Universities sign open letter protesting fees increase

Three law schools are signatories of an open letter calling for the fees increases to be shelved and a new policy drafted with consultation from sector experts.

NEWLAW • Mon, 27 Jul 2020

Exercise in crisis management: Law students at the forefront of decision-making

The Australian legal and regulatory landscape will be forever changed by COVID-19, especially for law graduates across the country, writes Gemma Dabkowski. 

NEWLAW • Mon, 27 Jul 2020

Top 10 in 12 days: What law students should know about the law today

Lawyers Weekly’s Protégé takes a look back at the last two weeks to round up the top 10 stories that young lawyers should know about the world of law today.

NEWLAW • Mon, 27 Jul 2020

Test case in sports rorts affair lodged in Federal Court

An application has been lodged in the Federal Court seeking to overturn a decision to reject a funding application linked to the scandal-plagued sports rorts affair.

SME LAW • Sun, 26 Jul 2020

Ruby Princess passengers launch class action

The passengers embroiled in the Ruby Princess debacle have filed a class action over the mishandling of a deadly coronavirus outbreak onboard.

SME LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020

NSW solicitor struck off for disbursing trust monies, misleading records

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has struck off a solicitor who disbursed his clients’ trust monies without permission and attempted to hide the payments.

BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020

Family court bomber found guilty of 3 murders

Thirty years on from the murders of a justice, a justice’s wife and a member of church, the Supreme Court of NSW has found a former firefighter guilty.

BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020

Open letter calls for government to keep children out of prison

A collective group comprising of legal representatives, a law society and human rights organisations has penned an open letter calling on the ACT government to raise the ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020

‘Tsunami of complaints’: What the Heydon allegations revealed about the law

One month on from “bombshell” allegations a former justice of the High Court sexually harassed female associates, four prominent legal women addressed the power-based ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 22 Jul 2020