New South Wales Bar Association

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.

The New South Wales Bar Association
AbbreviationNSWBar
Formation1936
Legal statusBar Association
PurposeRegulation of Barristers
HeadquartersSydney
Location
  • Australia
Region served
New South Wales
Membership
2367 practising, 3311 total (2020)[1]
President
Gabrielle Bashir SC[2]
AffiliationsAustralian Bar Association
Websitewww.nswbar.asn.au

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.[3]

Presidents
President Commenced Ended Notes
Richard Clive TeeceNovember 1936December 1947[4]
Alan TaylorDecember 1947December 1949
Garfield BarwickDecember 1949November 1952
Keith FergusonNovember 1952November 1954[5]
Sir Garfield BarwickNovember 1954November 1956
Gordon WallaceNovember 1956December 1958
Bruce MacFarlanDecember 1958July 1959[lower-alpha 1][6]
Nigel BowenJuly 1959November 1961
Leycester MearesNovember 1961December 1963
John KerrDecember 1963December 1964
John HolmesDecember 1964November 1965[lower-alpha 1][7]
Maurice ByersNovember 1965November 1967
Bernard RileyNovember 1967December 1969[8]
Philip WoodwardDecember 1969October 1971[lower-alpha 1]
Gordon SamuelsOctober 1971November 1972[lower-alpha 1]
Denys NeedhamNovember 1972December 1972[9]
Harold GlassDecember 1972September 1973[lower-alpha 1]
Tom HughesSeptember 1973December 1975
Douglas McGregorDecember 1975November 1977[10]
Trevor MorlingNovember 1977December 1979[11]
Roderick MeagherDecember 1979November 1981
Michael McHughNovember 1981December 1983
Murray GleesonDecember 1983December 1985
Roger GylesDecember 1985November 1987
Kenneth HandleyNovember 1987November 1989
Barry O'KeefeNovember 1989December 1991
John CoombsDecember 1991November 1993[12]
Murray TobiasNovember 1993November 1995
David BennettNovember 1995December 1997
Ian BarkerDecember 1997November 1999
Ruth McCollNovember 1999November 2001
Bret WalkerNovember 2001November 2003
Ian HarrisonNovember 2003November 2005
Michael SlatteryNovember 2005November 2007[13]
Anna KatzmannNovember 2007November 2009
Tom BathurstNovember 2009May 2011[lower-alpha 1]
Bernard ColesMay 2011November 2012
Phillip BoultenNovember 2012May 2014
Jane NeedhamMay 2014November 2015[lower-alpha 2]
Noel HutleyNovember 2015May 2017
Arthur MosesMay 2017November 2018[14]
Tim GameNovember 2018November 2020
Michael McHughNovember 2020May 2022[15]
Gabrielle BashirMay 2022[16]

Arms
Coat of arms of New South Wales Bar Association
Notes
The arms of the New South Wales Bar Association, granted by the Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy & Ulster Kings of Arms on 22 March 1960, consist of:[17]
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.

Explanatory notes
  1. 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. New South Wales Bar Association (30 June 2020). "Annual Report 2019–20" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. New South Wales Bar Association. "Bar Council". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. "About us". New South Wales Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. Bennett, J M. "Teece, Richard Clive (1877–1965)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
  5. Hon. Mr Justice Keith Aubrey Ferguson KC, BA, LLB, NSW State Archives & Records, archived from the original on 5 January 2015
  6. Bruce Panton MacFarlan OBE, KC, BA, LLB Hons, NSW State Archives & Records, archived from the original on 4 March 2016
  7. "John Dashwood Holmes (QC, BA, LLB)". Records - NSW Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. Persse, Jonathan W De B. "Riley, Bernard Blomfield (1912–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
  9. Needham, Jane. "The Hon G D Needham KC" (PDF). NSW Bar Association. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  10. Byers, Maurice, Douglas Gordon Patrick McGregor – Obituary (PDF) (1992 Spring) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association/Summer 29.
  11. "The Hon. Trevor Rees Morling". Supreme Court (NT). Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  12. Ellis, Graham, John Coombs KC (1937–2007) (PDF) (2007 Summer) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association 73.
  13. "Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Slattery KC". [2009] NSW Judicial Scholarship 9.
  14. New South Wales Bar Association (9 November 2017). "Bar Association office bearers for 2018". Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  15. New South Wales Bar Association (12 November 2020). "Bar Association office bearers for 2021". Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. New South Wales Bar Association (12 May 2022). "Bar Association office bearers for 2022". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  17. Low, Charles (1971). A Roll of Australian Arms. Adelaide: Rigby Limited. p. 8. ISBN 0-85179-149-2. OCLC 246821.
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