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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Legal profession needs to ‘maintain a focus’ on gender equality

The Law Society of NSW has developed a new resource tool to aid firms in achieving pay equity – something the organisation said needed a profession-wide commitment.

BIG LAW • Sun, 17 Sep 2023

The importance of ‘relatability’ for firm owners

Building trust and rapport with clients has helped this principal build up her network and start her own firm.

SME LAW • Thu, 14 Sep 2023

The new legal principle in Ford v Nominal Defendant

Following a recent decision made in the Queensland Court of Appeal in the Trent Ford v Nominal Defendant matter, the Court of Appeal must clarify the extent of compromise ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 14 Sep 2023

Legal workplaces are far from ‘OK’

Certain legal workplaces have absolutely no business hopping on the R U OK? Day bandwagon, writes Stefanie Costi.

BIG LAW • Wed, 13 Sep 2023

Grant Dearlove to resign from AF Legal Group

After leading the AF Legal Group and Australian Family Lawyers for almost three decades, Grant Dearlove has resigned from the group, which follows the recent release of ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 12 Sep 2023

Legal departments should drive the ‘core values’ of their organisation

While the branding of an organisation can be instrumental in its success, that branding has to extend throughout the company and even into legal contracts, according to ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 12 Sep 2023

Squire Patton Boggs to open office in ‘Australia’s second-largest EU export market’

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs is set to open its 16th European location with the launch of an office in Amsterdam, in a move to support the firm’s corporate and ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 11 Sep 2023

Shine Justice profits plummet by 90% following ‘unfavourable judgment’ in FY23

The holding company of Shine Lawyers has published its results for the financial year ended 30 June 2023, with profits decreasing by $27.9 million despite recording a 7.7 ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 30 Aug 2023

Majority of in-house counsel adopting AI despite challenges

Despite a number of challenges around adopting legal tech and AI, more than 60 per cent of in-house counsel are implementing generative AI in their legal departments, new ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 29 Aug 2023

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