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Big Law • 12 January 2018 • ByMelissa CoadeLawyer caught in online child grooming sting cops sanction

Efforts to have a Queensland lawyer struck off after he was caught attempting to groom and procure a child online have...

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Warning
SME Law • 12 January 2018 • ByMiranda BrownleeLawyer warns on ‘botched’ changes of trustee

Changes of trustee that have been incorrectly drafted may be more widespread than what public information reveals and...

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Scales of Justice, family lawyer
SME Law • 11 January 2018 • ByEmma MusgraveFamily lawyer responds to ‘landmark’ step forward on DV matters

A Gold Coast family law specialist has responded to a new law put in place for nationwide protection of domestic...

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Contributions to religious freedom review could be kept under wraps
Big Law • 11 January 2018 • ByMelissa CoadeContributions to religious freedom review could be kept under wraps

New reports have emerged about whether submissions to Australia’s review into religious freedom will be made public.

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The Bar • 11 January 2018 • ByDigitalDisplacement of Rohingya Muslims: a crisis brewing for decades

The introduction of a citizenship law in Myanmar 36 years ago set the stage for what has become one of the largest...

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Caution, warning
Big Law • 11 January 2018 • ByEmma MusgraveLegal professionals issue timely warning to FHBs

A number of legal professionals have shared their concerns over Aussie first home buyers after a new survey revealed...

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Airplane, airport, flight
The Bar • 10 January 2018 • ByMelissa CoadeLawyers unable to help Tamil man’s deportation to Sri Lanka

Last-ditch efforts by lawyers to intervene in the forcible deportation of Tamil refugee ‘Rajah’ by Australian Border...

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Leaders
Big Law • 10 January 2018 • ByEmma Musgrave2017 leaders in Australasian M&A revealed

Mergermarket has released its 2017 full year M&A legal advisers league table, revealing that one firm has come out...

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Child protection
The Bar • 10 January 2018 • ByEmma MusgraveVLA applauds Supreme Court decision on child protection

Victoria Legal Aid has commended the recent Supreme Court decision which clarifies parental rights in child protection...

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Big Law • 09 January 2018 • ByMelissa CoadeAus must project ‘single arbitral face to the world’

WA’s top judge has called for Australia’s states and territories to come together to promote the nation as an...

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