‘Once in a generation opportunity’: ALRC to review financial services laws
The Australian Law Reform Commission has been tasked with simplifying the unnecessary complexity in Australia’s financial services laws.
BIG LAW • Mon, 01 Feb 2021
SA appoints newest Supreme Court judge
South Australia’s Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has welcomed the newest, high-profile appointment to the state’s Supreme Court.
BIG LAW • Mon, 01 Feb 2021
Climate change hearings set the stage for future legislation
Public hearings into climate change legislation will come to a close soon after setting the stage for a new independent body to manage and enforce relevant laws.
BIG LAW • Mon, 01 Feb 2021
COVID-19 no excuse for 2nd-year delay, ALA says
On the second anniversary of the financial services royal commission, a peak body for Australian lawyers has called on the federal government to stop using COVID-19 as an ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 01 Feb 2021
Australia’s largest women’s health class action returns to Federal Court
One of Australia’s largest women’s health class action will return to the Federal Court to fight against an appeal seeking to overturn a landmark decision delivered in ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 01 Feb 2021
Governments urged to overhaul environment laws to avoid ongoing decline
A once-in-a-decade review of Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act has found that “fundamental reform”, independent bodies and rigorous compliance ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 31 Jan 2021
Media fronts court in George Pell contempt trial
Conspiracies that media companies wanted to protect the Catholic Church were behind one newspaper’s decision to print an article on Cardinal George Pell’s now-overturned, ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 31 Jan 2021
Meet the lawyers on the 2021 honours list
Chief justices, barristers, solicitors and scholars from across the entire legal profession have been recognised for their services to the law and the community.
BIG LAW • Thu, 28 Jan 2021
NSW solicitor reprimanded for misappropriating trust accounts
A NSW solicitor specialising in migration law has been reprimanded after being found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for misappropriating trust account ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Jan 2021
