Reflections on in-house changes post-banking royal commission
NAB chief legal and commercial counsel Sharon Cook says the nature of work in-house is changing for certain institutions, both internally and externally.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 27 Nov 2018
BigLaw firm nabs general counsel
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has re-hired a general counsel as partner in its Melbourne-based real estate team.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 27 Nov 2018
NSW sole practitioner guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct
A Sydney-based sole practitioner has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for failing to comply with and assist a trust account investigator.
SME LAW • Mon, 26 Nov 2018
Mark Latham settles defamation case with Osman Faruqi
A settlement has been reached in the case of Osman Faruqi versus Mark Latham, with Mr Latham removing offensive statements made about Mr Faruqi and agreeing to pay him ...
POLITICS • Mon, 26 Nov 2018
National Integrity Commission inches closer to reality
A Private Members’ Bill introduced today to establish a National Integrity Commission, as well as a Greens motion, have just passed, bringing the reality of a federal ...
POLITICS • Mon, 26 Nov 2018
Governance ‘central’ to royal commission hearings
The banking royal commission has highlighted that boards and management need to work together differently in the future to restore trust, according to the head of ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 26 Nov 2018
Business and management skills urgently needed in legal education
It is time for the business of law – whether it is private, in-house, courts or legal aid – to be added to legal education, according to the College of Law.
BIG LAW • Mon, 26 Nov 2018
Are judges succumbing to the ‘seductive power of procrastination’ with writing judgments?
An expert panel of legal professionals discussed court delays and the perceived “culture of procrastination” in the nation’s judiciary at last week’s Australian Bar ...
THE BAR • Sun, 25 Nov 2018
AI to affect graduate and junior lawyer roles the most initially
New research has highlighted the potential for automation to remove grunt work commonly performed by those starting out in their legal careers, which will allow them to ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 25 Nov 2018
