WA lawyer to be struck off, ordered to pay over $50,000
A West Australian-based sole practitioner, who was last year found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct, has been recommended for ...
SME LAW • Thu, 24 Jan 2019
Clive Palmer dispute versus WA gives lessons for international arbitrators
Mining tycoon Clive Palmer’s newest legal battle – in which he is threatening to use a treaty with New Zealand to sue Australia for $45 billion in damages in response to ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Jan 2019
New President of the NSW Court of Appeal announced
A Sydney barrister is set to assume the presidency of the NSW Court of Appeal in the state’s Supreme Court, replacing Governor-designate Justice Margaret Beazley AO QC
THE BAR • Wed, 23 Jan 2019
Draft life insurance Code of Practice ‘lacks teeth’: ALA
The draft life insurance Code of Practice that was put forward by the Financial Services Council does not deliver on key issues raised in the 2018 banking royal ...
POLITICS • Wed, 23 Jan 2019
How law firms can manage office romances: Part One
Like in many professional services industries, office romances are “quite common” in law. Lawyers Weekly spoke with a principal lawyer about some of the issues ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Jan 2019
Lawyers rubbish Morrison’s Cook voyage re-enactment plan
Australian lawyers have ridiculed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s proposal to spend nearly $7 million for a circumnavigation of the country on a replica Endeavour ship, ...
POLITICS • Tue, 22 Jan 2019
NSW One Nation proposes banning transgender self-identification
Mark Latham, as the new leader of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation in NSW, has proposed ending self-identification as transgender in order to “avoid abuse of the school ...
POLITICS • Tue, 22 Jan 2019
Law schools can do more to promote in-house careers
Law students often don’t know or even forget that companies hire lawyers in-house and, thus, are not front of mind when considering job options, says a university-based ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Jan 2019
In-house demand set to grow in 2019
New research shows that, with Australian companies set to reduce rates of outsourcing of legal work as well as a need for relevant industry experience, there will be a ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Jan 2019
