Supreme Court of New South Wales

Speeches

Judicial officers actively contribute to ongoing professional development through speeches at conferences and seminars

Recent speeches by Chief Justice Andrew Bell

Speeches by Chief Justice Bell
2022 -
Speeches by Chief Justice Bathurst
2011-2022
Speeches by Chief Justice Spigelman
1998-2011
Anthology
Speeches by former judges

  • Speeches at ceremonial sittings are livestreamed via the Supreme Court's YouTube channel

    Livestreaming on YouTube

    Speeches at ceremonial sittings are livestreamed via the Supreme Court's YouTube channel

    Transcript

    Occasional lectures,  speeches delivered at ceremonial sittings and admissions ceremonies are livestreamed via the Supreme Court's YouTube channel.

  • The implications of the development of artificial intelligence on the judiciary and the legal profession, by Sir Geoffrey Vos

    The 2026 John Lehane Memorial Lecture

    The implications of the development of artificial intelligence on the judiciary and the legal profession, by Sir Geoffrey Vos

    Transcript

    The 2026 John Lehane Memorial Lecture was delivered by Sir Geoffrey Vos in the Banco Court on 18 August 2026.

Recent speeches

Conferences, seminars and occasional lectures

In addition to hearing and determining cases, the Court’s judicial officers actively contribute to the ongoing professional development of the legal community domestically and abroad. Their contributions encompass activities such as presenting papers and speeches at conferences and seminars, and giving occasional lectures at educational institutions. 

Court of Appeal

Judges of Appeal

Justice Julie Ward, President
​​Date​Speech
​12 Nov 2018
​Major James Whiteside Fraser McManamey - Remembrance Day 2018 (PDF, 71.3 KB)
​08 Sep 2018
​Sir Anthony Mason Oration - Blue Mountains Law Society 2018 Succession Conference (PDF, 114.5 KB)
​01-03 Sep 2018
​Of Singaporean yachts, Chilean Ponzi schemes, and the Italian merchant marine (among others) - An update on cross-border insolvency laws in Australia: 35th Annual BFSLA Conference (Queenstown, New Zealand) (PDF, 154.0 KB)
​01-03 Sep 2018
​Australian Appellate Decisions in Insolvency Law: Recent Updates - 35th Annual BFSLA Conference (Queenstown, New Zealand) (PDF, 93.9 KB)
​21 May 2018
​Integrated Diversity in the Legal Profession - Iftar Dinner (PDF, 34.9 KB)
0​7 Jun 2017
​Women's Leadership - Keynote Address - The Australian Women's Leadership Symposium (PDF, 64.9 KB)
05 Oct 2014LAWASIA 27th Conference (Bangkok) - Criminal Sessions: Discriminating Laws (PDF, 280.1 KB)
​05 Sep 2014​World Bar Conference - War is not the answer - The ever present threat to the rule of law (PDF, 163.6 KB)
​03 Sep 2014​NSW Young Lawyers State of the Profession Conference (PDF, 253.7 KB)
​29 May 2014​STEP Conference - Legal capacity then and now: The potential repercussions of neuroscientific studies (PDF, 178.2 KB)
​24 Mar 2012​Costs - Banking and Financial Services Law Association Conference (PDF, 259.5 KB)
​15 Aug 2010​Penalties and the protection of freedom of contract (PDF, 205.9 KB)
​29 Sep 2008​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Julie Ward (PDF, 79.4 KB)

 





Justice Mark Leeming
Date​Speech
1 ​Jun 2023
​Subjective intention in the law of contract – its role and limits
​May 2023
​"There and back again - the last quarter century" Opening Keynote Address for ALAANZ conference, Kimpton Margot Hotel, Sydney
​May 2023
​Book Review Essay of "Understanding the Law of Assignment" (2023) 38 Journal of Contract Law 261
​Oct 2022
​"Penalties in Australia, the United Kingdom and Singapore - Storm-warnings, statutes and style" (2022) 51 Australian Bar Review 377-390 (PDF, 234.2 KB)
​Sep 2022
​Book review of "The Intricacies of Dicta and Dissent" (2022) 81(2) Cambridge Law Journal 417-420 (PDF, 85.4 KB)
​Aug 2022
​"Justice Basten and the New Frontiers of Administrative Law: Crime, Tort and Contract" (2022) 29 Australian Journal of Administrative Law 92 (PDF, 168.2 KB)
​27 Apr 2022
​Land and Environment Court Seminar: Appeals to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Criminal Appeal 2021 (PDF, 354.7 KB)
​Apr 2022
​Knowledge and Approval: The complex interplay between statute and judge-made law (PDF, 333.8 KB)
​Mar 2022
​Cook and the (literary) pirates (PDF, 110.7 KB)
​Feb 2022
​"Well hidden" Equity - Four Equity Eucalypts (2022) 96 ALJ 102" (PDF, 131.9 KB)
​Jun 2021
​Launch of “So Help Me God – A History of Oaths of Office” (PDF, 301.9 KB)
​Apr 2021
​The Bathurst Lecture 2021: The enduring qualities of commercial law (PDF, 779.4 KB)
​Jan 2021
Injunctions in criminal law (2021) 95 ALJ 18 (PDF, 113.2 KB)
​Dec 2020
​Dec. 2020 Launch of 'Lord Devlin' by Justice John Sackar (PDF, 128.2 KB)
​Nov 2020
​"Lawyers' uses of history, from Entick v Carrington to Smethurst v Commissioner of Police" (2020) 49 Aust Bar Rev 199
​Aug 2020
​Foreword to R Catterwell, "A Unified Approach to Contract Interpretation" (Hart Publishing, 2020) (PDF, 96.6 KB)
​Apr 2020
"​Six differences between trustees and company directors" (2020) 94 ALJ 254 (PDF, 114.4 KB)
​Mar 2020
​A History of Australian Tort Law 1901–1945: England 1945: England ’s Obedient Servant?" (2020) 48 Aust Bar Rev 243 (PDF, 215.6 KB)
​22 Nov 2019
​Judge-made law and statute - a complex interwoven fabric: Selected decisions from Western Australia (PDF, 211.2 KB)
​25 Oct 2019
​Equity in Australia and the United Kingdom: dissonance and concordance (PDF, 167.2 KB)
​Oct 2019
​"Has the Golden Age of Fraud Passed?" (2019) 19 OUCLJ 298 (PDF, 264.5 KB)
​30 Aug 2019
​"From the Bench - case law update"
Australian appellate decisions (PDF, 183.7 KB)
​Aug 2019
​“Marshalling securities and construing releases in equity” (2019) 93 ALJ 626 (PDF, 132.6 KB)
​Aug 2019
​"Statute Law in the Law of Obligations: Dimensions of Form and Substance” in A Robertson and J Goudkamp, Form and Substance in the Law of Obligations (Hart Publishing 2019), ch 15 (PDF, 273.5 KB)
​Aug 2019
​“Sir Owen Dixon” (PDF, 2.8 MB)
​Aug 2019
​“Fusion - Fission - Fusion: Pre-Judicature Equity Jurisdiction in New South Wales 1824 – 1972” in J Goldberg et al (eds) Equity and Law: Fusion and Fission (Cambridge UP 2019), 118 (PDF, 266.6 KB)
​May 2019
​“The Role of equity in 21st century commercial disputes - Meeting the needs of any sophisticated and successful legal system” (2019) 47 Aust Bar Rev 137 (PDF, 248.6 KB)

