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In the wake of COVID-19, clients are becoming more cost-sensitive and concerned with turnaround times. One start-up is aiming to revolutionise how lawyers manage such demands.

Venture capital fund Blackbird Ventures has been advised on a Series A investment in Australian start-up Eucalyptus by LegalVision.

In a letter to Environment Minister Sussan Ley, 180 professionals have criticised laws that they argue have failed to properly protect the environment and prevent future disasters.

Given the range of pandemic-inspired issues with FV and DV, the Senate must ensure it has not missed an opportunity to better protect vulnerable persons.

As the legal profession condemns a government decision to alter its investigation into the state of domestic violence, the Australian Bar Association weighs in.

With the country on track to eradicate coronavirus completely, the Supreme Court of NSW announced its first steps towards returning to the pre-COVID court system.

Given the dwindling number of infections in Queensland, the Supreme and District Courts are on track to resume jury trials in the second half of 2020.

The royal commission examining legal frameworks for the Commonwealth’s involvement in responding to national emergencies has commenced its hearings.

Solicitor-General Sonia Brownhill has been appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, giving the court a 50:50 gender split.

The Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria has weighed in on why jury trials are left out of the COVID-19 transition, how to account for them when the courts resume as usual and what to expect for the future of jurors in the Australian justice system.