Inquiry begins into SA Attorney-General
As the South Australian government prepares for next years’ state election, Attorney-General Vickie Chapman will face an inquiry over an alleged conflict of interest in a ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 25 Oct 2021
NSW comes closer to legislating affirmative consent laws
NSW’s Attorney-General has confirmed that a bill designed to set clearer boundaries for consensual intimacy and to better support victim-survivors of sexual assault has ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 25 Oct 2021
Human rights lawyers call on government for fair international travel plan
With international travel planned to return in the next month, human rights lawyers have called on the federal government to provide a “complete and inclusive plan” that ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 25 Oct 2021
Controversial firm asks for $1m to take on Law Society ahead of hearing
G&B Lawyers partner Nathan Buckley has asked his supporters for $1 million to fund his “legal costs and disbursements” for taking on the NSW Law Society in supposed ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 24 Oct 2021
‘Cycle of deceit’: The law firms buying into media scams to fool clients
Last month, a number of small law firms announced on their social media that they had been awarded a place on a top 10 list. What they didn’t tell their followers, ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 21 Oct 2021
W+K makes property, construction and energy team ‘largest of its kind’
Following the lateral acquisition of a team of seven in its property, construction and energy team, Wotton + Kearney has hired an additional four senior lawyers.
SME LAW • Thu, 21 Oct 2021
ANZ to transfer share investing client base to CMC Markets in $25m transaction
With assistance from Maddocks, ANZ will transition the bank’s share investing client base to CMC Markets in a transaction worth $25 million.
SME LAW • Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Chief Justice Tom Bathurst to retire in 2022
After more than a decade serving the NSW legal profession as the Supreme Court Chief Justice, the Honourable Tom Bathurst has announced his retirement.
BIG LAW • Thu, 21 Oct 2021
ElectraNet awards SA component of Project EnergyConnect
National firm Piper Alderman has worked with ElectraNet for its Project EnergyConnect, awarding the major construction contracts in South Australia.
SME LAW • Wed, 20 Oct 2021
