President’s charity to address one of Australia’s leading causes of death

Given its debilitating effect on judgement and her own personal connections with the disease, new president Juliana Warner hopes that the NSW Law Society’s elected ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 16 Feb 2021

Lawyer says government ‘missed opportunity’ for sexual abuse survivors

While new changes were recently made to the National Redress Scheme, a lawyer has criticised the federal government for missing an opportunity to ensure that the scheme ...

SME LAW • Tue, 16 Feb 2021

Judge-alone trials could have ‘breached’ ACT’s constitutional limitations

Senior staff with ACT Legal Aid have argued that the decision to permit judge-alone trials in the Supreme Court might have breached constitutional limitations and set a ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Feb 2021

Supreme Court appeal gets letterbox campaign treatment

Around 20,000 Hobart homes will soon receive a “fact sheet” about an upcoming appeal in the Supreme Court that will determine whether a woman accused of murdering her ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Feb 2021

Compensation firm calls for stronger power of attorney laws

A leading compensation firm has called on the South Australian government to enact stronger laws on paid carers and powers of attorney to protect the elderly. 

SME LAW • Mon, 15 Feb 2021

Academic freedom to be tested in High Court

An “important case” of whether an academic can criticise their colleagues will take place before the High Court of Australia after a sacked marine physicist successfully ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Feb 2021

‘Corporations Act, it’s time to grow up!’

Australian Law Reform Commission lawyers have poked fun at the almost 20-year-old Corporations Act in a light-hearted script that tells the story of discontented parents ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Feb 2021

LIV celebrates 71 new accredited specialists

The Law Institute of Victoria has recognised the achievements of 71 lawyers who have just become accredited specialists across eight practice areas.

BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Feb 2021

WA lawyer fails to block evidence from disciplinary trial

A Western Australian lawyer has failed to block the State Administrative Tribunal from reviewing evidence of a meeting in which he was alleged to have made false and ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 10 Feb 2021