Independent firm completes merger with boutique migration practice
As part of its intention to differentiate itself by setting up a multidisciplinary group, an independent law firm has successfully merged with a boutique migration firm ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Nov 2021
BigLaw firm commences strategic partnership with CancerAid
One of Australia’s biggest firms has partnered with CancerAid to support its employees and their families affected by cancer as they navigate the diagnosis while ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Nov 2021
LIV president returns for second term in 2022
Law Institute of Victoria president Tania Wolff will continue her leadership into 2022, during which time she hopes to continue her advocacy for members and tackle ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Nov 2021
ACT Supreme Court welcomes new Chief Justice
The ACT Supreme Court has appointed its sixth Chief Justice and the second woman to ever hold the position after outgoing Chief Justice Helen Murrell.
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Nov 2021
‘Kaleidoscope justice’: Victim-survivors’ experiences shape recommendations
Across 91 major recommendations that include alternatives to criminal trials and an independent body, the Victorian Law Reform Commission has proposed a plan for ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Nov 2021
‘I’m with you’: Pride in Law president, Supreme Court justice share how law and society have changed for LGBTQIA+ people
In the last five years, the support and inclusivity found in a profession that accepts its LGBTQIA+ members have not only changed their lives but have improved how the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Nov 2021
No-win-no-charge arrangements improving access to civil justice
Although the “evils of cost, delay and complexity” have remained consistent barriers for the ordinary Australian to access justice, new research has indicated that new ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Nov 2021
Tougher penalties introduced for crimes that cause loss of unborn child
The NSW government has passed updated sentencing reforms aimed at holding offenders to account if their criminal act causes the loss of an unborn child.
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Nov 2021
Walama List ‘crucial’ to addressing Indigenous over-incarceration
The introduction of the Walama List pilot, which will deliver a more culturally specific and community-based approach to sentencing for eligible Aboriginal offenders, has ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Nov 2021
