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An employee of Dentons Australia agreed to a furlough during a strict pandemic lockdown but has since claimed the major law firm owes him almost $50,000 in unpaid wages and entitlements.

In any upcoming reforms to the Administrative Review Tribunal, maintaining access to justice and procedural fairness is just as vital as improving efficiency, according to a statement released by the Law Council of Australia.

A family law practitioner known for her meticulous drafting and strategic approach has been promoted to partner at Attwood Marshall Lawyers.

Cognitive diversity becomes increasingly important when faced with a transformational shift in the way in which our world operates, writes Travis Schultz.

Lawyers Weekly and principal partner LawUno are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Australian Law Awards.

The days of conveyancing being viewed as little more than paperwork and process are over, with one legal leader warning the profession has entered a new era defined by escalating regulation, sophisticated legal risks, and rapidly changing client expectations.

Almost 30,000 lines of court data have potentially been compromised in a breach carried out by a prominent hacker, 2019.

A Queensland criminal practitioner all but begged a woman to reconcile with her former partner in a letter found to be emotionally manipulative, wildly unprofessional, and intimate in ways that communication from a lawyer “has no business being”.

Lawyers Weekly and principal partner LawY are delighted to launch the first-ever LawTech AI Summit.

With AI-powered smart glasses moving from novelty to everyday use, a principal lawyer has warned that the technology is creating a new wave of privacy and criminal liability challenges that Australian law is still struggling to keep pace with.