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Big Law • Oct 17 2021

National firm merges with Melbourne practice

Colin Biggers & Paisley is merging with a Melbourne-based commercial practice, in a move that grows the BigLaw...

Lauren Oliver

Big Law • Oct 17 2021

‘If I can change the life of one mother, it is all worth it’

Lloyd Babb SC

Big Law • Oct 17 2021

Lloyd Babb to chair Law Council’s new national security committee

Lawcadia and LEx360 team up

Corporate Counsel • Oct 17 2021

Lawcadia, LEx360 team up to combat in-house complexity and uncertainty

Travis Schultz

SME Law • Oct 17 2021

COVID-19 conundrum – a legislative nightmare

Laws for fraud offences under review

Big Law • Oct 17 2021

Laws for fraud offences under review

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SME Law • Oct 17 2021 COVID-19 conundrum – a legislative nightmare

As our country opens its borders once again, businesses will find themselves in a...

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Big Law • Oct 12 2021 Young lawyers will not be defined by the pandemic

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With the spread of the Delta COVID-19 variant across Australia’s eastern seaboard...

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Big Law • Oct 17 2021 Lloyd Babb to chair Law Council’s new national security committee

The Law Council of Australia has established a national security committee to guide its...

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Hall & Wilcox has appointed a partner and special counsel to its Perth-based...

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Big Law • Oct 17 2021 WA Law Society names new president

The Law Society of Western Australia has elected its newest president for

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SME Law • Oct 14 2021 North Melbourne football club appoints general manager of legal

AFL’s North Melbourne football club has appointed a new general manager of both...

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Podcast • Oct 10 2021 Protégé: Forging a path towards the dream job...

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Big Law • Sep 27 2021 Brisbane photographer wins Clayton Utz Art

Photographer Sangeeta Mahajan has won the annual Clayton Utz Art Award for 2021 with a...

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Big Law • Sep 26 2021 WA Children’s Court adopts cute new

With the help of an adorable four-legged hire, young victims and witnesses attending the...

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Big Law • Sep 22 2021 ACT Law Society donates $15k to Raw

The ACT Law Society has donated just over $15,000 to Raw Potential Canberra, a local...

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Big Law • Sep 14 2021 Mental health advocate bestowed 2021 John Hennessy Legal...

The recipient of the 2021 John Hennessy Legal Scholarship has been named, allowing him...

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Big Law • Sep 27 2021

What BigLaw is getting right with pro bono efforts

Numerous law firms at the big end of town are completing “record-breaking” hours of pr...

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Big Law • Sep 22 2021

‘Considerable room for growth’ in Australia’...

Our legal profession completed a “record-breaking” number of pro bono hours in FY21. H...

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SME Law • Sep 19 2021

Community and professionalism must be central to l...

The status and authority of the legal profession have depleted over time, argued one senio...

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Podcast • Sep 07 2021

The Boutique Lawyer Show: Putting the community fi...

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