Law students take home $10k prize from BigLaw firm
A team of law students from the University of Queensland has won $10,000 with their innovative proposal that would fill a major gap in pro bono legal practice.
NEWLAW • Mon, 02 Nov 2020
Victorian curfew challenge ruled unsuccessful
The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled that a challenge brought by a restaurant owner and aspiring Liberal Party MP over the lockdown restrictions was unsuccessful.
BIG LAW • Mon, 02 Nov 2020
Second person freed over Lawyer X scandal
A gangland figure, who spent almost a decade behind bars, has become the second person to be acquitted over the Lawyer X scandal after a Court of Appeal judge found that ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 01 Nov 2020
Legal services win action against funeral insurer Youpla
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Financial Rights Legal Centre received a win from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority which found that an ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 01 Nov 2020
SA Law Society clears up abortion bill confusion
While the South Australian government debates whether to decriminalise abortion with a new bill, misinformation has been quick to spread. To address the confusion and the ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 01 Nov 2020
IBAC returns positive results ahead of potential Lawyer X investigation
Victoria’s independent anti-corruption commission has published the details around its many 2020 achievements during a “challenging year” ahead of a possible ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 29 Oct 2020
Meet Australia’s new High Court judges
Justice Simon Steward and Justice Jacqueline Gleeson will take their new, pre-eminent positions on the High Court of Australia bench but who are they and how can the ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 29 Oct 2020
Australian Law Reform Commission welcomes special counsel
A regulation expert has joined the Australian Law Reform Commission’s ranks as new special counsel to lend his expertise in the review of the legislative framework for ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 29 Oct 2020
Solicitor v counsel trial calls into question ‘barrister’s lien’
An application addressing the costs owed between a solicitor and a counsel has asked the Supreme Court of Queensland to consider granting a “barrister’s lien”.
BIG LAW • Wed, 28 Oct 2020
