Professional misconduct finding handed down to new solicitor
The Civil and Administrative Tribunal found a relatively inexperienced solicitor had engaged in professional misconduct and issued a $2,500 fine for falsely witnessing ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 02 Sep 2021
Charter for Advancement of Women now open to Victorian legal workplaces
The Victorian legal profession can now access a charter that promotes not only the attraction and retention of more female practitioners but also their advancement into ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 02 Sep 2021
Federal government passes workplace sexual harassment legislation
Despite the upheaval within its own workplace, the Morrison Government has looked outside Parliament House to strengthen and simplify national laws meant to better ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 02 Sep 2021
Answers to Australia’s wrongful convictions found in Canada
In analysing the ongoing efforts by the Canadian legal profession to review and to address wrongful convictions, particularly with the establishment of an independent ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 01 Sep 2021
Legal profession requests intake increases, humanitarian visas for those fleeing from Afghanistan
Now that the two decades of “intervention and broken promises” have come to an end in Afghanistan, a human rights lawyer has spoken out on behalf of an advocacy network ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 01 Sep 2021
Dispute resolution pathways priority for newly merged Family Court
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia merger is officially in place, bringing with it a single point of entry, harmonised forms, penalties for compliance ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 01 Sep 2021
NSW Local Court names new president
A new Chief Magistrate has been appointed as president of NSW’s Local Court following the retirement of outgoing president Chief Magistrate Graeme Henson.
BIG LAW • Wed, 01 Sep 2021
Porter successfully blocks media outlets from using secret court material
The former federal attorney-general has again won a legal bid in the Federal Court, this time to restrict two major media outlets from using secret parts of the ABC’s ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 31 Aug 2021
Requests for legal service increase to 90% amid latest lockdowns
New data has suggested that requests for legal advice have increased by 90 per cent since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as communication breakdowns and immense ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 31 Aug 2021
