How the leaders of boutique practices conduct themselves has significant flow-on consequences for the professional environment of that practice, argues one senior lawyer.
For tech-savvy practitioners, it can be hugely frustrating to work with someone who can’t, or won’t, use or invest in tech processes. Fiona McLay outlines ways to work around that problem.
Waiting two or three years for Family Court proceedings is not only financially ruinous, it also takes a huge emotional toll. Arbitration is a much more viable option, both for parties and practitioners, argues one lawyer.
Somehow, even in 2020, businesses are still struggling to overcome their addiction to paper. This needs to change, argues one managed services company.
The criminal justice system and the role of criminal lawyers are chaotically busy, majorly rewarding, consistently surprising – and often completely misunderstood. To get to the bottom of what criminal law is about, Lawyers Weekly spoke to an accredited specialist in criminal law to break down ethics, media and what future lawyers should expect.
Rolling up one’s sleeves and getting involved in community work make lawyers more accessible and relatable to a diverse range of people, argues the newly crowned Campbelltown Citizen of the Year.
Self-determination and informed consent for Indigenous landowners must be at the centre of any conversation to amend legislation pertaining to native title, argues the Law Council of Australia.
Certain provisions to the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill have been rejected as being too “severe” and unduly restrict the rights of entire communities of people, said the Australian Human Rights commissioner.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised on the $650 million consolidated platform refinancing of Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the Hornsdale Wind Farm, located about 200 kilometres north of Adelaide in South Australia.
Lawyers are urging landowners and farmers to be aware of environmental laws as any ignorance will not stand up in a sentencing court as a probable defence.
