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A tribunal has strongly condemned the conduct of a West Australian lawyer, including threats to have a former client “bashed” and attempts to manipulate a woman into dropping a restraining order.

As the legal profession undergoes rapid change, one principal is sounding the alarm over what early-career lawyers could be losing along the way: meaningful mentorship and the practical skills it has traditionally helped them build.

Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt | Holman Webb has strengthened its partnership with the appointment of a former Moray & Agnew partner in its Newcastle office.

Australian mid-tier law firm HopgoodGanim has strengthened its technology leadership by appointing an experienced technology executive as its new CIO.

The days of the general counsel serving as a business’s legal gatekeeper are firmly behind us, with the general counsel of Woolworths Group highlighting how the role has fundamentally evolved – and what it truly means to be a modern GC today.

Following years of calls for stronger human rights protections, more than 50,000 Australians are urging the Albanese government to introduce a national Human Rights Act, with a petition presented to cross-party federal MPs and senators at Parliament House on Thursday (20 August).

As AI reshapes legal work, the in-house lawyers who create the most value by 2030 will be those trusted to navigate organisational complexity with sound judgement, business understanding, and practical advice, according to one GC and company secretary.

National law firm Lander & Rogers has appointed an infrastructure and construction lawyer and former general counsel as a partner in its real estate and projects team.

Twelve companies associated with an ousted solicitor and accountant will be investigated by provisional liquidators after the NSW Supreme Court found it likely ASIC would win its bid to have them wound up.

The College of Law has appointed a highly awarded executive and law firm co-founder as the executive director of the Queensland part of the school of professional practice.