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National firm Mills Oakley has expanded its workplace relations team by appointing a partner from Norton Rose Fulbright.

The solicitor-general representing the health bureaucrat behind Melbourne’s city-wide, temporary curfew has continued to discredit the argument that the direction had in any way breached the human rights of one particular resident before the Supreme Court.

South Australian family-owned hotel group Matthews Hospitality has been advised on its acquisition, restructure and refinancing.

As the new Jobkeeper 2.0 rolls in, the new future of workplaces, employment and industrial relations will see changes as the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for changes to be addressed and reformed.

With work from home transforming many aspects of the workplace, employers are being warned of an impending surge in stress claims and injury cases, with COVID-19 work-from-home policies leaving them exposed to a potentially costly legal minefield.

In a professional marketplace whereby lawyers can and will be practising outside of the traditional, rigid structures, lawyers in regional locations have myriad chances to establish and maintain successful legal businesses.

The global law firm has bolstered its tax practice with the appointment of a new partner, who joins its Melbourne office.

The Federal Court has found Qantas did not reasonably apply its JobKeeper subsidies and now owes back payment to hundreds of staff members who were engaged throughout the pandemic.

Young lawyers have rejected the proposal to increase university fees for law students, cautioning that the increase would deter diverse students from joining the profession.

Australia needs to remedy its flawed interpretation of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which is allowing human rights violations to occur, a new research paper has found.