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Litigation funding industry luminaries, John Walker and Stuart Price, have joined forces to launch Australia’s newest litigation funder, CASL Management.

Industry and consumer advocates are urging the federal government to stop the winding back of responsible lending laws, with the change that could possibly lead to a debt crisis.

COVID-19 has reinforced the challenges facing general counsel in private practice, but from this time numerous positives have also emerged, says Sarah Hine.

General counsel – both those promoted internally and those recruited externally – appear to benefit from certain professional development experiences as part of their rise to the top of the legal department.

Relative to their global counterparts, in-house lawyers in Australia are finding being away from the office and achieving work-life balance tough as the pandemic continues.

In the midst of a global pandemic, young lawyer Simon Playford launched his own firm and proved that young voices are needed more than ever at the top of the profession.

A MinterEllison partner has been appointed as the next IBA legal practice division chair.

For the first time, bushfire survivors will be allowed to present expert scientific evidence on climate change in their landmark case against the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), the Land and Environment Court has ruled.

A post-pandemic rise in restructuring and insolvencies in Asia Pacific could be complicated by the region’s fragmented restructuring and insolvency landscape.

Gilbert + Tobin has sold its in-house proprietary verification software to Litera, a global provider of software for law firms and legal teams.