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Diarise for next week: general meeting of the New South Wales Bar

Fri Mar 28 2008

A general meeting of the Bar will take place at 5.15pm in the Common Room on Monday, 7 April 2008 to discuss the proposed changes to Barristers’ Rules concerning cross-examination.

In accordance with the requirements under the Legal Profession Act, the Bar Council published the proposed amendments to the rules and invited comment.�Over the last few weeks,�many submissions have been received�in response to the draft rule change, and a number have called for an extended consultation period, given the importance of this issue to the Bar.

In view of the nature and extent of the comments received, the Bar Council has resolved to extend the period for consultation for a period of two weeks from Monday, 31 March to enable further submissions to be received up until the close of business on Monday, 14 April 2008.�

2 April 2008

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