Speeches/Articles by Justice Virginia Bell AC

21 Speeches/Articles by Justice Virginia Bell AC

2019

  • Illegitimately Re-Writing the Music?, The Jack Richardson Oration, 9 September 2019

  • Reform of the Law Governing Jury Directions and the Determination of Criminal Appeals, NSW Supreme Court Judges' Conference, 24 August 2019

  • Cultural Change - The Shift from Party Autonomy to Court-Managed Litigation, Asia-Pacific Judicial Colloquium 2019, 28 May 2019

  • The Sir James Martin Oration, 24 September 2019

2018

  • Criminal Law Stream, Australian Bar Association & New South Wales Bar Association National Conference 2018, 17 November 2018

  • Asia Pacific Coroners Society Conference, Tuesday 13 November 2018

  • Jury Directions: the Struggle for Simplicity and Clarity, Banco Court Lecture, Supreme Court of Queensland, 20 September 2018

  • By the Skin of Our Teeth - The Passing of the Women's Legal Status Act 1918, Francis Forbes Lecture, 30 May 2018

2017

  • "Examining The Judge", speech at the launch of volume 40 of the University of New South Wales Law Journal, 29 May 2017

2016

  • Legal Research Foundation: The Evidence Act 2006 – 10 years On, Auckland, 23 September 2016

  • "Equality, Proportionality and Dignity: The Guiding Principles for a Just Legal System", The Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture, University of Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall, Newcastle, 29 April 2016

  • Judicial Activists or Champions of Self-Restraint: What Counts for Leadership in the Judiciary?, The General Sir John Monash Leadership Oration, 4 August 2016

  • The Protection of Women in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Australia, Australian High Commission Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 August 2016

  • The James Spigelman Oration 2016, Judicial Legitimacy and the limits of Review, Sydney, 22 November 2016

2015

  • Keeping the Criminal Law in 'Serviceable Condition': A Task for the Courts or the Parliament, University of Sydney, 22 October 2015

  • Magna Carta – Resonances in the Common Law of Australia, Spring Conversazione, Melbourne, 1 October 2015

  • Melbourne Magistrates' Court of Victoria Professional Development Conference, 22 July 2015

2014

  • Jack Goldring Memorial Lecture, The Unviversity of Wollongong, 31 October 2014

  • Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Lecture, 23 October 2014

  • Appellate Review of the Facts, The Sir Maurice Byers Lecture, 20 August 2014

2013

  • Section 80 - The Great Constitutional Tautology, The Lucinda Lecture, Monash University, 24 October 2013