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
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
