Creativity versus risk: How some adverts are a step away from a lawsuit
A new advertisement for a fast food giant amid proceedings could either herald a new, clever method of publicity or could set the stage for a legal battleground, a firm ...
SME LAW • Tue, 15 Sep 2020
Social justice firm says bishop’s comments put children at risk of sexual assault
Lawyers have condemned a Queensland bishop who encouraged priests to break new laws and risk prison time rather than break the “seal of confession” to report suspected or ...
SME LAW • Tue, 15 Sep 2020
COVID-19’s gendered fault lines and their implications for international law
In a short span of time, the pandemic’s collisions between public and private have opened new spaces for action to address gender-based and state violence while ...
SME LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020
District Court’s pandemic response ‘complicated, frustrating’
Despite many of Australia’s highest courts returning positive reviews into the pandemic responses and its transition into an online practice, an NSW District Court ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020
Chronic delays in Family Court matters used as ‘tool for abuse’
Submitting to an inquiry into family violence, leading legal bodies have addressed how chronic delays, inadequate resourcing and underfunding have exacerbated the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020
Victoria’s lockdown renews calls for national human rights charter
Victoria’s human rights charter raises “serious” and justified concerns about the curfew restrictions and has renewed calls for a national charter, a human rights body ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020
Shakespeare’s creativity a lesson to surviving pandemic, Chief Justice says
There are lessons to be found in Macbeth, King Lear and even the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet to bring comfort to the profession’s newest lawyers during the global ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020
Over-representation of Indigenous people in courts complex but solvable
Top legal professionals have addressed the over-representation of Indigenous people in criminal proceedings, claiming that while the issue is complex and requires a major ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020
What post-COVID looks like for government lawyers
Government lawyers in the post-COVID legal landscape will have a suite of challenges to consider as the law and their clients adjust to the new normal.
BIG LAW • Sun, 13 Sep 2020
