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With Pride Month drawing to a close, DLA Piper partner Jonathon Ellis speaks about the positive change he’s witnessed for LGBTQI lawyers and why we still have more work to do.

Small and medium-sized businesses that are using COVID-19 as an excuse to refuse to either pay or engage with landlords without proper reason are likely to backfire, according to a local law firm.

The Australian legal profession has responded with disappointment and shame that a former High Court justice sexually harassed six women. Now, the South Australia Law Society has called for a spotlight on the prevalence of harassment in the profession.

The Victorian government has announced that Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Djirra (Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service) will each receive $877,000 to respond to coronavirus.

Mid-tier firm Keypoint Law has promoted three associates to special counsel, effective at the start of the new financial year.

Police in Western Australia will no longer be able to lock up people for unpaid fines after the McGowan government bill passed State Parliament.

Given the unprecedented nature of the current crisis, including force majeure clauses to cover a global pandemic in commercial lease contracts was not widely considered until very recently, leaving many legal practices with large, empty offices and continuing rental obligations.

Two Australian law firms are set to integrate under the one banner, effective 1 July.

The accusations against Dyson Heydon highlight a “deeper and more insidious” problem for courts globally, says a UNSW Law teaching fellow Jayne O'Connor.

While over 120 British criminal firms have collapsed in the wake of COVID-19, firms Down Under should be better placed to weather the storm, says one principal.