ChatGPT not likely to wholly replace lawyers (yet)
After a rumoured $10 billion injection from Microsoft, Open AI and ChatGPT are currently making global headlines. Here’s what it could mean for lawyers, law students and ...
NEWLAW • Wed, 01 Feb 2023
Bell CJ on 2 centuries of judicial progress
In his first address at the Opening of the Law Term, the NSW chief justice reflected on 200 years of the judiciary, as well as our “dynamic, robust, independent, ...
THE BAR • Wed, 01 Feb 2023
Legal employers must ‘work smarter and capitalise’ on women’s talent
Since getting her first role in the mid-’90s, this legal people and culture manager has seen massive growth within the profession — but said organisations still have more ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 01 Feb 2023
Canberra solicitor who employed a disqualified lawyer reprimanded, fined $8k
An ACT-based solicitor has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct, fined $8,000 and reprimanded after hiring an ex-lawyer who was struck off the ACT ...
THE BAR • Tue, 31 Jan 2023
The crypto space is ‘changing rapidly’
While there have been a number of regulatory developments in the crypto space in recent years, it’s still an ever-evolving area with a lot of “moving parts”, this partner ...
NEWLAW • Tue, 31 Jan 2023
2 in 3 companies still failing to meet modern slavery reporting requirements
While the new Modern Slavery Act legislation has been in effect for over four years, many organisations still have work to do to make sure their corporate reporting is up ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 31 Jan 2023
Former Clayton Utz partner’s defamation application to be moved from WA to VIC
A claim of defamation being brought by the former president of the Melbourne Football Club, who is a former partner of BigLaw firm Clayton Utz, is set to be moved to ...
THE BAR • Mon, 30 Jan 2023
What’s next for Hall & Wilcox?
In a conversation with Lawyers Weekly, Hall & Wilcox managing partner Tony Macvean said that although overall, the firm had a successful 2022, there were a number of ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 30 Jan 2023
‘Vacation bonus’ incentives unlikely to drive real change
While one international firm’s new “vacation bonus” initiative has made headlines across the globe, some have labelled it “superficial and one-dimensional” and called for ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 29 Jan 2023
