Revelations of further police informants has ‘undermined faith in our justice system’
Reacting to yesterday’s news that Victoria Police had informed the state’s royal commission that there were additional informants with obligations of confidentiality, ...
POLITICS • Wed, 06 Feb 2019
‘There are further informants’ for Lawyer X royal commission: Victoria Police
The Terms of Reference for the Victorian Royal Commission Management of Police Informants are to be amended, in light of new information from Victoria Police of ...
POLITICS • Wed, 06 Feb 2019
Vic legal profession responds to scrapping of conversion therapy
The Victorian Bar and the Law Institute of Victoria have both responded to a pledge by the Andrews government to introduce laws to denounce and prohibit LGBTI conversion ...
POLITICS • Tue, 05 Feb 2019
NRF grows energy and resources practice
Global firm Norton Rose Fulbright has added two more corporate M&A partners in Perth as part of its expansion of its energy and resources team.
BIG LAW • Tue, 05 Feb 2019
New laws will give mental health victims a greater say
From this week, victims of forensic patients will be allowed to make submissions in Mental Health Review Tribunal proceedings, outlining the impact a forensic patient’s ...
POLITICS • Tue, 05 Feb 2019
ABA welcomes Dreyfus’ calls for increased legal aid funding
The Australian Bar Association has expressed its support for shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus QC’s “commitment to increasing the commonwealth’s contribution to legal ...
POLITICS • Tue, 05 Feb 2019
KWM adds 2 partners in Perth
Global firm King & Wood Mallesons has bolstered its real estate and dispute resolution teams with the appointment of two new partners in its Perth office.
BIG LAW • Tue, 05 Feb 2019
Qld government urged to pass Bill of Rights
Following a recommendation from the Queensland Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee to pass the proposed Queensland Bill of Rights, Australian Lawyers Alliance ...
POLITICS • Tue, 05 Feb 2019
Chief ethics officers are needed post-banking royal commission
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has been a “wake-up call the industry needs”, and appointing chief ...
POLITICS • Mon, 04 Feb 2019