​Feb 2019

​"Pipikos v Trayans - The High Court Revisits Part Performance" (2019) 93 ALJ 91 (PDF, 137.4 KB)

​2018
​“Trustees’ Rights of Indemnity, Insolvency and Statutory Distributions to Preferred Creditors” (2018) 92 ALJ 503 (PDF, 136.0 KB)
​Sep 2018
​“Maintenance in Medieval England” [2018] 77 Cambridge Law Journal 402-405 (PDF, 109.6 KB)
​May 2018
​"Not Slavishly Nor Always - Equity and Limitation Statutes" published in P Davies, S Doulas and J Goudkamp (eds), Defences in Equity (Hart Publishing, 2018), ch 14 (PDF, 373.3 KB)
​Apr 2018
​"Receipts Clauses and 'Contractual Estoppel' Revisited" (2018) 134 LQR 171 (PDF, 102.6 KB)
​2018
Ex parte candour, Solicitors' Liens and Set-off (2018) 92 ALJ 22 (PDF, 112.4 KB)
​Dec 2017
​"Overlapping Claims at Common Law and in Equity – An Embarrassment of Riches?" (2017) 11 Journal of Equity 229.
​Sep 2017
​Equitable Compensation for Breach of Confidence [2017] (Spring) Bar News 42-45 (PDF, 198.0 KB)
​06 Sep 2017
​Launch of “Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit” edited by Simone Degeling and Jason Varuhas (PDF, 32.6 KB)
​2017
Injunctions restraining enforcement of 'Muslim Ban' Executive Orders (2017) 91 ALJ 443 (PDF, 109.4 KB)
0​2 Aug 2017
​Launch of "Strata Title Property Rights– Private governance of multi-owned properties" by Cathy Sherry (PDF, 120.0 KB)
​2016
The Primary Judge in Equity (2016) 90 ALJ 783 (PDF, 128.5 KB)
​2016​The Comparative Distinctiveness of Equity, (2016) 2(2) CJCCL 403-420 (PDF, 114.8 KB)​​
​03 Aug 2016​Appeals from the Land and Environment Court - Land and Environment Court Seminar (PDF, 160.0 KB)​
​2016
Proprietary Relief and Tracing in Equity (2016) 90 ALJ 92 (PDF, 111.7 KB)
​2016
​Equity and statute: a commentary - published in P Turner (ed) "Equity and Administration" (Cambridge University Press, 2016), 248-257 (PDF, 227.7 KB)
​Nov 2015​Judicial Review of Vice-Regal Decisions: South Australia v O'Shea its Precursors and its Progeny" (2015) 36 Adelaide Law Review 1 (PDF, 456.8 KB)​
16 Oct 2015​Recent Decisions of the NSW Court of Appeal (PDF, 130.8 KB)​ with Appendix (PDF, 210.5 KB)​ - EPLA Conference, Sydney
​2015
'Chameleon-hued words': A note on Discretionary Trusts (2015) 89 ALJ 371 (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB) (PDF, 111.5 KB)
​29 May 2015​Ministerial Override Certificates (PDF, 169.9 KB)
​27 Feb 2015​Equity: Ageless in the Age of Statutes, (2015) 9 Journal of Equity 108​
​20 Feb 2015​Commercial Equity and Statutes - Law Society Summer School, Perth (PDF, 289.5 KB)
​20 Nov 2014​Common law, equity and statute: limitations and analogies (PDF, 223.2 KB)
​20 Oct 2014​Two topics from Administrative Law in Australia and the United Kingdom (PDF, 101.8 KB)
​2014
How Long is Too Long for an Equitable Claim? (2014) 88 ALJ 621 (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB) (PDF, 105.9 KB)
​12 Sep 2014​Farah and its progeny: comity among intermediate appellate courts (2015) 12 The Judicial Review 165 (PDF, 325.9 KB)
​19 May 2014​Tradition and history, with a dash of humility - St Paul's College, University of Sydney (PDF, 60.7 KB)
​Apr 2014​The riddle of jurisdictional error (2014) 38 Aust Bar Rev 139
​14 Feb 2014​The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2013 term (PDF, 174.5 KB)
​2014
Translating Overseas Trusts into the Australian Legal System (2014) 88 ALJ 169 (PDF, 95.0 KB)
​Feb 2014​Theories and Principles Underlying the Development of the Common Law - The Statutory Elephant in the Room (2013) 36(3) UNSWLJ 1002 (PDF, 273.6 KB)
​2013
Ex parte applications for injunctions: then and now (2013) 87 ALJ 303 (PDF, 115.3 KB)
​03 Jun 2013
​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Mark Leeming (PDF, 59.1 KB)

