Former lawyer jailed for 6 years
A former junior solicitor, who was employed by Sydney-based firm Atanaskovic Hartnell, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for stealing almost $10 million from ...
SME LAW • Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Waiting times for Brisbane family proceedings have halved
New reports from the Federal Circuit Court have shown that waiting times for Brisbane families have been cut in half.
THE BAR • Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Virtual lawyer built for Amazon’s Alexa
An Australian-based legal technology company has created a prototype virtual lawyer, built using Amazon’s Alexa platform, as a test for whether lawyers will eventually be ...
NEWLAW • Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Jones Day appoints new head of Perth office
Global law firm Jones Day has named its new partner-in-charge of its operations in Western Australia.
BIG LAW • Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Nearly half of legal departments working without a formal plan
New research shows an alarming number of legal departments “flying blind”, with smaller legal teams in particular not performing regular reviews of progress and aligning ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Proactivity and agility key for GCs in public facing companies
Senior in-house practitioners for big-name brands need to be “more adaptable and agile than ever”, and embracing legal innovation must be accompanied by a simultaneous ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 15 Jan 2019
Lawyers respond to Justice Beazley’s appointment as NSW Governor
Following Sunday’s announcement that the Honourable Justice Margaret Beazley AO will be the next Governor of NSW, lawyers and legal organisations across the country have ...
POLITICS • Mon, 14 Jan 2019
How to engage a contingent workforce
To win in today’s competitive business world, companies and private practice law firms need to adapt to their evolving landscape and develop an agile workforce which ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Jan 2019
Growing a great legal business page
Growing a great Facebook Business page is a key ingredient of any sensible content marketing strategy, according to Michael Bromley and Maciek Motylinski.
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Jan 2019
