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Land Titles Office Circular 13/2022 – New overriding interest Application Forms
Office Circular No. 13/2022 | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (nre.tas.gov.au)
Magistrates Court of Tasmania – Circular No. 5 of 2022 – Attendance at Conciliation Conferences
‘Circular No. 5 of 2022 - Attendance at Conciliation Conferences’ 2022 No 5 - Circular to Practitioners - Baton Authorisation
Law Society Annual Awards
Nominations now open Each year the Society recognises outstanding contribution and excellence by individuals and firms at the opening of the legal year dinner. If you know a person or firm who has made an outstanding contribution, why not nominate them? President’s Award Young Lawyers’ Award Outstanding Pro [...]
Land Titles Office – Recorder of Titles – Office Circular – New Regulations Commencing 28 November 2022
Office Circular No. 12/2022 DATE: 23 November 2022 CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM: 12/2022 DISTRIBUTION: GENERAL SUBJECT: NEW REGULATIONS COMMENCING 28 NOVEMBER 2022 As noted in Office Circular 11/2022, it was anticipated that new Land Titles Regulations 2022 would soon replace the current Land Titles Regulations 2012. The Governor has now [...]
Annotated Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976 (Tas)
Chris Bartlett has published an Annotated Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976 (Tas) with a brief commentary on important sections. The publication will be useful to practitioners who work in the area of victims of crime compensation and in personal injury matters. It addresses the inter-relationship between and [...]
From the President
On 15 November I attended the TASCAT Consultative Forum which is attended by members of the Tribunal and relevant stakeholders. Their Annual Report was tabled and a copy of that report is available here. Pleasingly the data in that report shows that the ‘backlogs’ previously experienced are being [...]
Magistrates Court of Tasmania – Circular No. 4 of 2022 – Updated Consent Adjournment Form
2022 No 4 - Circular to Practitioners - Updated Consent Adjournment Form
The Workplace and Men’s Mental Health
November has become synonymous with Movember and a time to shine a spotlight on men’s mental health... According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 45% of all Australians aged 16-85 years have at some point in life experienced a mental illness. 65% of them don’t take serious [...]
Magistrates Court of Tasmania – Circular No. 3 of 2022 – DX Cancellation
2022 No 3 - Circular to Practitioners - DX Cancellation
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia – Hearing Protocol Issued – COVID-19 Special Measures Revoked
FCFCOA SMIN - Hearing Protocol - 041122 The Chief Justice, the Hon Chief Justice Alstergren AO, has issued the Special Measures Information Notice – Hearing Protocol to replace the Special Measures Information Notice – COVID-19 Hearing Protocol, with effect from Monday, 7 November 2022 in the FCFCOA (Division [...]