Controversial Family Court merger bill set to become reality
Despite concerns from key legal professionals and associations, the government will move ahead with the proposed Family Court merger with the Federal Circuit Court after ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 17 Feb 2021
Bank of China, CommBank and Westpac succeed in project financing
Three major banks have taken advice from Herbert Smith Freehills on the project financing of the New England Solar Farm owned by UPC/AC Renewables.
BIG LAW • Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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
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
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
‘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
