Supreme Court Annual Corporate Law Conference 2009 : Directors in Troubled Times
The Supreme Court Annual Corporate Law Conference will be held in the Banco Court of the Supreme Court, Queens Square on Tuesday 11 August 2009 from 2.00pm - 6.00pm

"The global credit crisis has placed company directors under extreme pressure, for on the one hand the economic situation has made doing business and obtaining access to finance more difficult and uncertain, while on the other hand, the law continues to demand that directors act in the best interests of the company (including creditors, when the company is in difficulty), that they exercise due care and diligence in financial and other matters, and that they avoid allowing the company to trade while insolvent. The director's task appears to have become more difficult, and yet there are moves for further regulation of the compensation of directors and officers."

"Current developments in these fields will be addressed (respectively) by Professor Ian Ramsay of the University of Melbourne, Neil Young QC of the Melbourne Bar, Ian Jackman SC of the Sydney Bar and Professor Jennifer Hill of the University of Sydney. Then Alan Cameron AM will sum up, asking the poignant question, how do directors sleep at night?"

The cost of the Conference is $240, which includes afternoon tea and drinks in the evening. For further information contact Robyn Davies at the Law Society, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney 2000, DX 362 Sydney, phone 9926 0276, fax 9223 1496, email robyn.davies@lawsociety.com.au

Click here for the registration form

The NSW Later Lawyers Network will be getting together for the first time on Thursday 23 July at 6.30pm for a casual drink and invite you to join them at The ArtHouse Hotel, Gallery Bar, 275 Pitt St Sydney NSW 2000

The NSW Later Lawyers Network has been formed with the objective of providing support to 'mature' law students and lawyers who have come to the law as a subsequent career.

RSVP by 20 July: Felicia Nevins, (m) 0421 877 098 or email: nsw-later-lawyers-network@googlegroups.com

National Council of Women NSW
Please click here for their May Newsletter which includes details of their Award Nominations 2009 (closes 20 July) and their Foundation Day Lunch in the Stranger’s Dining Room, Parliament House on 5 August @ $70pp

Jessie Street National Women's Library Twentieth Anniversary Luncheon 21st September 2009 in the Strangers Dining Room, Parliament House, Sydney

Please click here for the Invitation and Booking Form. Members @ $80 each, Non-members @ $85 each. Tables of 10.

We hope that you may be able to attend. Bookings close on Monday 14th September, to GPO Box 2656 Sydney, or info@nationalwomenslibrary.org.au