Budget ’23 did not fix ‘broken promise’ of previous government: WLS Australia
On Tuesday (9 May), Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2023–24 federal budget, with an increased focus on gender equity. However, one legal organisation has said that ...
SME LAW • Thu, 11 May 2023
Class action filed after ‘cruise from hell’ into cyclone
A class action has been launched against Carnival after a P&O cruise sailed from Brisbane into the path of a category 5 cyclone, leaving passengers terrified as the ...
THE BAR • Wed, 10 May 2023
$5m settlement proposed in public housing towers class action
The Victorian government has offered to settle the public housing towers class action for the sum of $5 million after it was accused of wrongly detaining public housing ...
THE BAR • Tue, 09 May 2023
How will India opening up affect in-house lawyers?
India has, for the first time, opened its doors to foreign law firms and lawyers. Here, find out how in-house lawyers and legal teams for global companies are likely to ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 May 2023
When will global firms publish gender pay gap data?
New legislation requires the gender pay gap data of Australian businesses with 100 or more employees to be published. With UK-based law firms already doing so, Lawyers ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 May 2023
Discrimination claim against ALS over vaccine mandate dismissed
A former Aboriginal Legal Service employee has had his case against the ALS dismissed after he claimed he was discriminated against for declining to be vaccinated during ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 07 May 2023
Australian legal profession over 90k strong
The sixth National Profile of Solicitors report has been published, revealing a number of interesting statistics across the Australian legal profession, which now stands ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 04 May 2023
Aussie solicitors are now ‘younger, more female and more diverse’
The sixth National Profile of Solicitors report has been published, revealing that four years after female lawyers first outnumbered their male counterparts, women in law ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 04 May 2023
The influx of insolvency and bankruptcies post-pandemic
For lawyers in the commercial litigation space, there has been a “real influx” of insolvency and bankruptcies, as well as inquiries relating to financial stress — an ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 04 May 2023
