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Supreme Court of New South Wales
2025
- 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
2024
- 19 December - Farewell Ceremonial Sitting on the Occasion of the Retirement of Justice Richard Weeks White PDF, 205.3 KB
- 5 December - Launch of the Australasian Association of Private International Law PDF, 153.5 KB
- 26 September - Truth, the Courts and Truth Decay: the 2024 Acton Lecture PDF, 212.8 KB
- 7 September 2024 - Succession and the Conflict of Laws, Succession Law Conference, Blue Mountains Law Society PDF, 257.0 KB
- 24 August 2024 - Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, Parliament House, Sydney PDF, 186.6 KB
- 13 August 2024 - Opening Keynote Address to Association of Litigation Funders of Australia PDF, 208.0 KB
- 1 August - Farewell Ceremonial Sitting on the Occasion of the Retirement of Justice Anthony (Tony) Meagher PDF, 253.9 KB
- 13 June - Dealing with Change: Address to the Regional Meeting of the Law Society of New South Wales, Kingscliff, NSW PDF, 225.1 KB
- 24 May - Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Office of the Sheriff of New South Wales PDF, 220.2 KB
- 17 May - Speech by Chief Justice Andrew Bell on the Occasion of the Bicentenary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales PDF, 242.6 KB
- 23-26 April - "Truth Decay and its implications for the judiciary: an Australian perspective" PDF, 546.6 KB
- 9 March - The Public Defenders of NSW - An Essential Arm of the Administration of Justice PDF, 2.4 MB
- 15 February - "Eulogy for the Hon. Andrew Rogers AO KC" PDF, 150.6 KB
- 13 February - "Unheralded Nation-Builder: Another Dimension of John Hubert Plunkett PDF, 340.0 KB
- 31 January - "The Bicentenary of the Supreme Court and its significance" - The Opening of Law Term Dinner Address PDF, 173.7 KB
2023
- 28 November - Opening Remarks to the Global Arbitration Review Conference, Sydney PDF, 115.7 KB
- 7 November - Book launch of Contempt by Professor David Rolph PDF, 132.0 KB
- 19 October - Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Robert Beech-Jones PDF, 113.6 KB
- Link to video of ceremony
- 7 October - The Role of Foreign Judges in the Pacific: Past, Present and Future PDF, 361.2 KB
- 3 August - Remarks for launch of Luke Nottage and Mokoto Ibusuki (eds), Comparing Online Legal Education: Past, Present and Future PDF, 92.7 KB
- 2 August - One Judiciary and the Administration of Justice in New South Wales PDF, 222.0 KB
- 30 May - Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and as a Judge of Appeal PDF, 160.1 KB
- Link to video of ceremony
- 27 April - 2023 Spigelman Oration - 'Extraterritoriality in Australian Law' PDF, 372.4 KB
- 28 March - On classic ground’: Martin’s monument and civilizational yearnings in colonial New South Wales - The Fifth Sir James Martin Oration PDF, 1.7 MB
- 22 March - St John's College Faculty of Law Dinner Address PDF, 211.0 KB
- 1 March - Dinner Address to the Members of the Queen's Club - 'Tradition and Change' PDF, 163.6 KB
- 24 February - Admission of New Lawyers (Newcastle) PDF, 152.0 KB
- 22 February - Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Robert Macfarlan as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and as a Judge of Appeal PDF, 95.9 KB
- Link to video of ceremony
- 21 February - Book Launch of Learning to Litigate by Neil Williams SC and Alison Hammond PDF, 116.7 KB
- 17 February - Launch of 5th Edition of Winterton's Australian Federal Constitutional Law PDF, 173.2 KB
- 8 February - Great Synagogue Service - Opening of Law Term Reception Speech PDF, 194.3 KB
- 6 February - Address to the Parramatta District Regional Law Society on the occasion of the Opening of Law Term PDF, 116.0 KB
- 1 February - Opening of Law Term Dinner Address 2023 - 'The State of the New South Wales Judicature 200 years on from the Bigge Report' PDF, 371.5 KB
- 27 January - Closing Address to the Australian Bar Association Advanced Trial Advocacy Intensive Course PDF, 104.4 KB
2022
- 7 December - Remarks on the occasion of the 10th John Lehane Memorial Lecture PDF, 97.3 KB
- 9 November - Speech on the occasion of the Court of Appeal sitting in Wagga Wagga PDF, 91.2 KB
- 19 October - Remarks on the Occasion of Silk Bows PDF, 98.7 KB
- 28 September - Remarks on the retirement of Mr Ross Anderson PDF, 75.1 KB
- 17 September - Innovative Justice - Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture, University of Newcastle PDF, 270.5 KB
- 29 August - A Model of Judicial Sustainable Development: The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales at 40 - Opening Address to the Land and Environment Court Anniversary Conference PDF, 193.4 KB
- 25 August - Remarks Introducing Mr David Gonski AC PDF, 59.9 KB
- 17 August - The Importance of Institutions in Modern Society - Lunchtime Address at The Moriah Foundation Trusted Advisors Network PDF, 133.9 KB
- 21 July - Launch of Stata Law in New South Wales and Joske’s Law and Procedure at Meetings in Australia PDF, 163.6 KB
- 18 June - "Amongst the Portraits" - Speech to St Paul's College Union PDF, 143.7 KB
- 1 June - ‘When an accused goes into evidence’ – Keynote Address to the Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Conference PDF, 248.4 KB
- 20 April - ‘Some Key Decisions of the Court of Appeal in 2021’ - District Court of NSW Annual Conference PDF, 331.1 KB
- 14 April - The Hon. Justice John Basten: an appreciation PDF, 198.6 KB
- 7 March - Swearing-in ceremony of the Hon. A S Bell as Chief Justice of New South Wales PDF, 158.3 KB
- Link to video of ceremony
- 28 February 2022 - Farewell Ceremony for the Hon. T F Bathurst AC upon his retirement as Chief Justice of New South Wales PDF, 104.0 KB
- Link to video of ceremony
- 25 February - Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Lucy McCallum PDF, 170.2 KB
- 17 February - "Strata Title in the NSW Court of Appeal" - Address to the Australian College of Strata Lawyers Annual Conference PDF, 222.8 KB
2021
- 16 November - Gambling, the Law and the 21st Century - LAWASIA 2021 'Virtual' Annual Conference PDF, 95.2 KB
- 29 October - ‘Disputes with International Dimensions’, Supreme Court of Western Australia Annual Conference PDF, 167.1 KB
- 23 July - ‘The rule of law and the Constitution – a short overview’, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne Law School, Constitutional Law Conference 2021 PDF, 144.5 KB
- 21 June - 'Foreword' in Mohammud Jaamae Hafeez-Baig and Jordan English, The Law of Tracing, (Federation Press, 2021) PDF, 106.1 KB
- 15 April - NSW Court of Appeal: A Year in Review – 2020 PDF, 1010.0 KB
- 13 April - Occasional Address to the Newcastle University College of Human and Social Futures Graduation Ceremony PDF, 71.6 KB
- 6 April - Recent Recurring Issues in the Court of Appeal - District Court of NSW Annual Conference PDF, 244.4 KB
2020
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
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