a message for Bench & Bar Dinner Ticket Holders

from the President, Mr Tim Game SC

Regrettably with the statement by the Prime Minister on 15 March that prohibits a public event at which there are, or are likely to be, 500 persons or more in attendance and the subsequent Order made under section 7 of the Public Health Act 2010 (NSW) (available here) giving effect to this announcement, it has become necessary to cancel the Bench and Bar Dinner for 2020.

I know this will be disappointing for all those who purchased tickets. The Association will commence issuing refunds under the terms on which the tickets were sold in the coming days. I ask you all to be patient with the Association’s staff as they work through the refund process as they are currently handling many issues that have arisen in managing the current threat from COVID-19.

The Association will continue to monitor developments, and if there is a realistic possibility of rescheduling the Bench and Bar Dinner later in the year we will use our best endeavours to do so.

Further clarification on the refund process will be communicated in the coming days/week via email.

Those who purchased tickets via Credit Card will have the funds returned to the card that was used for payment.
Those who paid via Direct Deposit or via Cheque will have funds returned via Direct Deposit from NSWBA accounts.

If you are 100% certain that you purchased your tickets via Direct Deposit or Cheque it would greatly decrease the load on our team if you could provide us with the account details of which you would like the funds returned.
Please ensure you provide us with the Account Name / Banking Institution / BSB / Account Number

Please keep in mind that once the Refund is processed on our end payments can often take 3-5 business days to work their way through differing financial insitutions.

We are currently in the process of creating a system that will ensure this process runs smoothly,
once your refund is processed we will send a message of confirmation to the nominated email address.

 Your patience throughout this process is greatly appreciated.
Again we ask that all messages please be sent via email to events@nswbar.asn.au we will do our best to respond as soon as possible.