Bakers appoints new global head of climate change
Global firm Baker McKenzie has appointed one of its Sydney-based partners to head up the firm’s international climate change practice.
BIG LAW • Sun, 17 Nov 2019
Urgent need for more affordable justice in SME space
The rule is law is undermined if justice is neither accessible nor affordable, and clients with matters in the family law and employment dispute resolution space are ...
SME LAW • Thu, 14 Nov 2019
ALS expresses sympathy over another death in custody
Aboriginal Legal Service has offered its condolences for a 20-year-old Indigenous man who died while being escorted from hospital to a correctional centre earlier this ...
POLITICS • Thu, 14 Nov 2019
Lawpath gets $4.4m funding boost
Australian legal startup Lawpath recently closed a $4.4 million oversubscribed fundraising round, which its CEO says reflects a change in attitude towards the online ...
NEWLAW • Thu, 14 Nov 2019
3 in 4 firms think law schools aren’t properly equipping grads for success
An overwhelming majority of Australian law firms believe that graduates do not finish university with the skills they need to succeed in modern practice, new research ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 13 Nov 2019
Queensland mandates its panel law firms must achieve the pro bono target
Pro bono is a central pillar of a law firm’s corporate responsibility efforts and it is time for law firms to stop making excuses for not achieving the target, writes ...
SME LAW • Wed, 13 Nov 2019
Kardos Scanlan hires banking and finance partner
Sydney-based firm Kardos Scanlan has expanded its banking and finance practice with the hiring of a new partner.
SME LAW • Wed, 13 Nov 2019
Financing syndicate advised on Snowtown 2 wind farm
A syndicate of financers has been advised on the $616 million standalone project financing for Tilt Renewables’ 270-megawatt Snowtown 2 Wind Farm in South Australia.
BIG LAW • Wed, 13 Nov 2019
Failure to decriminalise sex work in SA ‘utterly disappointing’
The push for decriminalisation of sex work has once again been defeated by the South Australian Parliament, meaning workers in this space will still not be afforded the ...
POLITICS • Wed, 13 Nov 2019
