Sydney Shire lawyer has practising certificate downgraded
A partner at Owen Hodge Lawyers, based in Sydney’s Shire region, will only be permitted to apply for registration as an employed solicitor from now on, and not allowed to ...
SME LAW • Sun, 15 Jul 2018
How innovation is upending family law
As legal professionals begin to pivot around new technologies and business models, family lawyers are starting to see a rise in innovative methods of service delivery, ...
SME LAW • Sun, 15 Jul 2018
Gilbert + Tobin goes carbon neutral
National law firm Gilbert + Tobin has moved to reduce its impact upon the environment by becoming carbon neutral across its Sydney, Melbourne and Perth offices, one year ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Jul 2018
Travel company advised on acquisition of HotelsCombined
An online travel services business has been advised on its planned acquisition of hotel metasearch site HotelsCombined.
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Jul 2018
Podcast: Universality of human rights and an Australian Bill of Rights
On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by the director of equity and diversity at Western Sydney University, and chair of the Australian ...
PODCAST • Fri, 13 Jul 2018
MinterEllison becomes new leader in partner numbers for national firms
MinterEllison has promoted 18 to partner, swelling its partnership ranks to over 250 and now boasting the largest cohort of such senior lawyers of any independent ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Jul 2018
Gumtree legal spruiker wins appeal on spent conviction
A West Australian man who offered legal assistance for reward via a Gumtree advertisement has won an appeal in the WA Court of Appeal regarding a lower court’s decision ...
SME LAW • Thu, 12 Jul 2018
Navigating parental leave as a boutique lawyer
While working mothers in medium-sized or large law firms may benefit from structural assistance, it can be much harder for women operating as sole practitioners or in ...
SME LAW • Thu, 12 Jul 2018
Senate crossbenchers request AFP investigation following charges against former ACT A-G
Four crossbenchers in the Senate have written to the Australian Federal Police asking for an investigation into allegations that the federal government wiretapped the ...
POLITICS • Thu, 12 Jul 2018