 

Justice Anthony Payne

 

​​Date​Speech
​04 Nov 2022
​Making Good Decisions (PDF, 196.9 KB)
​18 Mar 2022
​State Taxes Litigation – Some Observations from the Bench (PDF, 253.7 KB)
​03 Nov 2017
​Macarthur Legal Centre 30th Anniversary (PDF, 83.1 KB)
​20 Oct 2017
​Recent appeals from the Land and Environment Court (PDF, 449.4 KB)
​30 Mar 2016​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Anthony Payne (PDF, 47.0 KB)
Justice Anna Mitchelmore
​​Date​Speech
28 Mar 2022​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Anna Mitchelmore (PDF, 145.2 KB)

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony
Justice Jeremy Kirk

Speeches by the Honourable Justice Jeremy Kirk

Justice Christine Adamson
​​Date​Speech
17 Oct 2011Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Christine Adamson (PDF, 62.8 KB)
Justice Kristina Stern

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​​Date​Speech
08 Jun 2023Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Kristina Stern

>Link to Video of Welcome Ceremony
Justice Richard McHugh

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Justice Michael Ball
​​Date​Speech
02 Oct 2014Commercial Arbitration (Seoul, Sth Korea) (PDF, 62.3 KB)
​13 Apr 2010​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Ball (PDF, 45.1 KB)

 

Justice Stephen Free

11 September 2026, "Managing Costs and Statements of Explanation by Testators in Family Provision Matters", 2026 Succession Law Conference - Blue Mountains Law Society.

12 May 2025, Ceremonial sitting for the swearing-in of Justice Stephen Free

Acting Judges of Appeal (AJA)

Acting Justice J Griffiths

 

13 Nov 2024Is there too much access to administrative justice: A project for the revived Administrative Review Council (PDF, 228.7 KB)? Paper presented to the Australian Institute of Administrative Law. 
27 May 2022
'Apprehended Bias and the Personal Injury Commission': Address at the Personal Injury Commission's Annual Member Conference 2022 (PDF, 331.5 KB) (PDF, 331.5 KB)​
19 May 2022
'Judicial and Administrative Review of Non-Statutory Executive Power': Keynote Address at the Land and Environment Court Annual Conference 2022 (PDF, 357.0 KB) (PDF, 357.0 KB)
Acting Justice I G Harrison

The Hon. Justice Harrison was sworn-in as a judge of the Supreme Court on 12 February 2007.

​​Date​Speech
  
11 Dec 2025Farewell Ceremonial Sitting on the Occasion of the Retirement of Justice Ian Gordon Harrison, Chief Judge at Common Law
30 Oct 2025Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture Speech, University of Sydney Law School
17 May 2011Commencement speech to law graduates, University of Technology, Sydney Law Graduation ceremony (PDF, 44.9 KB)
​22 May 2009​Commencement speech to law graduates, University of Sydney Law Graduation ceremony (PDF, 36.9 KB)
​07 Mar 2009​Paper delivered at Public Defenders Criminal Law Conference (PDF, 56.9 KB)
​11 Oct 2008​Speech delivered to 11th International Criminal Law Congress (PDF, 55.7 KB)
​08 Feb 2008​Speech delivered to National Sentencing Conference (PDF, 55.2 KB)
​12 Feb 2007​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Ian Harrison (PDF, 63.2 KB)

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Acting Justice D Price AO
​​Date​Speech
28 Aug 2006Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Derek Price (PDF, 50.8 KB)

 

Chief Judges of the Trial Divisions

Justice David Hammerschlag, Chief Judge in Equity
​​Date​Speech
30 Jan 2007Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice David Hammerschlag (PDF, 62.9 KB)
Justice Natalie Adams, Chief Judge at Common Law
Date​Speech
​05 Apr 2016​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Natalie Adams (PDF, 65.5 KB)

