‘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
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
‘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
Royal Commission finds Pell should have done more
The child abuse royal commission has rejected claims by Cardinal George Pell regarding his knowledge of abuse by notorious paedophile priests.
BIG LAW • Thu, 07 May 2020
