The Australian Bar Association represents the interests of Australian barristers. On this page you will find speeches by the current and immediate past ABA Presidents. There may also be links to other speeches of interest to the profession.
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Speeches made at the Silks Gala Dinner in Canberra, 3 Feb 2020
Read moreSpeech by The Honourable Justice James Edelman, High Court of Australia on the occasion of the 2019 New Silks Dinner
Read speechSpeech by President of the Western Australian Bar Association and Australian Bar Association Council member Matthew Howard SC on the occasion of the retirement of The Hon. Siopsis J as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Read speechSpeech by President of the Western Australian Bar Association and Australian Bar Association Council member Matthew Howard SC on the occasion of the swearing-in of the Honourable Justice Christopher Kendall of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Monday 29 January 2018)
Read speechSpeech by President of the Australian Bar Association Noel Hutley SC on the occasion of the swearing-in of the Honourable Justice William Alstergren as Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Wednesday 29 November 2017)
Read speechSpeech by President of the Australian Bar Association Noel Hutley SC on the occasion of the swearing-in of Chief Justice John Pascoe to the Family Court of Australia and of Chief Judge Will Alstergren to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia on Friday 20 October 2017
Read speechSpeech by 2017 Australian Bar Association President Will Alstergren QC on the occasion of the retirement of the Honourable Diana Bryant AO as Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia on Friday 6 October 2017
Read speechAddress by Lord Neuberger, President of the UK Supreme Court on Access to Justice at the 2017 ABA Conference in London and Dublin.
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