Trial judges

Justice Michael Slattery AM AM (Mil) RAN
​​Date​Speech
​11 May 2021
​Eulogy by RADM Slattery AM RAN on behalf of Chief of Navy for the Hon. David Levine AO, RFD, QC. State Library of NSW. (PDF, 81.7 KB)
​26 May 2019
​Boer War Commemoration Address, ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney (PDF, 85.1 KB)
​12 Nov 2018
​Lieutenant Edwin Mayhew Brissenden - Remembrance Day 2018 (PDF, 56.9 KB)
​11 Apr 2018
​Percy Valentine Storkey: The Sydney Law Student Who Won a Victoria Cross (PDF, 275.8 KB)
​09 Dec 2016​Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC - Adelaide Tri-Service Dinner (PDF, 373.0 KB)​
​10 Nov 2016​Colonel Henry Normand MacLaurin - On the Eve of Remembrance Day
​25 Apr 2016​​ANZAC Day Address (PDF, 70.3 KB)​​
16 Oct 2014CLEAA Conference Opening (PDF, 134.1 KB)​
​05 Sep 2014​Eulogy for the Hon. John Slattery (PDF, 39.2 KB)
​25 May 2009​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Slattery (PDF, 65.2 KB)
Justice Ashley Black
Date​Speech
​20 Jun 2023
​Developments in commercial and corporations case law and practice - Law Society of NSW
​08 Jul 2022
Practice in the Corporations List and recent case law - Commercial Law Association Seminar (PDF, 282.7 KB)​
​25 Feb 2022
​Court to Court Communication Protocols - Comments at 7th Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation (PDF, 223.4 KB)
​13 Mar 2021
​Update on Corporation Law - NSW Bar Association Conference (PDF, 258.8 KB)
​12 Nov 2020
​Some recent case law and statutory developments in insolvency - ARITA conference (PDF, 144.0 KB)
​29 Oct 2020
​Some issues in enforcement of directors' duties - Monash University presentation (PDF, 348.9 KB)
​2020
​Misconduct in Banking and Financial Services: Some aspects of the Hayne Royal Commission (PDF, 311.2 KB)
​29 Mar 2019
​Conflict of interest regulation after the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (PDF, 91.3 KB)
​14-16 Feb 2019
​Sixth Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation - Case Management: Innovations and Obstacles (PDF, 88.5 KB)
​25 Aug 2018
​Design and distribution obligations and product intervention powers - Corporate Law Workshop 2018 (PDF, 96.0 KB)
​06 Jun 2018

​Recent developments in corporate law- CLA June Judges series (PDF, 108.7 KB)

​11 Apr 2018
​Recent developments in Corporations and Insolvency Law - New South Wales Bar Association CPD Program (PDF, 73.7 KB)
​15 Nov 2017
​Modern indicia of fiduciary relationships in a commercial setting and the interaction of equity and contract (PDF, 169.9 KB)
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0​8 Sep 2017
​Three developments in insolvency law - Law Council of Australia Insolvency Committee Annual Dinner (PDF, 52.9 KB)
0​9 Aug 2017
​Recent developments in insolvency laws - Australian Restructuring Insolveny & Turnaround Association National Conference (PDF, 99.6 KB)
​​25 Mar 2017​Some parallel duties and remedies in equity and corporation law - NSW Bar Association Sydney CPD Conference (PDF, 122.8 KB)​
​​26 Oct 2016​Development of Corporations Law - Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, Introduction to Australian Legal History Tutorials (PDF, 30.7 MB)​
​​Oct 2016​Several issues in insolvency law reform - the Australian perspective - Judicial Insolvency Network Conference Singapore (PDF, 101.4 KB)​
​26 Sep 2016​Hedge Fund Activism Seminar and Book Launch of Research Handbook on Shareholder Power (PDF, 83.1 KB)​​
​​29 Aug 2016Banking & Financial Services Law Association Conference - ​Judicial Case Law Update - Australia (PDF, 152.4 KB)​
​​Aug 2016​Three recent developments in insolvency Law - Corporation Law Conference (PDF, 122.5 KB)​
​​18 Jun 2016​Unfinished Business in Corporations Law Reform - BLS Corporations Workshop (PDF, 70.6 KB)​
​​10 May 2016​Equitable and Statutory Regulation of Conflicts of Interests and Duty - Presentation at University of NSW Law School (PDF, 112.3 KB)​
​26 Apr 2016​Commercial Equity Seminar:
08 Sep 2015​​Insolvency Practice in the Corporations List of the Supreme Court of New South Wales - University of Technology Presentation (PDF, 146.6 KB)​
​19 Jun 2015​​Recent Developments in Corporations Law - Commercial Law Association of Australia (PDF, 176.6 KB)
​21 Mar 2015​INSOL International/UNCITRAL/World Bank Judicial Colloquium in Insolvency - Lessons from recent cases on cross-board insolvency - Australia (PDF, 83.8 KB)
​19 Feb 2015​Trusts, Financial Services and Conflicts - Law Council of Australia Conference - 2015: Superannuation. Super Forever.... (PDF, 206.2 KB)
​08 Mar 2014​Recent Developments in Corporate Law - NSW Young Lawyers Annual Seminar (PDF, 110.9 KB)
​20 Feb 2014​Market Manipulation - Incentives and Enforcement (PDF, 67.1 KB)
​01 Oct 2013​Development of principles of statutory interpretation - Introduction to Australian Legal History Tutorials (PDF, 126.6 KB)
​Jun 2013​Practice in the Corporations List of the Supreme Court of New South Wales - Commercial Law Association Judges Seminars (PDF, 147.9 KB)
​Mar 2013​Recent developments in corporate law - NSW Young Lawyers Annual Seminar (PDF, 147.1 KB)
​24 Feb 2012​Simply Super 2012 Presentation (PDF, 151.9 KB)
​04 Jul 2011​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Ashley Black (PDF, 46.8 KB)
Justice Stephen Campbell
Date​Speech
27 Mar 2014An Introduction to the Civil Liability of Public Authorities - State Legal Conference (PDF, 89.8 KB)
​27 Mar 2014​S.6 Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1946 and Chubb Insurance Company of Australia LTD v Moore [2013] NSWSC 2012 - State Legal Conference (PDF, 93.2 KB)
​08 Oct 2012​Remarks on the inaugural Supreme Court sitting at Murwullimbah Courthouse (PDF, 13.9 KB)
​02 May 2012​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Stephen Campbell (PDF, 58.3 KB)
Justice Richard Cavanagh

