Class actions, climate and regulation front of mind for insurers
While positive growth is predicted in the insurance space this year, the issues that defined 2021 remain prominent in 2022, says one BigLaw firm.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
HSF names first global workforce strategy director
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed its first-ever director of global workforce strategy and implementation.
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
Growing future leaders (via lessons from gardening)
When it comes to developing those coming through the ranks, senior legal professionals can learn a lot from the processes involved with nurturing a back garden, writes ...
SME LAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
LawAdvisor raises US$5m
Melbourne-founded legal tech company LawAdvisor has raised US$5 million in a seed round with “legal heavyweights”.
NEWLAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
Kingston Reid adds new partner
National specialist workplace law firm Kingston Reid has brought its partner numbers to 12, with the appointment of a Melbourne-based practitioner to the partnership ...
SME LAW • Thu, 12 May 2022
‘Entirely inappropriate’: Legal orgs continue to hit back at PM
Governments in Australia wouldn’t get far having “no truck” with lawyers, say legal member associations responding to the Prime Minister’s comments about the profession ...
POLITICS • Thu, 12 May 2022
Lessons for lawyers from ‘Australian first’ cyber case
Last week, the Federal Court handed down judgment in proceedings brought by the corporate regulator against a financial services provider for its failure to have adequate ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 May 2022
‘Significant rise’ in insolvencies coming post-election
A wave of insolvencies looms in the second half of this year, with so-called “zombie companies” likely to be the first to fall over, said restructuring and insolvency ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 May 2022
Expert evidence and the law
Whether expert evidence is “reliable”, “valid”, or just “expert” is an important consideration, write Emeritus Professor Brynn Hibbert AM and Professor Gary Edmond, in ...
THE BAR • Wed, 11 May 2022
