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Women’s Legal Service appeals for $25m to address chronic underfunding
With chronic underfunding to family violence legal assistance turning away 40 per cent of victims, Women’s Legal Services Australia has appealed for a rescue package.
BIG LAW • Thu, 01 Oct 2020
Victoria Police apology sensationally backfires in new inquiry submissions
The Lawyer X inquiry’s counsel assisting have accused Victoria Police of trying to avoid individual blame in its most recent apology. The sensational criticisms come as ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 01 Oct 2020
Commercial firm elevates 3 new partners
A premier commercial law firm has welcomed three new partner appointments, taking the firm’s partnership numbers to 77.
SME LAW • Wed, 30 Sep 2020
‘It is not the fault of the curfew’: Supreme Court curfew challenge continues
The solicitor-general representing the health bureaucrat behind Melbourne’s city-wide, temporary curfew has continued to discredit the argument that the direction had in ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 30 Sep 2020
ALSA warns fees increase will deter diverse future lawyers from profession
Young lawyers have rejected the proposal to increase university fees for law students, cautioning that the increase would deter diverse students from joining the ...
NEWLAW • Tue, 29 Sep 2020
Counsel assisting accuse Lawyer X of ‘superficial and unfair’ criticisms
In the latest reply submissions, counsel assisting the Lawyer X inquiry have addressed several “superficial” allegations levelled at them by Nicola Gobbo.
BIG LAW • Mon, 28 Sep 2020
HSF clarifies reports that it underpaid junior staff more than $20k
Herbert Smith Freehills has completed an in-depth review of its remuneration process, revealing it owed graduate staff additional payments between $5,000 and $20,000.
BIG LAW • Mon, 28 Sep 2020
Prominent US judges call into question ethics of counsel amid self-collection
Allowing clients to source their own documentation and discovery collection may seem to be a time-saving and cost-cutting solution on the surface, but it might just ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 28 Sep 2020
Bar Associations raise concern over new COVID-19 bill
Concerns about the criteria for appointment and power of an “authorised officer” under the Omnibus Bill have been raised by the Australian Bar Association and Victorian ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 28 Sep 2020