Pell’s barrister offers apology for court comments
In a public statement, Robert Richter QC – who is representing Cardinal George Pell in criminal proceedings in Victorian County Court – apologised for a “terrible choice ...
THE BAR • Thu, 28 Feb 2019
Family lawyer fined, reprimanded for misappropriation of trust monies
A Sydney-based family law practitioner has been reprimanded, fined $10,000, and ordered to successfully complete a Practice Management – Sole Practitioners Course within ...
SME LAW • Thu, 28 Feb 2019
Does the Pell trial demonstrate that suppression orders are futile?
In today’s landscape, there exist real questions as to whether suppression orders should continue to be made, argues a Sydney-based managing partner.
POLITICS • Wed, 27 Feb 2019
New initiative to support victims and witnesses of crime
In response to the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the federal government has announced a new internet ...
POLITICS • Wed, 27 Feb 2019
Sydney solicitor convicted of drug offences removed from the roll
In a Court of Appeal case described by a presiding justice as one that “bears the hallmarks of tragedy”, a Sydney-based solicitor has been removed from the roll, in light ...
SME LAW • Wed, 27 Feb 2019
LCA backs Labor on financial rights access to justice pledge
The Law Council of Australia is “very supportive” of the Labor Party’s promise of a $120 million contribution, over four years, from the banking fairness fund to expand ...
POLITICS • Tue, 26 Feb 2019
The 4% rule for moving your firm’s money needle
Your focus should be on intimately knowing your market and your prospects’ deepest desires, pains, fears, hopes, and dreams. You need to know them better than any of your ...
SME LAW • Tue, 26 Feb 2019
What are the top non-legal skills for corporate lawyers?
New research has pinpointed the non-legal skills that law department leaders want from their corporate legal teams, according to new research.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 26 Feb 2019
29% of legal departments and CLOs don’t have sustainability plans
According to new research, nearly three in 10 legal departments and chief legal officers don’t have corporate sustainability plans, despite playing an integral role in ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 26 Feb 2019
