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A landmark workers’ rights verdict, an alleged hack, and a fatal hit-and-run: What’s hot in law this week (9–13 Dec)
This past week, an Adelaide lawyer was found guilty of a fatal hit-and-run, the High Court overturned a century-old precedent, and a ransomware gang claimed to have ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Top 20 podcast episodes in 2024
This year, almost 200 episodes were released under the Lawyers Weekly banner – a network that has had more than 2.25 million downloads worldwide since its inception in ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Corporate Counsel Summit launches for 2025
Lawyers Weekly, alongside principal partner Lawyers on Demand (LOD) and Consilio, is pleased to announce the launch of its seventh Corporate Counsel Summit.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Sexual harassment class actions filed against BHP, Rio Tinto
Offensive language and behaviour, pranks, and pregnancy discrimination are all featured in proceedings filed against mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto, with a class action ...
THE BAR • Wed, 11 Dec 2024
New Qld law ‘an international embarrassment’ for Australia, says children’s commissioner
According to the National Children’s Commissioner, the Sunshine State’s controversial Making Queensland Safer Bill has a “flagrant disregard” for the human rights of ...
POLITICS • Wed, 11 Dec 2024
High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law
A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’ rights case, with an employer being ordered to pay over ...
THE BAR • Wed, 11 Dec 2024
What family lawyers need to know about the latest legislative reforms
The recent updates to the Family Law Act send clear messages to the legal profession and broader community, writes Genevieve Morgan.
THE BAR • Tue, 10 Dec 2024
RBA makes final cash rate call for 2024
The cash rate has now stayed at 4.35 per cent for over one year. Find out, in this special announcement brought to you by Legal Home Loans, if the Reserve Bank has ...
POLITICS • Tue, 10 Dec 2024
‘There’s something patriotic about buying legal services from an Australian firm,’ says Gadens head
According to the head of BigLaw firm Gadens, there is “absolutely” a place at the top of the legal services market for independent firms that are “Australian at [their] ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 09 Dec 2024