Pipers appoints partner from Gadens
National firm Piper Alderman has brought across a banking and financial services partner from Gadens to join its Sydney office.
SME LAW • Wed, 02 Oct 2019
The ‘Uberisation’ of lawyers is picking up pace
Professional services firms, such as legal entities, are now operating in a buyer’s market where digital technologies have fostered new customer expectations, according ...
NEWLAW • Wed, 02 Oct 2019
Former LSC investigator found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct
A Queensland-based lawyer, who was employed as an investigator with the state’s Legal Services Commissioner, has been found to have failed to comprehend evidence which ...
SME LAW • Tue, 01 Oct 2019
Are we looking at domestic violence in the right way?
Violence against family members is as serious as it is widespread, writes Joplin Higgins.
SME LAW • Tue, 01 Oct 2019
Vocational development of lawyers is the biggest leadership challenge for GCs
The in-house legal environment can be “a Hunger Games scenario”, with lawyers vying for promotion and better work, meaning that figuring out to manage staff is the ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 01 Oct 2019
ASIC must better consider whistleblower issues facing legal counsel
Federal regulator ASIC must provide further guidance on protections that might be afforded to in-house legal counsel when those lawyers are put in a position where they ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 01 Oct 2019
The work is ‘diverse, compelling and stimulating’: Q&A with Karina Veling
In-house counsel make up 30 per cent of the Australian legal profession, and it is important to showcase the personalities that make up that demographic. Here, we speak ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 01 Oct 2019
To retain young talent, BigLaw firms must be better at capturing imaginations
No two 21st century legal careers will look the same, and BigLaw firms must adapt to the evolving marketplace if they are to hold onto junior practitioners, argues one ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 30 Sep 2019
IMF Bentham, Pipers win SEAS Sapfor forestry scheme case
The Supreme Court of NSW has found that Australian Executor Trustees (SA) Limited is liable to pay equitable compensation of over $80 million for breach of trust.
THE BAR • Mon, 30 Sep 2019
