Suspended solicitor announces run for One Nation
In a statement announcing his intention to stand for One Nation, recently suspended solicitor Nathan Buckley claimed it was because party leader Pauline Hanson and her ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 24 Jan 2022
The legal experience that ‘defined my whole career trajectory’
With a lot of luck, a last-minute decision to join a legal clinic changed the entire career trajectory of one recent graduate who started her degree with the firm belief ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 24 Jan 2022
Top 10: News updates for young lawyers
Although we’re less than a month into 2022, the legal profession has already seen some major news that has everyone talking. Here are the top 10 of those updates that law ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 24 Jan 2022
‘Virtual actions have real world consequences’: The lesson behind #Lawyercat
The judge who inadvertently created the #Lawyercat phenomenon has warned law students and graduates to be cautious of social media, no matter how much they try to keep ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 24 Jan 2022
Law students help ‘connect the dots’ on ESG findings
Law students with a Canberra university were instrumental in creating the “most extensive open data set” that analyses the environmental, social and governance disclosure ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 24 Jan 2022
‘Significant costs, significant delays’: Religious Discrimination Bill will ‘clog’ court system and deny access to justice
Several controversial provisions within the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill will not only “drastically undermine and throw into chaos” access to justice but will ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 23 Jan 2022
‘We need to do everything we can to keep them’: LCA addresses mental health concerns in resigning lawyers
As mental health issues continue to escalate and more lawyers leave the workplace, the new Law Council president has addressed why the profession should be refining its ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 23 Jan 2022
Law graduate refused admission following lengthy litigation history
An aspiring lawyer who graduated and completed legal practical training was refused admission over a failure to appropriately disclose her litigation history, which ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Access to justice slammed as ‘Djoke’ in wake of visa saga
Regardless of where Australians stand on the Novak Djokovic visa issue, the remarkable speed in which his matter was brought before a full bench of the Federal Court ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Jan 2022
