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 (NSW).

The New South Wales Bar Association
AbbreviationNSWBar
MottoServants of all yet of none
Formation1936
Legal statusBar Association
PurposeRegulation of Barristers
HeadquartersSydney
Location
  • Australia
Region served
New South Wales
Membership
2850 (2012)[1]
President
Tim Game SC
Remarkshttp://www.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.[2]

Presidents
President Commenced Ended Comments Notes
Richard Clive Teece KCNovember 1936December 1947[3]
Alan Taylor KCDecember 1947December 1949
Garfield Barwick KCDecember 1949November 1952
Keith Ferguson QCNovember 1952November 1954[4]
Sir Garfield Barwick QCNovember 1954November 1956
Gordon Wallace QCNovember 1956December 1958
Bruce MacFarlan QCDecember 1958July 1959[lower-alpha 1][5]
Nigel Bowen QCJuly 1959November 1961
Leycester Meares QCNovember 1961December 1963
John Kerr QCDecember 1963December 1964
John Holmes QCDecember 1964November 1965[lower-alpha 1][6]
Maurice Byers QCNovember 1965November 1967
Bernard Riley QCNovember 1967December 1969[7]
Philip Woodward QCDecember 1969October 1971[lower-alpha 1]
Gordon Samuels QCOctober 1971November 1972[lower-alpha 1]
Denys Needham QCNovember 1972December 1972[8]
Harold Glass QCDecember 1972September 1973[lower-alpha 1]
Tom Hughes QCSeptember 1973December 1975
Douglas McGregor QCDecember 1975November 1977[9]
Trevor Morling QCNovember 1977December 1979[10]
Roderick Meagher QCDecember 1979November 1981
Michael McHugh QCNovember 1981December 1983
Murray Gleeson QCDecember 1983December 1985
Roger Gyles QCDecember 1985November 1987
Kenneth Handley QCNovember 1987November 1989
Barry O'Keefe AM, QCNovember 1989December 1991
John Coombs QCDecember 1991November 1993[11]
Murray Tobias QCNovember 1993November 1995
David Bennett QCNovember 1995December 1997
Ian Barker QCDecember 1997November 1999
Ruth McColl SCNovember 1999November 2001
Bret Walker SCNovember 2001November 2003
Ian Harrison SCNovember 2003November 2005
Michael Slattery QCNovember 2005November 2007[12]
Anna Katzmann SCNovember 2007November 2009
Tom Bathurst QCNovember 2009May 2011[lower-alpha 1]
Bernard Coles QCMay 2011November 2012
Phillip Boulten SCNovember 2012May 2014
Jane Needham SCMay 2014November 2015[lower-alpha 2]
Noel Hutley SCNovember 2015May 2017
Arthur Moses SCMay 2017November 2018
Tim Game SCNovember 2018

Arms
Coat of arms of New South Wales Bar Association
Notes
The arms of the New South Wales Bar Association, granted by the Kings of Arms on 22 March 1960, consist of:[13]
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

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. "All Members of the New South Wales Bar Association (Practicing and Non-practicing)" (PDF). NSW Bar Association Statistics Booklet. NSW Bar Association. October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. "About the New South Wales Bar Association". NSW Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. Bennett, J M. "Teece, Richard Clive (1877–1965)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  4. Hon. Mr Justice Keith Aubrey Ferguson KC, BA, LLB, NSW State Archives & Records
  5. Bruce Panton MacFarlan OBE, QC, BA, LLB Hons, NSW State Archives & Records
  6. John Dashwood Holmes
  7. Persse, Jonathan W De B. "Riley, Bernard Blomfield (1912–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  8. Needham, Jane. "The Hon G D Needham QC" (PDF). NSW Bar Association. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. Byers, Maurice, Douglas Gordon Patrick McGregor – Obituary (PDF) (1992 Spring) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association/Summer 29.
  10. "The Hon Trevor Rees Morling". Supreme Court (NT). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  11. Ellis, Graham, John Coombs QC (1937–2007) (PDF) (2007 Summer) Bar News: Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association 73.
  12. "Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Slattery QC". [2009] NSW Judicial Scholarship 9.
  13. Low, Charles (1971). A Roll of Australian Arms. Adelaide: Rigby Limited. p. 8. ISBN 0-85179-149-2. OCLC 246821.
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