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A UK study has found partners from a lower socio-economic background, who are culturally diverse or are female took far longer to advance to senior positions.

The NSW Bar Association and Victorian Bar have announced a suite of new appointees to senior counsel for 2020.

Dr Bernadette Boss CSC, who has served as a magistrate, coroner and barrister, has been named as the new interim National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention.

In an address of “attacks” aimed at them from Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police, inquiry lawyers have accused both parties of attempting to diminish public confidence in their work at the commission while it tries to restore faith in the Victorian legal profession.

People who psychologically abuse their partners through controlling behaviour could soon spend 10 years behind bars, if legislation passes NSW Parliament.

A joint committee is set to review whether any reform is needed for the Auditor-General Act 1997 as it commences the routine 10-year evaluation of governance frameworks.

More than 250,000 past and present Australian McDonald’s workers could be entitled to a massive payout from the fast food giant as it faces a looming class action.

The Victorian Supreme Court has ordered that the curfew challenge and examinations of a senior health bureaucrat must go ahead and deliver closing submissions by Friday of this week, despite the citywide curfew directions no longer being in effect.

The $800 million JobMaker Digital Business Plan has been released this week to support economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19 bringing significant opportunities arising from changes in regulatory barriers.

Boutique law firms can no longer be a “one-stop shop” for clients, but what they can do is provide specific yet holistic services for select clients by way of a corporate counsel-style engagement.