LCA slams ‘absurd’ consultation period for sex offender register
Having less than 36 hours to provide “initial high-level views” on the Peter Dutton’s proposed sex offender register is “inappropriate and completely inadequate”, said ...
POLITICS • Sun, 13 Jan 2019
Queensland lawyer struck off following 30 charges
A sole practitioner, formerly based in Gladstone, Queensland, has been removed from the local roll following 30 charges – all of which were for professional misconduct, ...
SME LAW • Thu, 10 Jan 2019
WA must repeal laws allowing imprisonment for unpaid fines
The Law Council of Australia and Law Society of Western Australia have urged the West Australian state government to remove legislative frameworks that provide for ...
POLITICS • Thu, 10 Jan 2019
Major trends impacting boutique lawyers in 2019
In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, Lodestar Legal director and general counsel Simone Tierney identified four trends that will impact upon the professional day-to-day ...
SME LAW • Thu, 10 Jan 2019
Wollongong lawyer found guilty of professional misconduct
A Wollongong-based solicitor has been found guilty of professional misconduct in what was described as a “disturbing” and consistent failure to acknowledge an obligation ...
SME LAW • Wed, 09 Jan 2019
Child abuse survivors now able to sue institutions in NSW
A “legal roadblock” preventing thousands of survivors of child sexual abuse in NSW from suing churches and other institutions in which their abuse occurred has been ...
POLITICS • Wed, 09 Jan 2019
‘Poor perception of lawyers’ needs to change, says new SA Law Soc president
Law societies have important roles as regulators and advocates for the profession, and thus it is crucial that negative impressions of the legal profession be improved by ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 09 Jan 2019
Caution needed for proposed sex offender register
Only offenders who pose a demonstrable risk to children should have to be listed on a National Public Register of Child Sex Offenders, according to a national legal ...
POLITICS • Wed, 09 Jan 2019
New Year’s resolutions for law students
Too often, law student Flynne Tytherleigh writes, law students are afraid of disappointment, and thus shy away from adversity that can be avoided.
SME LAW • Wed, 09 Jan 2019
