LSB July 2018_Web

DIALOGUE
A round-up of recent Society
meetings & conferences
ROSEMARY PRIDMORE, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE LAW SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
4 MAY 2018
Criminal Justice Management Forum
Co-Chair of the Criminal Law
Committee, Craig Caldicott
represented the Society at a meeting
of the District Court’s Criminal Justice
Management Forum. Matters discussed
included statistics as to the number of
matters before the court, being disposed
of and carrying on; and concerns in
respect of the Sentencing Act as to major
indictable reform matters.
10 MAY 2018
His Honour Chief Judge Evans
The President Tim Mellor and the Chief
Executive Stephen Hodder discussed
various matters with His Honour Chief
Judge Evans at their meeting on 10 May,
including the number of cases being
handled by the court, with the number of
trials pending having dropped over the
past couple of years; delayed judgments;
the impact of major indictable reform
legislation (mostly being experienced in
the Magistrates Court) and the timing of
sitting days in Circuit Courts.
23 MAY 2018
The Honourable Chief Justice Kourakis
Tim Mellor and Stephen Hodder
attended a meeting with the Chief Justice
on 23 May 2018. Topics raised with the
Chief Justice included the impact of
Major Indictable Reform legislation on
court delays; problems Members were
experiencing in the Probate Registry;
planning for the introduction of the
Electronic Court Management System,
for which a single set of Rules to cover
all Courts is being drafted; cuts to the
Courts Administration Authority’s
budget (which had for example,
necessitated the closure of the Holden
Hill Magistrates Court) and the
devastating impact any further reductions
would have; and Rules pertaining to
applications for permission to appeal to
the Full Court from a decision of the SA
Employment Tribunal or the SA Civil and
Administrative Tribunal.
23 MAY 2018
Senior Counsel Appointments
Tim Mellor and Ian Robertson SC
(President of the SA Bar Association)
attended a meeting with Justices Blue,
Hinton and Doyle which was convened
by the Judges to consult on a proposed
revision of the Supreme Court Rules for
the appointment of Senior Counsel. New
Rules were subsequently approved by the
Supreme Court Judges on 28 May 2018
and were gazetted on 7 June 2018.
31 MAY 2018
SALRI Expert Roundtable on Surrogacy
The Society was represented by Julie
Redman and Andrew Redman-Wenham at
a Roundtable held by the SA Law Reform
Institute to consider the law of surrogacy
in Part 2B of the Family Relationships Act
1975 and to examine a suitable regulatory
framework for South Australia. B
Please note: The Society’s advocacy work is
reported to Members via the Advocacy Notes
e-newsletter.
MEMBERS ON THE MOVE
DYLAN STEEL
MICHAEL IRVINE
Duncan Basheer Hannon (DBH) is
pleased to announce the appointment
of Dylan Steel as a Partner to the firm,
effective April 2018, in its commercial
division. Dylan has experience acting
for employers, builders and self-insured
corporates in commercially related business
activities. Dylan’s legal experience has
included acting for clients in workplace
relations, workers compensation, transport
and logistics and insurance matters. DBH
also welcomes Michael Irvine as a Senior
Associate within the Personal Injury team.
Michael has worked extensively in Personal
Injury Law as well as Industrial law, Work
Health and Safety and both the State and
Federal Workers’ Compensation schemes.
O’Loughlins Lawyers are pleased to
welcome Jane Ekin-Smyth to our
practice. Jane practices exclusively in the
area of family law, having over 30 years’
experience in the field. She will work
closely with other members of our team
to ensure all aspects of a family law matter
can be resolved entirely at O’Loughlins,
including mediation, transferring property,
wills and estate planning, and business
planning advice as a consequence of a
breakdown of a relationship.
Torrens Chambers has relocated to
Carrington House, 61-63 Carrington St,
Adelaide, as of 30 June. Darrell Trim QC,
Richard Mellows, Geoffrey A Britton,
Matthew Young and Cheryl Smith are
pleased to say that the email addresses and
telephone number will remain unchanged.
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THE BULLETIN July 2018