The following is a selection of links to articles, papers and other items which may be of interest to readers.

Ceremonies

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Welcome Ceremony for His Honour Judge Kenneth Barlow QC of the District Court of Queensland , delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 26 July 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Swearing-in Ceremony for His Honour Judge Terence Gardiner as Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates Court of Queensland , delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 18 July 2019.

President’s Representative, Jim Murdoch QC, Swearing-in Ceremony for Commissioner John Dwyer, Commissioner Catherine Hartigan, Commissioner Jacqueline Power and Commissioner Roslyn McLennan , delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 9 July 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Swearing-in Ceremony for Magistrate Trinity McGarvie , delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 5 July 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Swearing-in Ceremony for Her Honour Magistrate Bronwyn Hartigan, His Honour Magistrate Kurt Fowler and His Honour Magistrate Peter Saggars , delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 26 June 2019.

President’s Representative, Damien O’Brien QC, Valedictory Ceremony for Land Court Member Paul Smith , delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 17 May 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Valedictory Ceremony for the Deputy President Deirdre Swan of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 10 May 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, farewell to the Honourable Justice Peter Murphy delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 8 March 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Welcome Ceremony for His Honour Judge John Allen QC and Her Honour Judge Vicki Loury QC delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 8 February 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Welcome Ceremony for Honourable Justice Wilson and the Honourable Justice Bradley delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 8 February 2019.

The President, Rebecca Treston QC, Exchange of Christmas Greetings delivered on behalf of the Bar Association on 12 December 2018.

Judicial Speeches and Presentations

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, Convergence — the Courts of Singapore and Australia , joint keynote address with the Honourable Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Chief Justice of Singapore, ABA “Convergence 2019” Conference, Andaz Hotel, Singapore, 11 July 2019.

The Honourable Justice Peter Applegarth, Coverage and Criticism of Courts , Judicial Conference of Australia Colloquium, Darwin, 8 June 2019.

The Honourable Justice James Henry, his Honour Judge Dean Morzone QC, and his Honour Judge Gregory Lynham, Appellate Advocacy in Crime , 2019 NQLA Conference Townville, 24 May 2019.

His Honour Judge Bernard Porter QC, Forgiveness of Debt by Will: A Bone of Contention , STEP Australia National Conference, Brisbane, 17 May 2019.

His Honour Judge Paul Smith, Presentation on Sentencing , Magistrates Court Conference, Brisbane, 16 May 2019.

The Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC, Cultural Change – The Shift from Party Autonomy to Court-Managed Litigation , Asia-Pacific Judicial Colloquium 2019, 28 May 2019.

The Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AO, The Foundation of Administrative Law , 12^th Annual Whitmore Lecture, 4 April 2019.

The Honourable Justice Anthe Philippides, Repositioning the Arts in our Lives , keynote speech delivered at the launch of The Legal Forecast, Brisbane, 26 March 2019.

The Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AO, Technology and the Future of the Courts , TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 26 March 2019.

The Honourable Justice James Douglas, Sir Harry Gibbs and Papua New Guinea , Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association, Brisbane, 15 March 2019.

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, Aspects of the Relationship between the Law, Economic Development and Social Change and the Importance of Stability , 2019 Queensland Bar Association Conference, Brisbane, 2 March 2019

The Honourable Justice Anthe Philippides, speech delivered at the launch of the Asian Australian Lawyer’s Association Mentoring Program, Brisbane, 21 February 2019.

The Honourable Justice Sarah Derrington, Law Reform — Future Directions , Supreme Court and Federal Courts Judges’ Conference 2019, 21 January 2019.

2019 Supreme Court of Queensland Oration

Her Excellency Margaret Beazley AO QC, 100 years after Federation. Is it different? , Brisbane, 13 May 2019.