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	ABOUT BCL Purposes History Sponsors GOVERNANCE Management & Staff NEWS Past News CHAMBERS Tenancy Terms Board Policies Rent Payments Insurance Tenant Benefits Vacancies Owen Dixon East Douglas Menzies Owen Dixon West Isaacs Joan Rosanove Aickin Web Application PHONE DIRECTORY Links Emergency Phone Features INTERNET NETWORK About the Network Joining Charges Internet Network FAQs Email FAQs Remote Access Help Network Status Links PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Barristers' Chambers Limited (BCL) provides barristers with chambers and office services to members of the Bar. It was established in 1959 and is owned by the Victorian Bar Council. Monday 21 December 2009 Owen Dixon West Purchase BCL has now settled on the purchase of Owen Dixon West. The purchase was announced recently and after some pressure to do so, the Chairman of BCL, Mark Derham QC, summarised his thoughts about the purchase as follows: “The completion of the purchase of ODCW is a significant event in the life of the Victorian Bar and Barristers’ Chambers. The building is, with ODCE, the home of the Bar and the place in which many of the activities of the Bar take place. Like every Australian, the Bar sees distinct advantages in owning its own home. Ownership of the land and building will enhance the assets of Barristers’ Chambers and help secure the future financial strength of the Bar. It has been a long-standing ambition of the Bar to own ODCW and to secure the home of the Bar for future generations of Barristers.” It has been a busy year for BCL and the board and staff would like to pass on our greetings for the festive season and wish everyone a happy and healthy new year. We look forward to our continued development in 2010. more Monday 07 December 2009 Announcement from the Bar Council and the Board of Barristers Chambers Limited: Purchase of Owen Dixon Chambers West BCL has purchased the land and buildings of Owen Dixon Chambers West at 525 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, on Friday last week for $54M (plus GST). It joins ownership of the two Owen Dixon Chambers (West and East) – which are already linked in physical terms and releases the Bar from constraints as a tenant of a commercial building. This purchase means a security of tenure of chambers provided by the Bar that are close to the Courts for current and future generations of Victorian barristers. The acquisition will strengthen and consolidate the asset base of the Bar and fulfils the original objective of the Bar when it purchased the land at 525 Lonsdale Street in 1979 – which was to own the Chambers built on it. The decision to purchase was made after detailed reviews and advice on the commercial property market and investment advisors, valuation advice and engineering advice on the building integrity and capital works options to bring the building up to an operational standard. For further information, a memo is up in the Members section of the Bar website. Please click here to read the memo. (If you require assistance with your log-in details, contact miriam.sved@vicbar.com.au.) more Friday 30 October 2009 CHAMBERS ALLOCATION POLICY -Groups-You can now register as a group. -Do you want to form a group but are not presently co-located? Download the attachment below for further information. more Download (16 KBytes) Wednesday 07 October 2009 NEW WEBSITE COMING! BCL is revamping its website to bring you a more modern and user friendly version. Watch this space in the months to come. Carla Young Client Services Officer more Wednesday 07 October 2009 Amended Chambers Allocation Policy BCL, together with the Bar Council, have prepared an amended Chambers Allocation Policy. This amended policy presents a new exception to the seniority rule allowing groups of barristers to classify and register themselves as a “group” with BCL. The full content of the amended policy can be found in the Board Policies section. more Friday 01 May 2009 Internet Problems - Aickin Chambers We are having intermittent problems with laser internet link with Aickin Chambers. In the short term it is being closely monitored and is being adjusted when required. We are also looking at alternative back-up systems to resolve the issue longer term. more Thursday 06 March 2008 200 QUEEN STREET – AICKIN CHAMBERS® Barristers' Chambers Limited is pleased to announce that the four levels of 200 Queen Street are occupied. The newly leased levels of 16, 30, 31 and 32 of 200 Queen Street provide premium accommodation for members of the Bar. more Monday 18 June 2007 BCL Building access Due to the shooting incident this morning, please be advised that the doors to 180 William Street, 205 William Street and 525 Lonsdale Street are on “Night Switch”. Security and maintenance staff are available to enable ingress and egress Mr John Rutter and BCL’s Maintenance Officers are available for people accessing our buildings. Building Managers of other BCL buildings are monitoring the situation. Police have advised that tenants should avoid leaving buildings, however it is believed that the weapon has been found. Information about the situation is available via the ABC News Service. more Thursday 29 March 2007 Email Interruption Outgoing email has been affected by a SPAM attack. This attack has been stemmed, however manual deletion of a backlog of tens of thousands of emails is currently underway and normal operations are expected to resume at approximately 11:40am. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. more Tuesday 20 March 2007 To Victorian Bar Telephone Users Due to an Optus fault, some external calls are not connecting and others are providing one-way speech only. Optus are presently working to correct the fault. Although this is an external issue, Barristers' Chambers Limited will endeavour to keep members up-to-date on the situation. more    Disclaimer | Privacy | Sitemap | Back Office | Board © Vic Bar Inc - Reg. No. A00343046     Site designed by Icon Inc