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With assistance from a leading compensation firm, former students have taken action against a Victorian school for anti-Semitic and racial vilification.

National law firm Chamberlains has named two new directors and one new special counsel, thereby expanding its Sydney operations.

Elder abuse has continued to rise during the coronavirus pandemic with top industry leaders calling for a pressing need for law reform.

She may have just won Dealmaker of the Year at the Australian Law Awards, but Sandy Mak believes that one cannot be a good dealmaker without having the right team in place.

Human rights lawyers have called for a law change and an end to the practice of police investigating other police in deaths in custody matters.

The parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security has made extensive recommendations for media freedom including the requirement for search warrants to be issued by senior judges and contested by public interest advocates.

An “urgent” review into the gag laws preventing sexual assault survivors from speaking about their experiences will be conducted by Victorian law reform bodies.

From the virtual boardroom to the home office, gender issues cannot be sidelined as the global pandemic continues, writes Megan Motto.

Almost every week I see a new conversation debating the ever-so-divisive question: “should lawyers learn to code?”, writes Tom Dreyfus.

SME owners can and do put themselves under extraordinary pressure to be financially successful, which can ultimately not only be damaging to the firm, but one’s personal life as well.