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
‘This has got to stop’: IBA questions legitimacy of China’s laws
The International Bar Association has become the next major legal group to condemn, question and caution China over its controversial national security laws, which ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Jan 2021
Solicitor who used appeal to continue harassment ordered to pay costs
A principal solicitor who likened himself to Pride and Prejudice’s Mr Darcy to argue his misconduct towards a paralegal was not sexual harassment will now pay costs
BIG LAW • Mon, 25 Jan 2021
‘Keep yourself on the playing field’: How students can luck into opportunities
Behind almost all new internships, clerkship acceptances, graduate roles and chances to do something big in the law could be a fair amount of luck. It was the case for ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 25 Jan 2021
