Australia and the global COVID-19 court changes

Courts across the world have had to quickly adjust to delivering justice technologically – so how does Australia measure up? Lawyers Weekly spoke to two bar associations ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 11 May 2020

‘Treat challenges as opportunities’: CJ Anne Ferguson with Victorian Bar

The Honourable Anne Ferguson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, talks about the opportunities to be taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of courts ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 11 May 2020

How junior barristers can prepare for a future post-coronavirus

COVID-19 may have taken over the courts and slowed down usual processes, but junior, new and soon-to-be barristers should still be using this time to build a portfolio ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 11 May 2020

NSW District Court prepares to resume jury trials

Offices attached to the NSW District Court have resumed posting summonses to potential jurors as the courts prepare to once again host jury trials.

BIG LAW • Mon, 11 May 2020

WikiLeaks founder trial delayed over coronavirus fears

Julian Assange will no longer proceed with a trial date scheduled for mid-May after it was decided he or his lawyers would not be able to attend in person.

BIG LAW • Mon, 11 May 2020

Victorian Bar virtually welcomes 48 new members

For the first time in its history, the Victorian Bar has welcomed 48 new barristers who will “virtually” sign the Bar Roll as part of their graduation ceremony.

BIG LAW • Mon, 11 May 2020

‘Urgent’ legal action needed to review COVID-19 in nursing homes

The devastating deaths of residents at the Newmarch House nursing home have prompted calls for an inquiry into the handling of all cases of COVID-19 in elderly patients

SME LAW • Thu, 07 May 2020

Informing in 2020: Victoria Police tighten obligations around lawyer informants

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was almost too easy for Victoria Police to register an informant with legal obligations – now, after a royal commission and some ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 07 May 2020

Untold cover-ups: Unredacted commission documents reveal Pell’s role

The child abuse royal commission can now reveal Cardinal George Pell’s role in the cover-ups of notorious paedophile priests, “gossip” fears and an alleged bribe.

BIG LAW • Thu, 07 May 2020