An open letter to my sons following International Women’s Day
Law Squared associate director Catherine Brooks penned an open letter to her sons, Remington and Raymond (three years old and three months respectively), discussing ...
SME LAW • Mon, 11 Mar 2019
Clayton Utz, AMP ‘surrender’ in battle over production of documents: ASIC
Internal file notes from BigLaw firm Clayton Utz’s interviews with current and former employees and officers of AMP have now been provided to the Australian Securities ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 11 Mar 2019
Why 40-40-20 gender targets work: NRF
Speaking to Lawyers Weekly, Norton Rose Fulbright Australian managing partner Wayne Spanner explained that setting targets for more equal representation at senior levels ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 10 Mar 2019
The role of lawyers in ensuring financial inclusion in Australia
Every day Australians need access “to the building blocks of economic participation in our country”, and lawyers have a role to play in ensuring such financial inclusion, ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 10 Mar 2019
Lawyers ‘alarmed’ by WA Police refusing medical treatment to woman in custody
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights has condemned West Australian Police for its refusal to give access to medical treatment to a woman in 2017.
POLITICS • Sun, 10 Mar 2019
Podcast: Work, health and safety issues for junior lawyers in firms
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome welcomes back Swaab partner, Michael Byrnes.
PODCAST • Fri, 08 Mar 2019
‘Holistic view’ needed in litigation moving forward
In light of increased scrutiny and social expectations, both from regulators and the general public, there is a need for lawyers in the litigation space to take a more ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 07 Mar 2019
Federal budget must include ‘huge boost’ to legal assistance funding
The levels of legal assistance funding in Australia are “abysmal” and are in need of urgent review and significant boost in the upcoming federal budget, according to the ...
POLITICS • Thu, 07 Mar 2019
Tasmanian legal assistance to get a boost
Under the 2019 Solicitors’ Guarantee Fund Grants, both the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania and the Magistrates Court of Tasmania will receive funding for important ...
POLITICS • Thu, 07 Mar 2019
