‘Sunlight is the best disinfectant’: AFP raids troubling lawyers
Legal institutions across the country continue to express concern at the actions of the Australian Federal Police, following a second raid in as many days on a media ...
POLITICS • Wed, 05 Jun 2019
The Corporate Counsel Show: Being a ‘corporate greenie’ and ‘barefoot GC’
Greenpeace Australia general counsel Katrina Bullock says that clients and the broader community must understand that individuals and institutions can be both ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Wed, 05 Jun 2019
Folau hires Macpherson Kelley for fight against Rugby Australia
Former Wallabies player Israel Folau has engaged national firm Macpherson Kelley and industrial relations barrister Stuart Wood AM QC to represent him in his employment ...
SME LAW • Wed, 05 Jun 2019
Solicitor reprimanded for signing letter in name of employer
A NSW-based practitioner has been found guilty of professional misconduct and reprimanded for signing his former employer’s name on an application for removal of ...
SME LAW • Tue, 04 Jun 2019
Raid on journalist’s house a ‘serious risk to democracy’
The raid on the residence of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst yesterday morning by the Australian Federal Police is “very concerning” and “undermines the ...
POLITICS • Tue, 04 Jun 2019
Unionising as an in-house counsel
According to one senior lawyer, there are issues faced by those in-house that those in traditional law firm environments won’t have to deal with, giving rise to a need ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 04 Jun 2019
Practical Law hires new head of in-house
Thomson Reuters has appointed a new head of in-house at Practical Law Australia, whom it says will lead the firm’s expansion and refinement of its in-house Resource ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 04 Jun 2019
For health’s sake, move away from the ‘extreme angst’ of time-based billing
Under traditional billing methods, the overarching value of a lawyer – particularly junior practitioners – is measured by the quantum of hours billed, which causes ...
SME LAW • Mon, 03 Jun 2019
NSW Governor opens HBA Legal’s new Sydney office
National firm HBA Legal has marked the opening of its Sydney office by raising money for the Arts Law Centre of Australia by raffling an Indigenous artwork from a ...
SME LAW • Mon, 03 Jun 2019
