InBrief

A large, well-appointed room with floor to ceiling shelving is available to share with another barrister on 7th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers. Rent of $1070.93 (plus GST) per month and a clerk’s fee will be payable. Please send any expressions of interest to the clerk, Mark Grace at mark.grace@7gbc.com.au

Mr Andrew Hamilton Young, formerly of Garfield Barwick and Samuel Griffiths Chambers, passed away on Tuesday 15 September 2020 after a long illness.

Family and friends are meeting tomorrow from 12 noon at the Newport Arms Hotel. If members wish to attend they should email Paul Hardin on e: hardinlawyers@gmail.com or m: 0418890667.

Vale

Mr Barry John Eugene Larbalestier passed away on Saturday 18 April 2020. Formerly of Garfield Barwick Chambers, Mr Larbalestier was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1967 and took Silk in 1982 and retired from practice in 2006.

Husband of Katrina, father of Karina, Anthony, Monique, Athena and Jason and adored Grandpa of their families.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions a small family service was held yesterday and a celebration of Barry’s life will be held at a later date with details to follow.

Vale

Ian Douglas Strathdee QC, a former member of 11 Garfield Barwick Chambers, passed away on Christmas Eve.

Funeral details are as follows:

11 am on Monday 6 January 2020 at the Chapel at Manning Great Lakes Memorial Gardens, Pampoolah Rd, Taree.

Jens Lichtenberger practised as a barrister on 7th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers from 1987 to 2004. He died in October 2016. I Kicked a Stone in Metaphor is a collection of his photographs, stories and poems, published by his widow, Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger. A copy is held in the Bar Library.

Wellbeing

Mark Higgins, barrister at 11 Garfield Barwick Chambers, has done it again. On 2 June 2019 he took part in a successful 130 person formation skydive in Perris Valley, California. The jump involved seven planes at 17,500 feet and broke the previous record set in 2015.

Mark told InBrief that can be seen in this picture,"at 4 o'clock on the right leg of a jumper in an orange jumpsuit".

It may be counter-intuitive, but jumping out of a well-functioning plane is thought to be the sort of activity that releases endorphins, lifts your mood and increases resilience to stress.

Appointments

A ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit Court will be held in Courtroom 9, Level 3 of the Garfield Barwick Commonwealth Law Courts, 1 - 3 George Street, Parramatta, at 4:30pm on Monday 8 April 2019, to welcome Mr Doug Humphreys as a Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

Yaseen Shariff will speak on behalf of the New South Wales Bar and the Australian Bar Association. Barristers should wear robes but not wigs.

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Appointments

A ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit Court will be held in Courtroom 9, Level 3 of the Garfield Barwick Commonwealth Law Courts, 1 - 3 George Street, Parramatta, at 4:30pm on Monday 8 April 2019, to welcome Mr Doug Humphreys as a Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

Yaseen Shariff will speak on behalf of the New South Wales Bar and the Australian Bar Association. Barristers should wear robes but not wigs.

#Appointments

Vale

Desmond Andersen QC, formerly of 8 Garfield Barwick Chambers, died last night. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are known.

At the lectern

It has been decided by the Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation to make the Address and dinner an annual event to be held in March. The proposed function on 23 August 2017 has been deferred to Wednesday, 14 March 2018.

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address will be delivered by the Hon Ian Callinan AC QC at a dinner to be held at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street Sydney at 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm. Details of registration and payment will be included in the forthcoming formal invitation.

Please save the date.

Lectures

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation invites members to the 2017 Sir Garfield Barwick Address, which will be delivered by David Bennett AC QC at a dinner to be held at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street, Sydney on Wednesday, 23 August 2017 at 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm. To reserve your place, download and complete a registration form and RSVP by Friday, 18 August 2017.

Lectures

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation invites members to the 2017 Sir Garfield Barwick Address, which will be delivered by David Bennett AC QC at a dinner to be held at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street, Sydney on Wednesday, 23 August 2017 at 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm. To reserve your place, download and complete a registration form and RSVP by Friday, 18 August 2017.

At the lectern

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation advises that the next Sir Garfield Barwick Address will be delivered by David Bennett AC QC at a dinner to be held at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel 169 Castlereagh Street Sydney on Wednesday 23 August 2017 at 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm. A formal invitation will be issued in due course. Please save the date.

