Corporate counsel may see changes in their unique role in light of the 2020 proposed model of the expanded Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR).
The second annual Corporate Counsel Summit – brought to you by Lawyers Weekly and LOD – is just over five weeks away.
In a Lawyers Weekly exclusive, five NewLaw practitioners outline how modern pricing changes multiple aspects of a firm for the better.
New record penalties imposed and new first-time victories in a variety of cases marked the year of 2019 for the ACCC, according to a recent Maddocks report.
Despite recent media reporting, Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions said it has a “strong and close working relationship” with the police force following the events of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants.
Redfern Legal Centre has spoken out about concerns following the announcement that the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) public inquiry into strip searches on minors by NSW Police has been cut short.
Law students should be taking the opportunity to engage in protests while at university where being a “troublemaker” could lead to social change and righting the harsh truths in existing laws, former High Court justice Michael Kirby told Lawyers Weekly.
The widely criticised Religious Discrimination Bill has been rejected for many reasons, but a law professor has taken particular issue with clause 42, which permits someone to bypass federal, state and territory anti-discrimination laws.
Budding and soon-to-be lawyers should pursue their individual passions within the law to build on their studies and experience prior to beginning their careers, which was the inspiration behind one law student putting her Australian courses on hold.
If the updated Religious Discrimination Bill is passed in its current form, clients and barristers could be free to say they prefer male solicitors to females based on religious beliefs, according to Australian Women Lawyers.