 

Date​Speech
​20 Jul 2022
​The Civil Liability Act … Has it Served its Purpose? (PDF, 273.9 KB)
​18 Mar 2021
​2021 St Aloysius Law Lunch (PDF, 204.2 KB)
16 Sep 2019Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Richard Cavanagh (PDF, 145.2 KB)
Justice Francois Kunc
Date​Speech
​20 May 2021
An occasional address at the ​University of Sydney Law School prizegiving ceremony (PDF, 90.8 KB)
​11 Nov 2019
​Family Provision and Artificial Intelligence – Utopia or Dystopia? - Annual Dinner of Accredited Wills & Estates Specialists at the Union, University & Schools Club, Sydney (PDF, 245.6 KB)
​09 Nov 2019
​E-conveyancing and Caveats - Toongabbie Legal Centre’s e-Conveyancing and its Fundamentals Conference (PDF, 348.2 KB)
​02 May 2019
​Courage as a Legal Virtue - The Inaugural Andrew Rogers Lecture in Private Law and Legal Practice, School of Law and Justice of Southern Cross University, Lismore (PDF, 284.5 KB)
​07 Jan 2017​16 Rules for the Compleat Expert - Australian Accountants Lawyers and Directors Conference, Aspen, Colorado (PDF, 156.0 KB)​
​​22 Oct 2016​Section 88K Easements - How Much Discretion Really? - Environmental & Planning Law Association (NSW) Inc Conference 2016 (PDF, 144.7 KB)​
​​18 Feb 2016​The 2016 Barry O'Keefe Memorial Lecture at Australian Catholic University: The Rule of Law - Necessary but not Sufficient? (PDF, 168.9 KB)​
08 Apr 2015An address to the University of Technology Sydney Law Student's Society's Speaker Series 2015 Launch A facade of freedom: is there such a thing as free speech? (PDF, 129.0 KB)
​09 Jan 2015​Company Directors: Decisions, Duties and Dilemmas (PDF, 106.8 KB)
​Oct 2014​Reflections on the origins of the parens patriae jurisdiction (PDF, 109.1 KB)
​09 Nov 2013​Shall ye be heard? Legal Representation in civil claims - Salvos Legal Lecture Series (PDF, 60.2 KB)
​08 Apr 2013​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Francois Kunc (PDF, 64.1 KB)
Justice Peter Hamill
​​Date​Speech
​22 Jun 2022
​Paul Byrne SC Memorial Lecture: “They’re All Good Cases” (PDF, 605.6 KB)
16 Sep 2015Is it Murder? The Ethics and Legality of Drone Strikes - 2015 Learned Friends Conference, Nuremberg (PDF, 562.4 KB)​
​29 Oct 2014​Ceremonial Bows of Jeffrey McLennan SC (PDF, 153.3 KB)
​29 Apr 2014​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Peter Hamill (PDF, 72.2 KB)
Justice Nicholas Chen
Date​Speech
11 Jul 2022(PDF, 148.0 KB)Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Nicholas Chen (pending)

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony
Justice Hament Dhanji
​​Date​Speech
​22 Feb 2023
​Boris Johnson and Diversity
​27 Sep 2022
​Cultural diversity in the Law: It is not revolution - but we are going to occupy the buildings (PDF, 208.1 KB)
08 Dec 2021
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Hament Dhanji​ (PDF, 151.4 KB)

> Link to Video of Welcome Ceremony
Justice Des Fagan
Date​Speech
11 Jun 2015Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Des Fagan (PDF, 49.6 KB)
Justice Guy Parker
​​Date​Speech
0​6 Apr 2017
​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Guy Parker (PDF, 83.4 KB)
Justice Sarah McNaughton
Date​Speech
11 Oct 2022
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Sarah McNaughton (PDF, 120.1 KB)

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony
Justice Michael Meek
​​Date​Speech
​22 Mar 2023
​Will Construction - Succession and Elder Law Committee – NSW Bar Association Lecture Series (PDF, 302.5 KB)
05 May 2022(PDF, 148.0 KB)Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Michael Meek (PDF, 134.8 KB)

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony
Justice Elisabeth Peden
​​Date​Speech
​15 Mar 2023
​​Real Property List — An Overview (UNSW Property Law Intensive) (PDF, 260.5 KB)
​06 Apr 2022​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Elisabeth Peden (PDF, 138.8 KB)

 

> Link to Video of Welcome Ceremony

 

Justice Kelly Rees

 

​​Date
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05 Sep 2018Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Kelly Rees (PDF, 71.9 KB)
Justice Mark Richmond

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Justice Dina Yehia

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Date​Speech
04 Jul 2022(PDF, 148.0 KB)Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Dina Yehia

> Link to video of Welcome Ceremony
Justice Richard Weinstein
​​Date​Speech
01 Feb 2023
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Richard Weinstein (PDF, 118.0 KB)

> Link to Video of the Welcome Ceremony
Justice Kate Williams
​​Date​Speech
22 Mar 2021
Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Kate Williams (PDF, 126.3 KB)

> Link to Video of the Welcome Ceremony
Justice Geoff Lindsay AM
​​Date​Speech

​19 Apr 2023

​NSW Bar Association - The Succession and Protective Law Committee: IN CONVERSATION: Neuroscience, Text, Context and Purpose (PDF, 177.9 KB)

