bar Council will inevitably need the assistance of members on a wide range of matters that do not fall into a committee’s jurisdiction. This assistance will be sought from those who have volunteered but who at this time we have been unable to place on a committee.

If anyone selected for membership of a committee is at any time unable to give full service, I would ask that he or she let the executive director know as soon as possible.

Thank you to all those members who are not continuing on a committee this year for all their assistance in past years. It is in accordance with the highest standards of the profession that so many members of the Bar keep offering to work on committees, often for many years service.

In a few cases the retiring members will have commitments outstanding, for example a PCC report. I would ask that these commitments be met as quickly as possible.

Michael Slattery QC President

Mediation committee Robert Angyal SC (Chair) Peter Callaghan SC Bruce Hodgkinson SC Angela Bowne SC Chris Ronalds SC Andrew Colefax SC Robert Dubler SC Michael McGrowdie Graham Barter Richard Bell Samuel Reuben Mary Walker Susan Phillips Miles Condon Andrew Bulley Rashelle Seiden Hakan Sonmez

Costs & Fees Tom Bathurst QC (Chair) Bernie Coles QC Dr Chris Birch SC Mark Brabazon Rachel Pepper Philippe Doyle-Gray

Legal Aid Committee Tim Game SC (Chair) Geoff Lindsay SC Chris Craigie SC Philip Boulten SC Linda McSpedden Stephen Hanley Susan Kluss Mark Buscombe Luke Brasch Rachel Francois Nicole Carroll

Family Law Grahame Richardson SC (Chair) Robert Lethbridge SC Margaret Cleary Warwick Tregilgas Peter Cook Paul Sansom Richard Schonell Neill Macpherson Emily Pender

Human Rights Committee Anna Katzmann SC (Chair) Elizabeth Wilkins SC (Deputy Chair) Ian Barker QC Nicholas Cowdery QC Richard Button SC Simeon Beckett Kate Eastman Angelina Gomez Ben Kasep Sera Mirzabegian Alissa Moen Sarah Pritchard Mandy Tibbey Andrew Byrnes UNSW

Equal Opportunity Committee Liz Olsson SC (Chair) Angela Bowne SC Simon Kalfas SC Julia Baird Kate Eastman Rhonda Bell Melissa Fisher Norman Laing Trish McDonald Michelle Painter David Price Jocelynne Scutt Richard Weinstein

Criminal Law Committee Stephen Odgers SC (Chair) Anthony Bellanto QC Tim Game SC Phillip Boulten SC John Stratton SC Carolyn Davenport SC Daniel Howard SC Elizabeth Wilkins SC Patrick Barrett Susan Kluss Mark Austin Margaret Cunneen Frank Veltro Sally Dowling Donna Spears Maria Cinque Gaby Bashir Matthew Johnston Paul Kerr

Common Law Peter Garling (Chair) Ross Letherbarrow SC (Deputy Chair) Andrew Morrison SC Larry King SC John Harris SC Stephen Campbell SC Simon Harben SC Richard McHugh SC Michael Adamo Elizabeth Beilby Graham Grant Julia Lonergan Lorna McFee Kylie Nomchong Andrew Stone

PCC 1 Nye Perram SC (Chair) Stephen Robb QC John Sheahan SC Richard McHugh SC Margaret Cunneen Michael Loewenstein Anne Healey Mark Best Ian Tonking� Richard Lancaster Hugh Stowe Alister Abadee Philippe Doyle-Gray Naomi Sharp Edward Muston Cynthia Cochrane

PCC 2 Robert Toner SC (Chair) Ian Temby AO QC Liz Olsson SC Peter Hamill SC Virginia Lydiard Jay Anderson Michael Jenkins Richard Weinstein Sandra Duggan Dr James Renwick Gail Furness David Ash Vahan Bedrossian Rachel Francois Philip Carr

PCC 3 Justin Gleeson SC (Chair) David Higgs SC David Davies SC Robert Beech-Jones SC Lorna McFee Barry Cross Ian Davidson David Jordan Graham Turnbull James Lockhart Louise Byrne Michael McHugh Penny Sibtain Paul Kerr

PCC 4 Bernie Coles QC (Chair) Larry King SC David J Russell SC Andrew Colefax SC Brendan Hull Julian Van Aalst Peter Tomasetti Geoffrey Rich Igor Mescher Patrick Griffin Carol Webster Sigrid Higgins David McLure Margaret Holz

New Barristers Committee Margaret Holz (Chair) Naomi Sharp Andrew Justice Rachel Francois John-Paul Redmond Madeleine Avenell Teni Anne Berberian Craig Biscoe Kylie Day Esther Lawson Jennifer Single

Bar News Andrew Bell SC (Editor) Keith Chapple SC Gregory Nell SC John Mancy Arthur Moses Chris O’Donnell Carol Webster Richard Beasley David Ash Michael Kearney Louise Clegg Julie Soars Kylie Day Geoff Hull (Clerk)

Tax Holger Sorensen (Chair) Christopher Branson QC Anthony Slater QC Igor Mescher Mark Richmond Narelle Butler Christopher Catt