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation is pleased and honoured to advise that an Address will be delivered by the Hon Sir Anthony Mason AK, KBE, QC at a dinner to be held on Wednesday 15 March 2017 at the Castlereagh Hotel at 6.30pm.

The Foundation is an independent non-profit charity registered with the ACNC whose purpose is to organise the Address and if possible its publication.

If you would like to attend the event or would like further information please respond to the Barwick Address Foundation direct by email to maryfield2010@hotmail.com or sara.heard@hotmail.com

Philanthropy

Daniel Roff of Eleventh Floor Garfield Barwick has agreed to shave his hair and beard to raise money for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Tickets to the event on 1 April 2017 can be purchased through this link or, if you can't attend, tax deductible donations can be made via the same page (just click on "Tickets" anyway).

At the lectern

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation is pleased and honoured to advise that an Address will be delivered by the Hon Sir Anthony Mason AK, KBE, QC at a dinner to be held on Wednesday 15 March 2017 at the Castlereagh Hotel at 6.30pm.

The Foundation is an independent non-profit charity registered with the ACNC whose purpose is to organise the Address and if possible its publication.

If you would like to attend the event or would like further information please respond to the Barwick Address Foundation direct by email to maryfield2010@hotmail.com or sara.heard@hotmail.com

At the lectern

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation is pleased and honoured to advise that an Address will be delivered by the Hon Sir Anthony Mason AK, KBE, QC at a dinner to be held on Wednesday 15 March 2017 at the Castlereagh Hotel at 6.30pm.

The Foundation is an independent non-profit charity registered with the ACNC whose purpose is to organise the Address and if possible its publication.

If you would like to attend the event or would like further information please respond to the Barwick Address Foundation direct by email to maryfield2010@hotmail.com or sara.heard@hotmail.com

The Sir Garfield Barwick Address Foundation is pleased and honoured to advise that an Address will be delivered by the Hon Sir Anthony Mason AK KBE QC at a dinner to be held on Wednesday, 15 March 2017 at the Castlereagh Hotel at 6.30pm. Further details will be circulated in early 2017. The Foundation is an independent non-profit charity registered with the ACNC whose purpose is to organise the Address and if possible its publication.

On 10 December last week, Mark Higgins from 11th Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers was awarded an Australian Record for a 32 way sequential formation skydive (32 people from 2 planes form up into a formation, then 25% or more move to a second position). Well done Mark!

Jens Lichtenberger, formerly of 7 Garfield Barwick Chambers, died on Saturday morning. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are known.

Two funeral services will be held to commemorate the life of Ronald William (Bill) Washington, formerly of Eleventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers. The first will be at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Mudgee on Wednesday, 23 September at 3.00pm. The second will be at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1 Keenan Street, Mona Vale, at 12.00pm on Friday, 25 September. This will be followed by a wake at the Newport Surf Lifesaving Club.

Ronald William (Bill) Washington, barrister at Eleventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers, has died. Members will be advised of funeral arrangements as soon as they are known.

InBrief reported last month that Mark Higgins, barrister at 11 Garfield Barwick Chambers, was due to take part in an Australian skydiving record attempt in California. As this video from the Sydney Morning Herald will attest, he and 198 other skydivers succeeded! Mark sent a picture back to InBrief. He is the one "at seven o'clock, next to the bloke with the white jumpsuit". Congratulations Mark!

Mark Higgins, barrister at 11 Garfield Barwick Chambers, is in training for an Australian skydiving record attempt this month. He will head to California to break the Australian large formation record of 112 skydivers. Whereas Mark will likely reject the suggestion that luck has anything to do with skydiving, InBrief wishes Mark every success and looks forward to an update, preferably with photographs.

The 2015 Bench and Bar Dinner is just days away. This year's guest of honour is the Hon Justice M J Beazley AO, president of the Court of Appeal. Did you know that among previous guests of honour were the Hon E Gough Whitlam QC, prime minister of Australia (1973); the Hon R W Askin, premier and treasurer of New South Wales (1967); and J R Kerr QC CMG (1966)?

