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NSW is set to make another significant reform in response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Victoria’s Law Reform Commission has posed a number of questions to the profession on whether the courts should be updated to better manage sexual harm offences.

With the pandemic sending the business of law into a whirlwind, how have boutiques adapted?

When it comes to establishing successful collaborative partnerships between solicitors and barristers, “like attracts like”, says Rachael Hempling.

There are ways for legal practices outside of the major cities to take advantage of the economic and marketplace uncertainty caused by COVID-19. But, as one award-winning practitioner notes, “you’ve got to want it”.

A $1 million strategic business investment will fund an investigation into a development plan for a community and justice precinct in one of Sydney’s fastest-growing regions.

A Victorian barrister who travelled overseas in the days prior to a hearing without telling his client or instructing solicitor has narrowly dodged a harsher penalty for this conduct.

A convicted drug trafficker who is appealing his sentence on the grounds Nicola Gobbo tainted his trial has been told to wait longer for a hearing date, four years after lodging.

HWL Ebsworth has advised the founders of Barambah Organics on a significant investment by Tanarra Capital.

Criminals will no longer receive a 40 per cent discount off their sentence if they enter an early guilty plea for serious crimes in South Australia.