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A group of mostly male executives from Australia’s top companies has stated that the current system must be changed to end the “insidious state of sexual harassment”, in a new report aimed to tackle the issue at a time when the country is facing a number of scandals in the professional level.

Clarke Energy Australia has been advised on an agreement with Alinta Energy to upgrade a power station in Western Australia.

Global legal and compliance technology company Relativity has launched a new user interface to help streamline processes and increase efficiency.

Concerns have been raised over the federal government’s extension of temporary insolvency emergency measures into 2021.

Despite many of Australia’s highest courts returning positive reviews into the pandemic responses and its transition into an online practice, an NSW District Court claimed that the technology was no match, leaving judges and parties frustrated with the outcomes.

Submitting to an inquiry into family violence, leading legal bodies have addressed how chronic delays, inadequate resourcing and underfunding have exacerbated the violence and contributed to the ongoing rise in the number of family matters before the courts.

Victoria’s human rights charter raises “serious” and justified concerns about the curfew restrictions and has renewed calls for a national charter, a human rights body has said.

There are lessons to be found in Macbeth, King Lear and even the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet to bring comfort to the profession’s newest lawyers during the global crisis.

Top legal professionals have addressed the over-representation of Indigenous people in criminal proceedings, claiming that while the issue is complex and requires a major reform overhaul, it is not unsolvable and must be prioritised immediately.

Two Australian law firms have merged as part of a mutual desire to bolster their existing practice areas.