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The age of coronavirus has affected all lawyers, but for working parents, 2020 has been particularly trying. One firm found a creative solution to better support lawyers with kids, helping staff better bring their full selves to work.
In what was described as “something of a David and Goliath fight”, Norton Rose Fulbright has been ordered to pay over $160,000 to a former partner, following a lengthy legal battle stemming from a Fair Work claim filed by the partner back in 2016.
Two judges have been appointed to the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia in what will be a “critical time” for those courts.
Although dreams to travel to London were dashed, one law student was given a “front-row seat” to observe a high-profile coronial inquest from his own lounge room.
Australia’s High Court has held that the judicial doctrine of patent exhaustion applies under Australian law, delivering a stunning blow to industries that manufacture items with inbuilt designed obsolescence.
If lawyers are feeling invisible in the workplace or not getting the recognition they deserve, there are ways to increase one's profile and get the career mojo back, writes Karen Eck.
Legal groups, financial counsellors and domestic violence advocates have warned that the federal government’s plan to loosen lines of credit and remove serious protections for women experiencing economic abuse could escalate financial manipulation.
Class actions have been a feature of the Australian litigation landscape since 1992 when a class action regime was introduced in the Federal Court of Australia (Federal Court). Similar regimes have followed in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania, with Western Australia poised to follow, write Greg Williams and Will Atfield.
If businesses do not want regulators to prescribe solutions for them, they have to fix problems themselves, says one GC.
New research sheds light on how general counsel who are recruited externally come by their new vocational paths and also the circumstances that give rise to such opportunities.