The benefits to in-house counsel in briefing barristers
In a recent Lawyers Weekly podcast, Australian Bar Association president Jennifer Batrouney QC argued that there are many advantages in directly briefing the bar for ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 05 Mar 2019
Time-based billing helps firms be more profitable
Despite movement away from billable hours from segments of the legal profession, new research has indicated that law firms that bill at least half of their work by the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 04 Mar 2019
HSF warns of challenging IPO climate in 2019
Issuers and investors will continue to be challenged by “volatile” market conditions in IPO activity as 2019 progresses, before the emergence of light at the end of the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 04 Mar 2019
Millennials soon to make up half of NZ’s practising lawyers
New data from the New Zealand Law Society shows that legal professionals from the Millennial generation will be a majority demographic among the nation’s practitioners
BIG LAW • Mon, 04 Mar 2019
Vic Bar, royal commission respond to Lawyer X identity revelation
The conduct of Nicola Gobbo, who last Friday afternoon was revealed to be Lawyer X, was “egregious”, says the Victorian Bar, while the commissioner said the inquiry was ...
THE BAR • Sun, 03 Mar 2019
WA to join Legal Profession Uniform Law Scheme
The Attorney-General of Western Australia, John Quigley MLA, has announced that the western state will adopt the Legal Profession Uniform Law, moving the nation one step ...
POLITICS • Sun, 03 Mar 2019
3 common money mistakes lawyers make
Many lawyers don’t know where to start when it comes to managing their money, writes Glen Hare.
SME LAW • Sun, 03 Mar 2019
Podcast: The ALRC Class Actions report, from a defendant’s perspective
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Herbert Smith Freehills partner, Jason Betts.
PODCAST • Fri, 01 Mar 2019
Qld lawyers respond to passing of Human Rights Act
Member associations and advocacy groups have welcomed the looming Human Rights Act in Queensland, after the bill for its enactment passed the state’s parliament on ...
POLITICS • Thu, 28 Feb 2019
