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KCL Law has promoted a new principal lawyer and senior associate, effective 1 July 2020.

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Augusta Ventures, is proud to announce the finalists for the Rising Star of the Year category at this year’s Australian Law Awards.

Moulis Legal has a new partner in the firm and head of the China Business Desk, effective 1 July 2020.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised TPG Telecom on its ASX listing.

National law firm Wotton + Kearney has announced its latest round of promotions, including four new partners.

From taking the fall for a dingo, simply being the wrong person in the wrong place, or just hopping into bed with a shady lawyer, Australia’s many miscarriages of justice are about as common and as harmful as the next flaw in the system. What’s worse is anyone could be a victim of this fault and forced to spend years behind bars for a crime they themselves never committed. More so, not even the legal professionals of the highest and respectable statures are immune from delivering this final and critical blow.

More than 500 female legal professionals have written to the Attorney-General asking that he “seize the moment” created by the Dyson Heydon revelations.

Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby has addressed the racism towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people following global Black Lives Matter protests.

The NSW Supreme Court has published new protocols for investigating and managing sexual harassment complaints as the Attorney-General prepares for an urgent review.

A leading global law firm has promoted 49 of its Australian lawyers to the role of senior associate, 50 per cent of which are women.