As the nominations for Partner of the Year gets underway, Lawyers Weekly spoke with past winner of the Competition, Trade and Regulation category, Elizabeth Avery, on her success as a leader in her practice.
A plaintiff law firm is about to learn if it should have been granted Australia’s biggest class actions against banking giant AMP following the royal commission.
Victoria Police has accepted its Lawyer X wrongdoing with new considerations into officer handling and training, while a professional policing body denied practices need to change.
There is absolutely no excuse for partners and executives not to reach into their pockets to stand by their obligations to their staff during this pandemic, writes Anonymous.
If we are to exist in a society that is more technology-friendly moving forward, the future may be bright for lawyers working in the drone space.
A global law firm with an Australian presence has implemented measures for the months of May and June 2020 to combat COVID-19.
With a philosophy grounded in agility, flexibility and the implementation of new technology, NewLaw firms are perhaps better placed to navigate some of the challenges triggered by the coronavirus than traditionally modeled legal practices.
Another mid-tier law firm has confirmed the adoption of new measures to combat the commercial challenges posed by COVID-19.
During such unprecedented and unpredictable times, new and evolving legal technologies will make daily legal practice and processes much easier for lawyers to flourish following COVID-19.
According to barrister and “Survivor All-Stars” Sharn Coombes, lawyers have found expeditious ways to navigate coronavirus which, in turn, mean the profession is well placed moving forward.
