While the future of Australia’s legal sector is, at present, uncertain, one thing is clear – the way legal professionals will work has changed drastically, writes Matthew Kay.
A new partnership is set to distribute over $2 billion between all states and territories for Commonwealth-funded legal assistance.
Mid-tier firm McCabe Curwood has teamed up with a Perth-based SME, thereby expanding its national operations into Western Australia.
Following the news that a Queensland barrister alleged criminality against an opposing client, the legal services commission has reinforced the standard barristers must hold.
Greater efficiency, lower costs and better client experience are all indicators that the rapid pace of change in the legal profession is to the benefit of those whom lawyers serve.
The new partner-in-charge of KWM’s Perth office is on a mission to deliver efficiencies and improved client outcomes through innovative applications of legal tech.
The invoking of national security interests in the case against Bernard Collaery shows that current laws tilt the balance too far away from the rights of accused persons, argues the Law Council.
The behaviour of separated parents during COVID-19 is going to feature heavily in looming family law proceedings, say two practitioners.
HBA Legal has promoted two senior associates to partner, three senior associates to special counsel and one solicitor to associate.
The competition watchdog has sought special leave to take its fight with Pacific National’s acquisition of the Acacia Ridge freight rail terminal to the High Court.