​21 Mar 2023
​Wills and Estates - Context in Law, a Digression: Neuroscience, Text, Context and Purpose (PDF, 246.5 KB)
​16 Nov 2022
​EQUITY'S CHALLENGE: Maintenance of Standards in Deployment of Enduring Powers of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship Appointments (PDF, 339.9 KB)
​13 Oct 2022
​"Enduring Agents": Creation, Use and Abuse of Enduring Powers of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship Appointments (PDF, 284.8 KB)
​28 Sep 2022
​IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS: The Context, Nature and Purpose of Work of the NSW Trustee and the Public Guardian in the Protection of a Vulnerable Person (PDF, 305.8 KB)
​14 Jun 2022
​NCAT's Protective Jurisdiction in Context (PDF, 215.5 KB)
​22 Mar 2022
​What is a Will, and why does it matter? (PDF, 241.7 KB)
​03 Mar 2022
​Probate Law and Practice: An Introduction (PDF, 315.6 KB)
​23 Feb 2022
​The Province and Nature of Probate Law and Practice (PDF, 250.8 KB)
​19-21 Nov 2021
​An Application For Judicial Advice: Text, Context and Functional Purpose - The Blue Mountains Law Society Succession Law Conference (PDF, 298.3 KB)
​17 Nov 2021
​A Platypus in NSW Succession Law: Statutory Wills in a Managed Society (PDF, 249.0 KB)
​05 Aug 2021
​Challenges in the conduct of a 'succession' case across jurisdictional boundaries (PDF, 360.7 KB)
​16 Jun 2021
​The role of "evaluation" in the determination of succession (Probate and Family Provision) litigation (PDF, 341.0 KB)
​26 May 2021
​24 Feb 2021
​Boundaries in Estate Administration and Protective Management: Limits on what can be done (PDF, 294.1 KB)
​11 Sep 2020
​Accountability: The Universal Problem in the Administration of Estates affected by Incapacity or Death - 2020 Succession Conference (PDF, 241.0 KB)
​03 Jun 2020
​The Family Provision Jurisdiction in Historical Perspective - Macquarie Law School, Succession (PDF, 272.1 KB)
​12 Mar 2020
​A Progress Report: Case Management in the Probate List - UNSW, Wills & Estates Law Intensive Programme (PDF, 116.7 KB)
​13 Nov 2019
Probate Law and Practice: an Appetite for Change - College Of Law, Advanced Wills And Estates Conference (PDF, 153.0 KB)
​14 Sep 2019
​Render Unto Caesar: Medicine and Law in Assessments of (In)capacity - Succession Law Conference, 2019 (PDF, 269.9 KB)
​31 Aug 2019
The Concept of "Special" Administration of a Deceased Estate - The Esls Lawyers Learning for Charity Conference (PDF, 125.0 KB)
​23 Aug 2019
​The Judicial Function and the Public Domain: Proceedings in the Equity Division - Judicial Commission of NSW, Annual Conference 2019 (PDF, 234.5 KB)
​9 Aug 2019
Discovery and Subpoenas in Probate Matters - Law Society of NSW, Specialist Accreditation Conference (Wills & Estates) (PDF, 132.9 KB)
​30 Jul 2019
(In)capacity – For What? - College Of Law, Elder Law Workshop (PDF, 106.8 KB)
​12 Jul 2019
​The Study Of Legal History: A Practitioner’s Perspective - British Legal History Conference, Saint Andrews, Scotland (PDF, 126.0 KB)
​20 Feb 2019
​Parties, Property and Notice of Proceedings in Succession Law Cases - College of Law Seminar (PDF, 61.7 KB)
​16 Nov 2018
The "Why" and "What" of "Suspicious Circumstances" in Probate Litigation​ - Succession Law Conference, Adelaide (PDF, 179.9 KB)
​26 Oct 2018
​A STRUGGLE FOR PERFECTION IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD: Dignity of the Individual; Incapacity for Self-Management; Rights, Duties and Conflicts of Interest - Incapacity Conference, Perth (PDF, 228.6 KB)
​11 Oct 2018
​The Grounds for "Challenging a Will" - a Closed Class? - NSW Law Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Wills and Estates Law (PDF, 130.8 KB)
​07-09 Sep 2018
​An Australian History of the Law of Succession - 2018 Succession Conference, The Blue Mountains Law Society (PDF, 304.9 KB)
​18 Jul 2018
​Entitlements to Remuneration of a Fiduciary as an Accounting Party - STEP Australia Seminar (PDF, 52.7 KB)
​15 Jun 2018
​Who Guards the Guard? Incapacity in a Family Context - Elder Law Workshop, College of Law (PDF, 47.6 KB)
​01 Mar 2018
​Indigenous Estate Distribution Orders - Seminar: Sorry Business and Wills, Judicial Commission of NSW (PDF, 42.3 KB)
​28 Feb 2018
​Pleadings and Case Management - 2018 Judges' Series of Seminars, The College of Law (PDF, 130.6 KB)
​27 Feb 2018
​Wills and Estates: A Survey of the Field - UNSW Continuing Legal Education Program, CPD Seminar (PDF, 48.5 KB)
​08 Dec 2017
Roles in Protective Management of Person and Property - Training Seminar, NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal​ (PDF, 105.1 KB)
​18 Nov 2017
