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JANE NEEDHAM SC

Jane Needham SC was admitted as a legal practitioner on 3 August 1990 and commenced practice as a barrister. She was appointed Senior Counsel on 29 September 2004. She was President of the Bar Association of New South Wales from 2014-15. She was a Deputy President of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal and Divisional Head of the Revenue Division until November 2011.

She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales majoring in Mediaeval English and Linguistics in 1985, and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney in 1990. She was a Part-time lecturer in Law at UTS in 1991-3 and 1998, teaching Land Law, Succession and Pleadings.

Jane was named Senior Barrister of the Year in 2013 by Lawyers Weekly and one of the AFR/Westpac 100 Women of Influence in 2014. In 2015 she was named Woman Barrister of the Year by Woman Lawyers' Association NSW, and received the Alumni Award for Excellence - Faculty of Law from UTS. She was named one of Sydney's two pre-eminent Wills and Estates Litigation Barristers for 2016 by Doyles Guide.

Jane recently spoke to the graduating LLB and postgraduate law students of UTS as keynote speaker. She was awarded Barrister of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards held on 27 October 2016 in Melbourne.

She tweets from @JaneNeedhamSC.

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PRACTICE AREAS

Jane Needham SC has a national and international practice, particuarly in the areas of wills and estates. She practises in the following areas:-

-       Wills and Estates (including Family Provision/Chapter 3, Succession Act cases)
-       Equity and Land Law
-       Trusts, including Charitable Trusts
-       Commercial
-       Administrative Law
-       Revenue (state taxes)
-       Housing Law
-       Royal Commissions, Inquests and Inquiries


Jane Needham SC accepts instructions from solicitors to appear and/or advise in the above areas in preliminary disputes, at first instance and on appeal. She also accepts direct briefing from in-house lawyers.

 

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SENIOR COUNSEL

Jane Needham SC was appointed Senior Counsel on 29 September 2004. She regularly appears with junior counsel and regards the role of Senior Counsel as having a significant mentoring aspect.

For information on the role of Senior Counsel, please see the following links:-

Senior Counsel Protocol of The New South Wales Bar Association.

QC or SC?

 

 

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MEDIATOR

Jane Needham SC completed The Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators, Australia mediation course.

She is available to act as a mediator, or to appear for parties in mediations. She has extensive experience representing parties in mediations and has conducted a number of successful mediations.

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CONTACT THE CLERK

Jane Needham  SC may be contacted through her clerk, Eugenie Crosby.

Eugenie's contact details are:-

Tel: 02 9335 3000
Fax: 02 9335 3099
Email: clerk.13@stjames.net.au

 

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Terms & Conditions

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Privacy Policy

Jane Needham SC and her staff (we) are committed to protecting the privacy of the personally identifiable information that we may collect from you as you use this website (the Site). The scope of Ms Needham's commitment is detailed in this Privacy Policy. By submitting information, you agree to Ms Needham's use of such information as described herein.

What personally identifiable information is collected?

Ms Needham's website collects personally identifiable information on certain areas of the Site when users register and request access to demonstration sites, publications or other information, discussion forums and surveys. The personally identifiable information collected may consist of information that you provide, such as names, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers. In addition, Ms Needham may also collect certain information that you do not visibly enter, such as your IP address, browsing pattern on the Site, click stream, and the status of cookies placed on your computer by Ms Needham, as described below.

How may Ms Needham use my personally identifiable information?

Ms Needham uses your personally identifiable information to fulfil your requests for information or for such other business purposes as you may initiate or request. We may keep any of your personally identifiable information on file and use it to contact you for purposes such as surveys, conferences, seminars and other marketing activity. Ms Needham also uses personally identifiable information to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour in order to measure interest in specific areas and information posted on this Site. Ms Needham uses personally identifiable information collected from cookies and IP addresses as described below.

Are cookies and IP addresses used?

The Site uses cookies to identify you and your interests and to track usage of the Site. Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your computer that help us know which browser you are using and where you have been on the Site and on websites to which you may link in order to use some of our features. By accepting our cookie, you will be permitted access to certain pages of the Site without having to log in each time you visit. A user who does not accept the cookie from the Site may not be able to access certain areas of the Site. Ms Needham's site also logs IP addresses, or the location of computers on the Internet, to help diagnose problems with the server and to administer the Site. If you prefer not to accept a cookie, you can set your web browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or you can refuse all cookies by turning them off in your web browser.

Is personally identifiable information disclosed to third parties?

Ms Needham shall not intentionally disclose or transfer (and shall take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality and security, and to prevent the unauthorised or accidental disclosure of) your personally identifiable information to third parties (i.e. persons or entities that are not affiliates of Ms Needham), whether for such third parties' marketing purposes or otherwise, subject only to the following four exceptions:

  1. Ms Needham may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties in the event that such disclosure is required by the laws, rules, or regulations of any nation, state, or other applicable jurisdiction;
  2. Ms Needham may disclose your contact information to third parties as appropriate for Ms Needham to make transmissions or deliveries to you;
  3. Ms Needham may disclose your personally identifiable information if, in connection with submitting the information, you consent to such disclosure; and
  4. Ms Needham may disclose contact information for you in response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners in connection with allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights arising from information you have posted on the Site or otherwise provided to Ms Needham.

Links to third-party sites

We may provide links to third-party websites as a service to our users. In addition, some of the content appearing to be on this Site is in fact supplied by third parties, for example, in instances of framing of third-party websites or incorporation through frame-sets of content supplied by third-party servers. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information-collection practices of such third-party websites, which may differ from those of this Site. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies on these websites before providing any information to them.

How can I access, change, and/or delete information?

You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally identifiable information that you submit to the Site. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on the Site. To do so, please either follow instructions on the email or page of the Site on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered, or contact Ms Needham at Level 13, 169 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000.

Security

Ms Needham has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorised personnel are provided access to personally identifiable information, and these employees are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, Ms Needham cannot guarantee that unauthorised persons will not obtain access to your personally identifiable information. Children's on-line privacy protection

Ms Needham understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an on-line environment. The Site is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13.

Consent; Changes to Privacy Policy

By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was last updated on November 1, 2009. Contact our Privacy Representative.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact clerk.13@stjames.net.au

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