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The Law Society of Western Australia has confirmed who its next president will be, effective 1 January 2021.

In a bill that has proved to be very controversial to the NSW Parliament, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has vowed to overturn a vote that blocked farmers from clearing more land.

An inquiry has found credible evidence of murder and wilful cover-up of war crimes in Afghanistan by Australian special forces personnel, with legal experts stating the coming implications and the need for due process in justice in facing the aftermath.

Victims of domestic and family violence in NSW may now give evidence in closed court and will be excused from personal cross-examinations from self-represented accused.

Norton Rose Fulbright will aim to tackle modern slavery issues through innovating its supply chain risk assessment solution in a new partnership.

Moray & Agnew has expanded its partnership with the appointment of a workplace relations lawyer.

MinterEllison has advised on the sale of what’s being described as a landmark clinical and medical research facility.

The Law Reform Commission has put forward 44 recommendations to improve NSW’s consent laws and although advocates have expressed disappointment with the lack of one major submission, they seem at odds with the legal bodies that wanted it gone.

The Victorian Supreme Court is weighing up whether media companies and journalists have a contempt case to answer to due to their initial reports on Cardinal George Pell’s now-overturned convictions on historic child sexual abuse charges. 

This month, Legal Week magazine published a ranking of what it described as the 10 best law firms for pro bono in the UK. All of the ranked firms were the UK offices of a global giant.