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How escalating threats bolster upskilling opportunities

This time of year presents a good opportunity for lawyers to upskill themselves on the recent threats that have...

09 March 2020

By Emma Musgrave

Reflections on institutional bias from Susan Crennan

At a Governance Institute-hosted #IWD breakfast last Friday, former High Court justice Susan Crennan AC QC recalled...

09 March 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy

What ACCC’s decision to not appeal TPG-VHA merger means

The biggest merger in 10 years will not be appealed by the ACCC after concluding that it does not have any grounds for...

09 March 2020

By Tony Zhang

Do Australia’s extradition bail laws need to change?

Australia’s extradition laws will face the test after prominent human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC filed a...

09 March 2020

By Tony Zhang

Consumer-facing businesses subject to more than 2 in 5 class actions

New research from Allens shows that having a consumer-facing business is the biggest indicator of class action...

09 March 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy

InfoTrack to expand into wills and probate

Property technology company InfoTrack has acquired a New Zealand-based tech start-up as part of an expansion of its...

06 March 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy

Overcoming disproportionate interruptions faced by female judges

Amelia Loughland initially set out to replicate a US study assessing the volume of conservatives interrupting...

06 March 2020

By Tasha Levy

Celebrating women in law this International Women’s Day

For International Women’s Day 2020, Lawyers Weekly takes at where the legal sector can improve for female lawyers in...

06 March 2020

By Naomi Neilson

‘Open to High Court to insist Pell’s convictions were unreasonable’

With the special hearing to determine George Pell’s hearing approaching fast, Sydney law professors have looked into...

06 March 2020

By Naomi Neilson

How the new annualised salary provisions may affect your firm

Following a substantial commentary on new clauses, there is some uncertainty amongst the legal profession about the...

06 March 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy and Tony Zhang