The full list is as follows:

• 2014 The Hon J L B Allsop AO, chief justice of the Federal Court of Australia
• 2013 The Hon Justice Stephen Gageler
• 2012 The Hon Tom Bathurst, chief justice of New South Wales
• 2011 The Hon Patrick Keane, chief justice of the Federal Court of Australia
• 2010 The Hon Justice Virginia Bell
• 2009 The Hon Robert French, chief justice of the High Court of Australia
• 2008 The Hon Justice Susan Kiefel
• 2007 The Hon Michael McHugh AC QC
• 2006 The Hon Justice Susan Crennan
• 2005 The Hon Justice Diana Bryant
• 2004 The Hon Roderick P Meagher QC
• 2003 The Hon Justice J Dyson Heydon
• 2002 The Hon Murray Gleeson AC, chief justice of the High Court Australia
• 2001 The Hon Bob Debus MP, attorney general of New South Wales
• 2000 The Hon Justice Keith Mason, president of the Court of Appeal
• 1999 The Hon James Spigelman QC, chief justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• 1998 The Hon Justice Mary Gaudron
• 1997 The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE, chief justice of the High Court Australia
• 1996 The Hon Justice William Gummow
• 1995 The Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE CBE
• 1994 Sir Maurice Byers Kt CBE
• 1993 The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
• 1992 The Hon Justice Gordon Samuels AC
• 1991 The Hon Sir Nigel Bowen AC KBE QC
• 1990 The Hon Lionel Bowen, attorney-general of the Commonwealth of Australia
• 1989 The Hon AM Gleeson AO, chief justice of New South Wales
• 1988 The Hon John Dowd, attorney general of New South Wales
• 1987 The Hon Sir Anthony Mason KBE CBE, chief justice of the High Court Australia
• 1986 The Hon Terence Sheahan, attorney general of New South Wales
• 1985 Dame Leonie Kramer DBE OBE
• 1984 The Hon Justice Athol Moffit CMG
• 1983 The Hon Sir William Deane KBE
• 1982 The Hon Sir Harry Gibbs GCMG KBE, chief justice of the High Court Australia
• 1981 The Hon Neville Wran QC, premier of New South Wales
• 1980 The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen PC KBE
• 1979 His Excellency Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO KStJ CMG, governor-general of Australia.
• 1978 No guest of honour recorded.
• 1977 The Hon Frank Walker, attorney general of New South Wales
• 1976 The Hon Robert Ellicott QC, attorney-general of Commonwealth of Australia
• 1975 The Hon J C Maddison, attorney general of New South Wales
• 1974 The Hon Justice Laurence Street, chief justice of New South Wales
• 1973 The Hon E Gough Whitlam QC, prime minister of Australia
• 1972 No guest of honour recorded.
• 1971 The Hon Kenneth McCaw QC, attorney general of New South Wales
• 1970 Sir Arthur Tange Kt CBE, secretary, Department of Defence.
• 1969 His Excellency Sir Roden Cutler VC KCMG, governor of New South Wales
• 1968 The Hon E Gough Whitlam QC, leader of the federal Opposition
• 1967 The Hon R W Askin, premier and treasurer of New South Wales,
• 1966 J R Kerr QC CMG, president of the Law Council of Australia
• 1965 The Hon Billy Snedden QC, attorney-general for the Commonwealth of Australia
• 1964 No guest of honour recorded.
• 1963 The Hon Justice Herron, chief justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• 1962 His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward KCMG CB CBE DSO KStJ, governor of New South Wales
• 1961 The Rt Hon Sir Owen Dixon PC GCMG KCMG, chief justice of the High Court of Australia
• 1960 The Hon Sir Garfield Barwick Kt, attorney general for the Commonwealth of Australia; the Hon Robert Downing, attorney-general of New South Wales
• 1959 The Hon Sir Kenneth Street KCMG KStJ, chief justice of New South Wales
• 1958 The Hon Mr Justice Windeyer CB CBE DSO ED
• 1957 The Hon Sir William Owen KBE, justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• 1956 The Hon Sir Kenneth Street KCMG KStJ, chief justice of New South Wales.
• 1955 The Hon Sir Kenneth Street KStJ, chief justice of New South Wales.
• 1954 The Hon Justice Ligertwood, justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia.