Anne Hassan SC and Kevin Doyle have both been appointed as judged to the County Court in Victoria.
Boycott campaigns to stop human rights abuses or to protect the environment are a legitimate protest tactic that should be protected, argues the Human Rights Law Centre.
The Law Society of Western Australia has called for the government to use upcoming negotiations to address legal assistance funding for Indigenous law programs.
National firm Mills Oakley has moved to strengthen its workplace relations team by nabbing a partner from Holman Webb for its Sydney office.
Recently, Lawyers Weekly put a call out for anecdotes from lawyers who, as students or graduates, had faced negative experiences when applying for jobs at law firms. A flood of horror stories came in.
The Brisbane-headquartered firm has merged its practice with that of two others based in the same market.
The Law Council of Australia (LCA) has responded to a recent announcement made by minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt AM which proposed a co-design process for an “Indigenous voice to government”.
An Australian law firm has confirmed it has relaunched to operate across a number of “specialty areas” as it looks to broaden its scope to local clientele.
“It’s not easy growing old” is how the royal commission into aged care’s interim report begins, before delivering its scathing review of Australia’s “cruel and discriminatory” systems.
Almost 80 per cent of law graduates reported finding full-time employment within three years of finishing their degree, but a report also found there is still a long way to go to close the gender pay gap and improve current job satisfaction rates.
