50 offshore detention challenges to move forward after test case win
More than 50 cases alleging that the Commonwealth was negligent with the healthcare of asylum seekers and refugees will proceed after a High Court decision ruled it would ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 07 Dec 2020
Victoria stamps out cruel conversion practices
The “cruel and bigoted” practices that attempt to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity will soon be stamped out across Victoria under new ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 07 Dec 2020
Dedicated family violence court opens in Victoria
An expert and dedicated court system has been set up in Victoria’s south-east to handle the greater care and experience necessary to hear cases from family violence ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 07 Dec 2020
ASIO powers out of line, LCA says
Australia’s premier legal body is concerned that the new ASIO powers are “out of line”, with plans to significantly expand on them without crucial safeguards.
BIG LAW • Sun, 06 Dec 2020
DPP to step in early to prevent another Lawyer X event
The Lawyer X inquiry has recommended the Director of Public Prosecutions step in to prevent police from using legal loopholes to cover up the use of privileged ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 03 Dec 2020
ACT lawyers better prepared to support clients with disability
The ACT Law Society has welcomed the launch of a new toolkit and guidelines to help its lawyers provide legal assistance to clients with a disability.
BIG LAW • Thu, 03 Dec 2020
The other police informants on the edge of their own Lawyer X saga
Although it is hard to beat the extent to which Nicola Gobbo breached legal obligations, professional privilege and disrupted the whole of the criminal justice system in ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 02 Dec 2020
Victorian firms should report on ethnic diversity, LIV says
Under new recommendations by the Law Institute of Victoria, firms are being encouraged to report on and track ethnic diversity to ensure the profession breaks down ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 02 Dec 2020
How the legal profession will change as a result of the Lawyer X inquiry
In considering the extent of breaches committed by former barrister Nicola Gobbo, the Lawyer X inquiry has recommended major changes to the legal profession to alter how ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 01 Dec 2020
