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Speeches by the Hon. Andrew Bell AC, Chief Justice of NSW

2026

5 February 2026 - “The year that was – challenges at every turn”, Opening of Law Term Dinner Address PDF, 322.8 KB

2025

11 December 2025 - Farewell Ceremonial Sitting on the Occasion of the Retirement of Justice Ian Gordon Harrison, Chief Judge at Common Law PDF, 175.6 KB
December 2025 - (Foreward) 'Artificial Intelligence and the Law' [2025] 48 UNSW Law Journal 4 PDF, 193.5 KB
28 October 2025 - Remarks on the launch of M Zou, C Poncibò, Martin Ebers and Ryan Calo (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law, Cambridge, 2025 PDF, 262.3 KB
13 October 2025 - “Fabrication and Delegation: AI in International Arbitration”, Opening of the International Arbitration Conference 2025 PDF, 553.3 KB
29 August 2025 - 'Change at the Bar and the Great Challenge of Gen AI' Address to the Australian Bar Association PDF, 1.3 MB
28 August - 'An update to the profession on the review and reform of Practical Legal Training', Law Society of New South Wales Specialist Accreditation Conference PDF, 192.2 KB
21 August 2025 - Enforcement of Trusts in Private International Law: Jurisdiction Clauses and Arbitrability PDF, 292.1 KB
21 August 2025 - Introductory Remarks at Journal of Equity Conference PDF, 163.4 KB
26 May - Speech delivered at the launch of Roman Law under the Southern Cross: Sidere Ius Civile Mutato, by the Hon. Arthur Emmett AO KC PDF, 232.5 KB
27 May - Statement on Bail PDF, 172.2 KB
19 May - University of Sydney Graduation Address, The Great Hall, University of Sydney PDF, 90.9 KB
9 May 2025 - Farewell ceremonial sitting on the occasion of the retirement of Justice Fabian Gleeson PDF, 236.0 KB
16 April 2025 - “The Third Arm and the Fourth (and Fifth) Estates”, Senior Courts Judges’ Conference Auckland, New Zealand, 16 April 2025 PDF, 337.6 KB
10 April - Remarks on the launch of K Lewison and D Hughes The Interpretation of Contracts in Australia (2nd edition) PDF, 216.3 KB
25 February 2025 - Keynote Address to the 'Leading in the Law' 2025 Summit, Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession, UNSW PDF, 319.0 KB
6 February 2025 - Present and future challenges to the rule of law and for the legal profession - Opening of Law Term Dinner Address 2025 PDF, 233.1 KB

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2020

15 October - 'The Rise of the Anti-Arbitration Injunction', Third Annual Supreme Court ADR Address PDF, 443.3 KB
18 August - The Court of Appeal and the Coronavirus [2020] (Winter) Bar News PDF, 853.2 KB
21 February - The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2019 Term PDF, 406.7 KB

2019

26 November - International Commercial Dispute Resolution: an Australian perspective PDF, 349.1 KB
25 October - EPLA Conference - Court of Appeal update PDF, 439.6 KB
21 October - Delivering Reasons in the Tribunal Context PDF, 180.8 KB
5 September - Launch of Heydon on Contract: The General Part PDF, 210.1 KB
2 September - What Albert did and what Albert did next: Albert Bathurst Piddington - the High Court judge who never sat PDF, 226.9 KB
Presentation Slides PDF, 1010.7 KB
23 August - Private International Law in Practice Across the Divisions: some recent developments and case law PDF, 325.4 KB
12 July - An Australian International Commercial Court – Not a Bad Idea or What a Bad Idea?, Australian Bar Association Biennial International Conference PDF, 366.3 KB
28 June - Occasional Address, Legal Profession Admission Board Graduation Ceremony PDF, 82.6 KB
28 February - Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Andrew Bell as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW and President of the Court of Appeal PDF, 84.6 KB

Last updated: 06 February 2026