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‘Don’t count on law’ to protect against scammers

A compensation lawyer said Australians should not count on the legal system to save them from scams or to recover money...

19 August 2019

By Naomi Neilson

Why women must celebrate their achievements in law

With the 2019 Women in Law Awards launching this week, Lawyers Weekly spoke with four previous winners about the...

16 August 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Law firms not exempt from High Court ATO ruling

In what’s being described as a landmark decision, the High Court has ruled the ATO may use information from data...

16 August 2019

By Emma Musgrave

‘Press freedom must be fiercely protected’, says LCA

The Law Council of Australia (LCA) has condemned the raids on journalists and called for stronger definitions of what...

16 August 2019

By Naomi Neilson

LIV calls for CCTV to monitor animal slaughter

CCTV systems should be mandatory in areas where animals are slaughtered as opposed to increasing penalties for...

16 August 2019

By Naomi Neilson

Emotional abuse is not being properly addressed by law

Since her mother’s death at the hands of her father, Sydney-based lawyer and advocate Amani Haydar has seen numerous...

15 August 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lawyer X: VicPol adamant on utilising Gobbo despite death threats

Fresh evidence coming out of the Lawyer X royal commission has detailed just how insistent some members of Victoria...

15 August 2019

By Emma Musgrave

Women in Law Awards launched for 2019

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Taylor Root, is thrilled to present the eighth annual Women in Law

15 August 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Catholic Church not ‘above the secular law’

Survivors of child sexual abuse deserve better than the continued suggestion that the Catholic Church in Australia does...

15 August 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

ASIC calls $35m loss to Westpac a ‘test case’

With this week’s news that Westpac was deemed not in breach of responsible lending guidelines, the court judgement...

15 August 2019

By Emma Musgrave