Queensland solicitors are up to the challenges of 2019: QLS
The manner in which the legal profession deals with challenges in the new year – including the “insidious problems” of bullying and sexual harassment – will be almost as ...
POLITICS • Thu, 17 Jan 2019
Construction, property, commercial lawyers to be in high demand in 2019
Demand is set to remain high across all tiers within law firms, but hotspots of skills in demand are emerging, in light of environmental and political factors, according ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 17 Jan 2019
Looming challenges for sole practitioners in 2019
There are three major challenges emerging for those in the boutique space as the new year unfolds, argues an award-winning sole practitioner.
SME LAW • Thu, 17 Jan 2019
Constitutional requirement to consider advice of Indigenous leaders required
Parliament should be constitutionally required to at least consider the advice of a proposed advisory group of Aboriginal leaders, even if it is not obliged to follow it, ...
POLITICS • Wed, 16 Jan 2019
The benefits of happiness challenges for lawyers
Lawyers are “so privileged” to do the work that they do, and so there’s really no excuse not to be the best versions of ourselves possible, argues a family lawyer and ...
SME LAW • Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Jones Day partner moves from Perth to Singapore
Global law firm Jones Day has relocated a Perth-based global disputes partner to Singapore to help grow the firm’s arbitration practice in South East Asia.
BIG LAW • Wed, 16 Jan 2019
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