​Children, The Parens Patriae, And Supervisory, Jurisdiction of the Suprme Court of NSW - Legal Aid NSW, Child Representation Conference, Terrigal (PDF, 387.2 KB)
​16 Sep 2017
​Accountability Across the Spectrum of Estate Administration in NSW - 2017 Succession Conference, Medlow Bath (PDF, 151.5 KB)
​30 Jun 2017
​Launch of "Capacity and the Law" (2nd ed) (PDF, 29.0 KB)
​14 May 2017
​Recent Developments, Fiduciary Obligations, The Liability To Account And Vulnerable People (PDF, 78.5 KB)
​05 May 2017
​The "Doctrine of Precedent" in Australian Legal History (PDF, 83.8 KB)
​​20 Apr 2017Having a Voice: CEW Bean as a "Social Missionary"​ (PDF, 101.4 KB)​
​​11 Mar 2017​The Incapacitated Plantiff and Personal Injury Compensation Proceedings - NSW Bar Association Personal Injury and Common Law Conference (PDF, 294.8 KB)​
​24 Jan 2017​Concepts, Patterns and Problems in Probate Litigation: A Perspective of Estate Administration – Judges’ Conference 2017 (PDF, 68.4 KB)​​
​​16 Nov 2016​The Literary Executor and the Lighthouse - The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners ("STEP") - STEP Australia - NSW Branch (PDF, 107.2 KB)​​
​​10 Nov 2016​The Forgotten CEW Bean - Remembrance Day, 2016: The Legal Profession and World War On​e (PDF, 142.5 KB)​
0​​4 Nov 2016Equity: A NSW Experience - Succession and Elder Law Residential 2016, Queensland Law Society​ (PDF, 105.7 KB)​
​​25 Oct 2016​The Role of "Purpose" in Estates Litigation: Why We Do What Must Be Done - The College of Law, Advanced Will and Estates Day (PDF, 47.4 KB)​
​​17 Sep 2016​Operation of the Probate and Protective Lists - Succession Conference, The Blue Mountains (Regional) Law Society (PDF, 96.7 KB)​
​​22 Mar 2016​Key Insights Into Civil Litigation: Opening Commentary - Seminar, University of NSW, Faculty of Law (PDF, 31.5 KB)​
​​25 Nov 2015​Estate Disputes: Practical Tactics and Recent Events - A Comment. A Legalwise Seminar, UNSW (PDF, 41.8 KB)​
​05 Nov 2015​Pleadings and Case Management - 2015 Judges' Series of Seminars (PDF, 113.0 KB)​
14 Oct 2015The TFM Act: Early Days Leading to a 99 Year Centenary - Seminar, The Law Society of NSW (PDF, 162.1 KB)​
​16 Sep 2015​QUO VADIS : Wills and estates, law and practice, in contemporary NSW (PDF, 62.6 KB)​​
​26 May 2015​Estate Administration: A Course of Seminars - A Province of Modern Equity: Management of Life, Death and Estate Administration (Seminar No 1) (PDF, 200.2 KB)
​12 Apr 2015​A Literary Event: The Launch of Bearing Witness (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015) by Peter Rees (PDF, 113.4 KB)
​25 Mar 2015​Litigation Master Class - CLE Seminar, University of NSW, Faculty of Law (PDF, 37.8 KB)
​17 Feb 2015​Administration of Estates - Deconstruction and Synthesis in Changing Times: Purposeful Management of Property, People and Relationships (PDF, 238.4 KB)
​06 Aug 2014​Current Issues in Probate Law Administration: Life, Death, Form, Function and History - Advances Wills and Estates Conference (PDF, 90.3 KB)
​23 Jul 2014​Financial Management and Remuneration - NSW Civil and Administr (PDF, 60.7 KB)ative Tribunal Members' Training Seminar (PDF, 60.7 KB)
​08 Nov 2013​LPAB "Orientation Day" Welcome to Students (PDF, 30.1 KB)
​23 Sep 2013​The Unfolding Future of Authorised Law Reporting in Australia (PDF, 37.6 KB)
​05 Sep 2013​Perspectives from the Bench: The Importance of Adjectival Law, and Practice, to Substantive Outcomes (PDF, 85.7 KB)
​22 Aug 2013​Onus of Proof in Estate Litigation for the Law Society of New South Wales Young Lawyers (PDF, 68.1 KB)
​24 Jun 2013​The Future of Authorised Law Reporting in Australia - The Australian Law Librarians Association (PDF, 71.2 KB)
​05 Apr 2013​Perspective from the Equity Bench - Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Law 2013 Annual Seminar (PDF, 141.4 KB)
​25 Mar 2013​Strategies to Avoid Risk in Relation to Death Bed Wills (PDF, 122.0 KB)
​06 Aug 2012​Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Geoffrey Charles Lindsay (PDF, 51.9 KB)
​06 Aug 2012​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Geoff Lindsay (speech notes) (PDF, 62.4 KB)
Justice Julia Lonergan
Date​Speech
21 Mar 2017Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Julia Lonergan (PDF, 62.0 KB)
Justice Lea Armstrong
​​Date​Speech
31 Oct 2018Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Lea Armstrong​ (PDF, 148.0 KB)
Justice Deborah Sweeney
​​Date​Speech
8 Feb 2023Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Deborah Anne Sweeney​ (PDF, 148.0 KB)
Justice Scott Nixon
​​Date​Speech
8 Aug 2023Swearing in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Scott Nixon 

