Concerns remain with ‘disjointed, piecemeal’ court merger bills
In the wake of the release of recommendations about the proposed merger of the Federal Circuit and Family Courts from the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs ...
THE BAR • Mon, 18 Feb 2019
NSW sole practitioner reprimanded, fined for professional misconduct
A NSW-based sole practitioner has been found guilty of professional misconduct for contravening conditions of her practising certificate and failing to comply with an ...
SME LAW • Sun, 17 Feb 2019
Police airport powers must incorporate individual rights recommendations
Australian airports will be safer, and the rights of individuals better protected, if parliamentary recommendations are applied to the Crime Legislation (Police Powers at ...
POLITICS • Sun, 17 Feb 2019
HSF staff to get 10 days per year for innovation projects
Global firm Herbert Smith Freehills has introduced a new initiative whereby staff across all of its offices will be allowed up to 10 days per annum to work on “innovation ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 17 Feb 2019
More legal professionals implicated, Lawyer X to appear before RC
The Victorian police informants royal commission kicked off this morning with a directions hearing, at which both the commissioner and counsel assisting made opening ...
POLITICS • Fri, 15 Feb 2019
‘Revenge porn’ now outlawed in Queensland
People convicted of sharing revenge porn images could face up to three years’ imprisonment, following the passage of new laws from the Queensland state government on ...
POLITICS • Thu, 14 Feb 2019
High Court extends prohibition on disclosure of Lawyer X’s name
The High Court has further extended the prohibition of disclosure, by publication or other means, of the identity of the Melbourne-based barrister at the centre of the ...
POLITICS • Thu, 14 Feb 2019
Overcoming stigma of flexible working for men can reap benefits
While there is still a way to go in challenging the notion that men must be the ones to work the traditional full-time schedule and not work flexibly, one family lawyer ...
SME LAW • Thu, 14 Feb 2019
Valentine’s Day not a ‘free pass’ for inappropriate workplace behaviour
The annual Christian celebration of love and romance should not be seen as an opportunity to act with impunity around one’s colleagues. As always, the spectre of sexual ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 13 Feb 2019
