Lauren Croft

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Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel industry publications and Travel Weekly. Originally born in England, Lauren enjoys trying new bars and restaurants, attending music festivals and travelling. She is also a keen snowboarder and pre-pandemic, spent a season living in a French ski resort.

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Culture, ESG and ChatGPT: Sparke Helmore’s priorities for 2023

Following a year of continued growth, Lawyers Weekly spoke to Sparke Helmore’s managing partner, who outlined the firm’s priorities moving forward as well as challenges ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 13 Mar 2023

MALG confirms class action against BGC Housing is in the works

Hundreds of home owners who suffered delays in construction are now launching a class action against the housing group responsible, which Lawyers Weekly has been told ...

THE BAR • Mon, 13 Mar 2023

Mills Oakley hires 3 new partners

National firm Mills Oakley has welcomed three new partners to its ranks from several rival firms in Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.

BIG LAW • Mon, 13 Mar 2023

Only 7% of lawyers trust ChatGPT (for now)

As ChatGPT continues to trend globally, more legal professionals are exploring how the platform, and similar artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, can improve their ...

NEWLAW • Thu, 23 Feb 2023

Smaller firms are ‘where real innovation is happening’

As COVID-19 has led to the rapid adoption of technology and disruptive practice methods among law firms across the globe, many firms now consider themselves as NewLaw ...

SME LAW • Thu, 23 Feb 2023

Shine Lawyers’ net profit plummets by almost 20%

Shine Justice (ASX: SHJ) has released its half-year 2023 results, revealing that while its total revenue is up 9 per cent, its gross operating cash flow is down over 230 ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 22 Feb 2023

Pinsent Masons reveals new Melbourne head, all-female leadership

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed a new head of Melbourne, a move which means the firm now has an all-female leadership team across its three Australian ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 21 Feb 2023

Breach of duty by HWL Ebsworth sees alleged client loss of $130m

A former client of BigLaw firm HWL Ebsworth has been found to have lost an opportunity to develop a property because of a “negligent failure” by the firm, alleged to have ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 21 Feb 2023

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‘ChatGPT is really the tip of the iceberg’ for sole GCs

Sole general counsel can start to use new artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like ChatGPT to not only scale their workload but also expand their industry knowledge, ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 21 Feb 2023

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