 

Justice Anthony McGrath
​​Date​Speech
15 Aug 2023Swearing in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Anthony McGrath

 

Justice Sarah Huggett

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Justice Ian Pike

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Justice James Hmelnitsky
​​Date​Speech
1 Feb 2024Swearing in ceremony of Honourable Justice James Hmelnitsky

 

Justice Tim Faulkner

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Justice Belinda Rigg

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Justice Andrew Coleman
​​Date​Speech
1 Oct 2024Swearing in ceremony of the Honourable Justice Andrew Coleman

 

Justice Peter Brereton

Swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Brereton, 6 February 2025.

 

Justice Hayley Bennett

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Justice Paul McGuire

Swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice McGuire, 8 July 2025.

 

Justice Edward Muston

Swearing in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Muston, 2 December 2025.

View the swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Muston on the Supreme Court's YouTube channel.

Justice James Emmett

View the swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Emmett on the Supreme Court's YouTube channel.

 

Justice Phillip Boulten

Swearing in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Boulten, 3 February 2026.

View the swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Boulten on the Supreme Court's YouTube Channel.

 

Justice Gregory Sirtes

View the swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Sirtes on the Supreme Court's YouTube channel.

Justice Helen Roberts

View the swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Roberts on the Supreme Court's YouTube channel.

Justice Kate Richardson

View the swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Richardson on the Supreme Court's YouTube channel.

Justice Richard Scruby

View the swearing-in ceremony on the Supreme Court's YouTube channel.

Acting Justice R A Hulme
Date
​Speech
​19 Mar 2023
​2023 District Court Annual Conference Criminal Law Review (PDF, 482.2 KB)
​06 Feb 2023
​Opening of 2023 Law Term Dubbo (PDF, 43.2 KB)
​20 Aug 2022
​2022 Supreme Court of New South Wales Annual Conference -Developments in Criminal Law
​16 Jun 2022
​Tribute to the Honourable Justice Peter Anthony Johnson (PDF, 83.8 KB)
​11 Apr 2022
​2022 District Court Annual Conference Criminal Law Review (PDF, 492.2 KB)
​7 Apr 2021
​2021 District Court Annual Conference – Court of Criminal Appeal Round-up 2020 (PDF, 447.5 KB)
​14 Sep 2020
​A Criminal Chronicle 2010-2020 (PDF, 3.5 MB)
​10 Sep 2020
​2020 Annual Criminal Appeal Review (PDF, 781.9 KB)
​14 Aug 2019
2019 Supreme Court Annual Conference – A Year of Criminal Appellate Decisions (PDF, 511.1 KB)
​23 Apr 2019
​2019 District Court Annual Conference – Criminal Law Review (PDF, 389.5 KB)
​30 Oct 2018
​Address to the Mayoral Reception on 30 October 2018 for the sittings of the Supreme Court at Dubbo (PDF, 25.3 KB)
​24 Aug 2018
​2018 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Developments in Criminal Law (PDF, 400.6 KB)
​24 Aug 2018
​2018 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Notable Criminal Legislation of the Past Year (PDF, 296.5 KB)
​May 2018
​May 2018 Court of Appeal workshop of County Court, Victoria: Sentencing for Standard Non-parole Period Offences in NSW (PDF, 126.1 KB)
​25 Aug 2017
​2017 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Developments in Criminal Law (PDF, 507.1 KB)
​02 Aug 2017
​2017 Local Court Annual Conference – Criminal Law Update (PDF, 325.0 KB)
​26 Aug 2016
​2016 Supreme Court Annual Conference – Developments in Criminal Law (PDF, 412.4 KB)
​01 Jun 2016​2016 Local Court Annual Conference Criminal Law Update (PDF, 288.8 KB)​
​29 Mar 2016​2016 District Court Annual Conference - Smartening Up your Summing Up (PDF, 149.3 KB)​
​29 Mar 2016​2016 District Court Annual Conference - Court of Criminal Appeal Review (PDF, 335.7 KB)
04 Sep 20152015 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 364.6 KB)​
​01 Jul 2015​2015 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 238.9 KB)​
​07 Apr 2015​2015 District Court Annual Conference - Court of Criminal Appeal Review (PDF, 279.8 KB)​
​01 Aug 2014​2014 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Developments in Criminal Law (PDF, 384.8 KB)
​02 Jul 2014​2014 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 251.8 KB)
​31 Mar 2014​2014 District Court Annual Conference - Criminal Appeals Review (PDF, 385.6 KB)​
​​08 Mar 2014​2014 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Significant Developments in Criminal Law (PDF, 445.9 KB)
​07 Sep 2013​2013 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 371.7 KB)
​31 Jul 2013​2013 Local Courts Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 278.6 KB)
​02 Apr 2013​2013 District Court Annual Conference - Criminal Appeals Review (PDF, 284.8 KB)
​08 Sep 2012​2012 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 377.1 KB)
​01 Aug 2012​2012 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 270.8 KB)
​11 Apr 2012​2012 District Court Annual Conference -Criminal Appeals Review (PDF, 157.6 KB)
​25 Feb 2012​2012 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 351.1 KB)
​17 Sep 2011​2011 "Reasonable Cause" Charity Criminal Law Conference - Current Issues in Criminal Law (PDF, 365.4 KB)​
​20 Aug 2011​2011 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 351.8 KB)
​01 Jun 2011​2011 Local Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 222.4 KB)
​05 Mar 2011​2011 Law Society Young Lawyers Seminar - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 342.3 KB)​
​21 Aug 2010​2010 Supreme Court Annual Conference - Criminal Law Update (PDF, 468.2 KB)
​27 Nov 2009​Presentation to the Judges of the County Court of Victoria - Admissibility of Tendency and Coincidence under the uniformEvidence Act (PDF, 389.9 KB)
​02 Mar 2009​Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice RA Hulme (PDF, 48.1 KB)

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