District Court’s pandemic response ‘complicated, frustrating’

Despite many of Australia’s highest courts returning positive reviews into the pandemic responses and its transition into an online practice, an NSW District Court ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020

Chronic delays in Family Court matters used as ‘tool for abuse’

Submitting to an inquiry into family violence, leading legal bodies have addressed how chronic delays, inadequate resourcing and underfunding have exacerbated the ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020

Victoria’s lockdown renews calls for national human rights charter

Victoria’s human rights charter raises “serious” and justified concerns about the curfew restrictions and has renewed calls for a national charter, a human rights body ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020

Shakespeare’s creativity a lesson to surviving pandemic, Chief Justice says

There are lessons to be found in Macbeth, King Lear and even the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet to bring comfort to the profession’s newest lawyers during the global ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020

What post-COVID looks like for government lawyers

Government lawyers in the post-COVID legal landscape will have a suite of challenges to consider as the law and their clients adjust to the new normal.

BIG LAW • Sun, 13 Sep 2020

2 legal reviews to hit ALRC desk on behalf of the federal government

The federal government has requested a review into judicial impartiality and legislative frameworks governing corporations and financial services regulation.

BIG LAW • Sun, 13 Sep 2020

Government lawyers should discourage clients from political gain

While navigating the complexities of public interest immunity claims, lawyers for public servants and ministers should beware of their client’s enthusiasm to use the ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 09 Sep 2020

New laws to force priests to report child sexual abuse

Queensland lawyers have welcomed legislation that would see priests jailed for failure to report child sexual abuse made known to them through confessionals.

BIG LAW • Wed, 09 Sep 2020

Guilty solicitor given until June 2021 to practice

A Victorian solicitor has been granted until June 2021 to practice before he must cease completely after a tribunal found he had engaged in professional misconduct.

BIG LAW • Tue, 08 Sep 2020