Note: ‘The History of the Commission’ is taken from the text of Chapter Two of the New South Wales Reform Commission Annual Report 1991

1. J M Bennett A History of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Sydney: Law Book Co, 1974) at 73.

2. 46 Vic 17; id at 74, 101.

3. J M Bennett A History of the New South Wales Bar (Sydney: Law Book Co, 1969) at 107-108.

4. J M Bennett “Historical Trends in Australian Law Reform” (1970) 9 University of Western Australia Law Review 211 at 214.

5. (1941) 15 Australian Law Journal 41-42; Bennett, note 3, at 172-173.

6. D G Benjafield “Methods of Law Reform” in R A Woodman (ed) Record of the Third Commonwealth and Empire Law Conference (Sydney: Law Book Co, 1966) at 395.

7. Lord Chorley and Gerald Dworkin “The Law Commissions Act, 1965” (1965) 28 Modern Law Review 675 at 681; The Times 8 January, 9 February 1965.

8. As reported by Mr. H. Jensen in NSW Parliamentary Debates 3rd series, vol 57, at 327 (1 September 1965).

9. NSW Parliamentary Debates 3rd series, vol 57, at 3 (24 August 1965).

10. K M McCaw Some Aspects of Law Reform in New South Wales (Sydney: Sydney University Law Graduates Association, September 1965) at 2.

11. NSW Parliamentary Debates 3rd series, vol 61, at 4093 (10 March 1966).

12. NSW Law Reform Commission Archives: Establishment.

13. NSW Parliamentary Debates 3rd series, vol 68, at 961 (30 August 1967).

14. NSW Parliamentary Debates 3rd series, vol 68, at 962 (30 August 1967).

15. NSW Parliamentary Debates 3rd series, vol 68, at 1255 (19 September 1967).

16. New South Wales Law Reform Commission Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1969 at 3.

17. Gavin Souter “The pigeonholes of legal reform” Sydney Morning Herald 11 November 1972.

18. New South Wales Law Reform Commission Annual Report for Year Ended 30 June 1976 (1976) at 10.

19. [1984] Reform (No 33) 10-13; Frank Riley New South Wales Solicitors Manual (1987) at 1005; Legal Profession Act 1987.

20. (1983) 57 Australian Law Journal 3; Leanne O’Shannessy “Drive for Community Involvement in Law Reform” (1987) 12 Legal Services Bulletin 83.

21. NSW Parliamentary Debates 3rd series, vol 182, at 1922 (16 October 1984).

22. New South Wales Law Reform Commission Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1988 (1988) at 58.

23. New South Wales Law Reform Commission Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1989 (1989) at vi. Chapter 1 is entitled “A Difficult Year”.