Disruption caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, and subsequent increases in risk to companies, have given rise to a firm providing strategic investigatory and legal advice.
Additional funding for frontline legal services during COVID-19 has been welcomed, but should be seen as the starting point for a “properly funded legal assistance sector”.
Law students from a Queensland university have been offering much-needed assistance to legal services across Brisbane as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the state.
Mid-tier firm Keypoint Law has appointed a senior lawyer to its executive team as part of its growth strategy in Melbourne.
Increased funding to the Victorian frontline legal services will provide greater support and advice during COVID-19, according to the Law Institute of Victoria.
Courts across the world have had to quickly adjust to delivering justice technologically – so how does Australia measure up? Lawyers Weekly spoke to two bar associations on how Australian courts and the justice system were able to adapt with the rest of the globe.
The Honourable Anne Ferguson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, talks about the opportunities to be taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of courts and justice post-coronavirus and the leadership that matters most now.
COVID-19 may have taken over the courts and slowed down usual processes, but junior, new and soon-to-be barristers should still be using this time to build a portfolio and create opportunities, said Victorian Bar’s Katherine Lorenz in conversation with Lawyers Weekly.
Offices attached to the NSW District Court have resumed posting summonses to potential jurors as the courts prepare to once again host jury trials.
Julian Assange will no longer proceed with a trial date scheduled for mid-May after it was decided he or his lawyers would not be able to attend in person.
