Top 10: The must-read articles for law students today
Protégé has compiled a list of 10 articles that law students, graduates and new lawyers should know about the legal profession today.
NEWLAW • Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Lawyer X report: RCMPI recommends DPP examine Gobbo’s potential criminal conduct
In one of the many recommendations of the Lawyer X inquiry’s final report, commissioner Margaret McMurdo has called for a special investigator to examine whether there is ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Lawyer X report to be published on Monday
The inquiry that examined the mismanagement of former barrister Nicola Gobbo is set to hand down its final report on Monday, 30 November.
BIG LAW • Sun, 29 Nov 2020
Advocacy lawyers join Victorian Law Reform Commission
The Victorian government has appointed two senior practitioners to the Victorian Law Reform Commission, including an advocate for victims of sexual assault and a lawyer ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 26 Nov 2020
WA appoints 6 new senior counsel - 2020
Western Australian Chief Justice, the Honourable Justice Peter Quinlan, has welcomed six practitioners to the state’s ranks of senior counsel, including the national ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 26 Nov 2020
Telstra faces $50m fine for ‘unfair selling tactics’ aimed at Indigenous people
Australia’s largest telecommunications provider will face Federal Court after admitting it breached consumer law and acted unconscionably by using “unfair selling ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 26 Nov 2020
What lawyers should expect from the NSW Personal Injury Commission
From March 2021, the Personal Injury Commission will launch as a “one-stop shop” in dispute resolution for road and workplace injuries in NSW. Before it does, ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 25 Nov 2020
Australian M&A activity poised for positive return in 2021
The outlook on Australia’s M&A market activity in 2021 has become optimistic, despite doubts that it would not bounce back the same after a COVID-induced crash in ...
SME LAW • Wed, 25 Nov 2020
Hackers threaten to leak data from legal services firm
Hackers from a cyber-crime collective have targeted a legal services firm and top-tiered clients in a ransomware attack, warning the firm to give into their demands ...
SME LAW • Wed, 25 Nov 2020
