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A man who owes more than $100,000 in judgment debts has tried to compel his former law firm to hand over material that would allegedly prove its services were “not done competently”.
Courts cannot, and should not, attempt to stem the tide of technology and the common use of emojis, writes Daniel Furolo.
Gordon Legal has launched a class action into allegations of “decades” of racism experienced by Aboriginal police officers serving in the Northern Territory Police Force.
The AF Legal Group has elevated a number of lawyers and business services professionals across Australian Family Lawyers and AFL Kordos, Watts McCray, Armstrong Legal, and AFL Withnalls.
Artificial intelligence is no longer just changing how businesses work – it is changing who they hire, with new Gartner research finding that nearly one in four organisations have stopped hiring for entry-level roles as AI automation takes over.
Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus Technologies has strengthened its leadership team, appointing Viva Energy Australia chief strategy officer Lachlan Pfeiffer as its new general counsel and company secretary.
In recommending the removal of a Queensland lawyer’s name from the roll for a series of practising blunders, a tribunal noted her lack of insight into the impact of her misconduct on the legal profession.
An officer of the Commonwealth detained a non-citizen based on the High Court’s declaration of the law as it stood at the time. However, the High Court subsequently declared the law in a different way, rendering that detention unlawful. The officer’s reliance on the former declaration was no defence to the tort of false imprisonment, writes Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio.
International firm Jones Day has strengthened its restructuring capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region with the appointment of Milbank’s APAC restructuring head.
In a rare moment for the Supreme Court of Victoria, three separate class actions against technology company Nuix, steel producer Arrium, and betting agency Sportsbet have started on the same day.