Perth practitioner jailed for stealing $2m from clients
A West Australian-based lawyer has been sentenced to over seven years’ imprisonment for stealing almost $2 million from her clients.
SME LAW • Wed, 28 Nov 2018
‘To be a woman lawyer is already a disruption to the previous status quo’
NSW marked 100 years of women being allowed to practice earlier this week, in a decision that “was perhaps the most significant piece of legislation affecting the NSW ...
POLITICS • Wed, 28 Nov 2018
Despite Foley backtracking on defamation threat, disincentives to speak up remain
Former NSW opposition leader Luke Foley has said he won’t proceed with legal action against the ABC and a female journalist over sexual harassment allegations, however ...
POLITICS • Wed, 28 Nov 2018
Vobile Group advised on acquisitions from data analytics company
Online video content protection service provider Vobile Group has been advised on the acquisition of assets from Australian data analytics company IP-Echelon.
BIG LAW • Wed, 28 Nov 2018
Proposed amendments to foreign influence introduced
The federal government has introduced into Parliament amendments to the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, with the intention of ensuring the scheme is “fully ...
POLITICS • Wed, 28 Nov 2018
WA Law Society elects new president
An adjunct law professor and barrister from John Toohey Chambers, who took silk in 2002, has ascended to the role of president of the Law Society of Western Australia.
THE BAR • Tue, 27 Nov 2018
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
