New South Wales Chapter
- Membership Application form [ PDF version ]
- Constitution of the COAT New South Wales Chapter, including its objects and rules [ Word version ]
- Annual Subscription form [ PDF version ]
Dates for 2010
- Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 4th Annual Whitmore Lecture and AGM of NSW Chapter of COAT
New South Wales Committee
| Convenor | Judge Kevin O'Connor AM President, Administrative Decisions Tribunal |
| Vice Convenor | Diane Robinson President, Guardianship Tribunal |
| Secretary | Belinda Cassidy Principal Claims Assessor, Claims Assessment and Resolution Service |
| Treasurer | Bruce MacCarthy Senior Member, Refugee Review Tribunal & Migration Review Tribunal |
| Committee | Sian Leathem Registrar, Workers Compensation Commission Robert Quickenden Assessor, Claims Assessment and Resolution Service , Legal Member, Guardianship Tribunal Magistrate Nancy Hennessy Deputy President, Administrative Decisions Tribunal Sue Crossdale Senior Member, Refugee Review Tribunal & Migration Review Tribunal Joanne Muller Chairperson - Dental Tribunal, Optometrists Tribunal, Osteopaths Tribunal, Physiotherapists Tribunal, Podiatrists Tribunal and Psychologists Tribunal; Deputy Chairperson - Chiropractors Tribunal, Nurses and Midwives Tribunal and Pharmacists Tribunal. |
Contact the New South Wales Chapter
- Telephone the Secretary, Belinda Cassidy on (02) 8268 1488.
COATNEWS
Newsletter for members of the Council of Australasian Tribunals New South Wales Chapter Incorporated.
- Vol 2 no. 1 March 2010 [ PDF version ]
- No. 10 December 2009 [ PDF version ]
- No. 9 May 2009 [ PDF version ]
- No. 8 December 2008 [ PDF version ]
- No. 7 April 2008 [ PDF version ]
- No. 6 - unavailable
- No. 5 August 2007 [ PDF version ]
- No. 4 December 2006 [ PDF version ]
- No. 3 August 2006 [ Word version ]
- No. 2 December 2005 [ Word version ]
- No. 1 July 2005 [ Word version ]
Whitmore Lecture
2009
The Annual General Meeting of the NSW Chapter and the 3rd Whitmore Lecture were held on 16 September 2009.
2008
The Annual General Meeting of the NSW Chapter was held on 17 September 2008.
The Hon. Justice Garry Downes AM delivered the second Whitmore Lecture - "The Tribunal Dilemma : Rigorous Informality" [ HTML version ].
2007
The Annual General Meeting of the NSW Chapter was held on 19 September 2007.
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE QC delivered the inaugural Whitmore Lecture preceding the AGM. The Whitmore Lecture was named after Professor Harry Whitmore who lectured at the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales. He was an author and a 'founding father' of what was then known as public law. According to Justice Garry Downes he was "a charismatic lecturer". It is expected that the Whitmore Lecture will take place each year in conjunction with our AGM.
Sir Anthony Mason was, along with Professor Harry Whitmore, a member of the Kerr Committee established in 1968 to advise the Federal Government about a proposal for a Commonwealth judicial body to review administrative decisions. Sir Anthony was Solicitor General of the Commonwealth at the time and went on of course to become the Chief Justice of the High Court sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1972 to 1995. The major achievements of the Kerr Committee's deliberations included the passage of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1975, the establishment of the Federal Court and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
A copy of Sir Anthony's paper is attached [ PDF version ].
Conferences
Seventh Annual Conference Friday 7 May 2010
The Annual Conference of the Council of Australasian Tribunals New South Wales Incorporated was held on Friday 7 May 2010, at the Sydney Room, Menzies Hotel, Wynyard. The theme was "Quality Decision Making".
- Conference Program [ PDF version ]
- Keynote Address: Jurisdiction and Powers of Tribunals: A Question of Statutory Construction, The Hon. Justice John Basten, Judge of Appeal, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of NSW. [ Word version ]
- Managing Communication in the Hearing Room: Reflections of an Observer, Ms Joanna Kalowski, Judicial Educator & Senior Mediator [ PowerPoint version ]
- Editing and Proofreading, Mr Michael Wall, Professional Editor [ Word version ]
- Appeal Proofing Decisions, Ms Anne Britton, Senior Member, Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal [ PowerPoint version ]
- Appeal Proofing Decisions, Panel Discussion: Justice Stephen Rothman AM; Dr John Griffiths SC and Anne Britton Senior Member, AAT [ Word version ]
- Handling Complaints about the Conduct of Members of the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal, Denis O'Brien, Principal Member, Commonwealth Migration and Refugee Review Tribunals [ PDF version ]
- Complaints about the Conduct of Tribunal Members, Ms Di Robinson, President, Guardianship Tribunal of NSW [ PowerPoint version ]
Sixth Annual Conference Friday 22 May 2009
"Alternative Dispute Resolution and Tribunal Justice" - Program
Fifth Annual Conference Friday 23 May 2008
The Annual Conference of the Council of Australasian Tribunals New South Wales Incorporated was held on Friday 23 May 2008, at the Sydney Room, Menzies Hotel, Wynyard.
- Conference Program, Registration and Membership Application forms [ PDF version ]
- The appropriate management of difficult situations in Tribunal hearings, The Hon Justice Catherine Branson, Federal Court of Australia [ Word version ]
- Who is telling the truth? Psychology, common sense and the law, The Hon Justice Peter McClellan, Chief Judge at Common Law, Supreme Court of New South Wales [ Word version ]
Dealing with difficulties in the absence of legal representation:
- The hearing process in the absence of legal representation, Ms Suellen Bullock, Director NSW & ACT, Social Security Appeals Tribunal [ PowerPoint version ]
- The organisational response, Ms Kay Ransome, Chairperson, Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal [ PowerPoint version ]
- No lawyers and a deluge of documents : the challenge of the hearing rule, Mr Jim Simpson, Presiding Member, Guardianship Tribunal [ PowerPoint version ]
Fourth Annual Conference Friday 11 May 2007
The Annual Conference of the Council of Australasian Tribunals New South Wales Incorporated was held on Friday 11 May 2007, at the Sydney Room, Menzies Hotel, Wynyard.
- Conference Program, Registration and Membership Application forms [ PDF version ]
Third Annual Conference Friday 26 May 2006
The Annual Conference of the Council of Australasian Tribunals New South Wales Incorporated was held on Friday 26 May 2006 at the Sydney Room, Menzies Sydney Hotel, Carrington Street, Sydney.
- Conference Program, Registration and Membership Application forms [ PDF version ]
Second Annual Conference 13 September 2005
The Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Council of Australasian Tribunals New South Wales Incorporated was held on Tuesday 13 September 2005 at the Theatrette, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney from 9 am to 5 pm.
- Conference Program [ Word version ]
Inaugural Conference 28 May 2004
- Program [ Word version ]
- Opening Address [ Word version | PDF version ]
- What is COAT (NSW) about and where is it going? [ Word version ]
- Self Represented Litigants [ Word version ]
- Litigants in Person Guidelines [ Word version ]