New South Wales Bar Association

The New South Wales Bar Association

Abbreviation	NSWBar
Motto	Servants of all yet of none
Formation	1936
Legal status	Bar Association
Purpose	Regulation of Barristers
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales
Location	Australia
Region served	New South Wales
Membership	2850 (2012)[1]
President	Phillip Boulten SC
Remarks	http://www.nswbar.asn.au/

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).

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	Years
Richard Clive Teece KC	November 1936 – December 1947
Alan Taylor KC	December 1947 – December 1949
Garfield Barwick KC	December 1949 – November 1952
Keith Aubrey Ferguson QC	November 1952 – November 1954
Sir Garfield Barwick QC	November 1954 – November 1956
Gordon Wallace QC	November 1956 – December 1958
Bruce Panton MacFarlan QC	December 1958 – July 1959[3]
Nigel Bowen QC	July 1959 – November 1961
Leycester Meares QC	November 1961 – December 1963
John Kerr QC	December 1963 – December 1964
John Dashwood Holmes QC	December 1964 – November 1965[3]
Maurice Byers QC	November 1965 – November 1967
Bernard Blomfield Riley QC	November 1967 – December 1969
Philip Woodward QC	December 1969 – October 1971[3]
Gordon Samuels QC	October 1971 – November 1972[3]
George Denys Needham QC	November 1972 – December 1972
Harold Glass QC	December 1972 – September 1973[3]
Tom Hughes QC	September 1973 – December 1975
Douglas Gordon McGregor QC	December 1975 – November 1977
Trevor Morling QC	November 1977 – December 1979
Roderick Meagher QC	December 1979 – November 1981
Michael McHugh QC	November 1981 – December 1983
Murray Gleeson QC	December 1983 – December 1985
Roger Gyles QC	December 1985 – November 1987
Kenneth Handley QC	November 1987 – November 1989
Barry O'Keefe AM QC	November 1989 – December 1991
John Coombs QC	December 1991 – November 1993
Murray Tobias QC	November 1993 – November 1995
David Bennett QC	November 1995 – December 1997
Ian Barker QC	December 1997 – November 1999
Ruth McColl SC	November 1999 – November 2001
Bret Walker SC	November 2001 – November 2003
Ian Harrison SC	November 2003 – November 2005
Michael Slattery QC	November 2005 – November 2007
Anna Katzmann SC	November 2007 – November 2009
Tom Bathurst QC	November 2009 – May 2011[3]
Bernard Coles QC	May 2011 – November 2012
Phillip Boulten SC	November 2012 – present

Arms

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:[4] 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. "All Members of the New South Wales Bar Association (Practicing and Non-practicing)" (PDF). NSW Bar Association Statistics Booklet. NSW Bar Association. October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
2. "About the New South Wales Bar Association". NSW Bar Association. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
3. Resigned to take up an appointment to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
4. Low, Charles (1971). A Roll of Australian Arms. Adelaide: Rigby Limited. p. 8. ISBN 0-85179-149-2. OCLC 246821.

External links

• NSW Bar Association