The new year period can be an unpredictable one for boutique practices. Understanding how best to stay on top of your cash flow is imperative, argues one sole practitioner.
The most important resource that a boutique law firm has is the time of its team members. Wasting productivity is a sure-fire way to stall success, argues one professional.
Whilst it is crucial that law firms monitor the volume of hours worked by younger professionals, such audits might fail to identify broader workplace problems, argues one lawyer.
New research has highlighted the legal skills in demand for the first half of 2020 that are currently highly sought after by different areas in private practice.
Queensland-based firm Creevey Russell Lawyers has appointed two defence lawyers as part of an expansion of its criminal law team.
Former chief commissioner Simon Overland has returned to the Lawyer X royal commission for its second day back for 2020, delivering his verdict on what should happen once the commission has finished, including that human sources, barrister or not, should continue to be used.
Lawyers – particularly those in small practices – often complain that there are just not enough hours in the day for self-care. According to one neuroscientist, 2020 can be the year of mental health for legal professionals, by dedicating just an extra five minutes per day to one’s self.
CBA’s superannuation provider, Colonial First State (CFS), is facing a class action brought by Shine Lawyers on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Australians alleging that CFS tipped its members into policies with the bank’s insurance arm CommInsure.
A class action will be filed on Wednesday on behalf of more than 330,000 MasterKey Business Super and Personal Super account holders with the National Australia Bank alleging breaches of super trustee duties, which caused substantial losses to members.
The modern legal marketplace continues to evolve – both organically and in response to environmental shifts that impact upon our profession. Here, we explore some of the biggest issues and trends from the year that was and how they will affect the year to come.
