As the bushfires worsen, more legal services have joined the chorus of legal firms and organisations offering support and free legal advice to those affected.
There is still time to have deserving in-house lawyers and legal teams recognised at Lawyers Weekly’s annual Corporate Counsel Awards, with submissions closing next week.
A surge in negligence claims against lawyers and increasing pressure on Australian employers to publicly disclose any gender pay gap are among the six trends the profession can expect to see in 2020, according to Sydney-based law firm Bartier Perry.
Working with the NSW Rural Fire Service has provided Karina Veling with more than just personal wisdom – it has given her greater insight into her duties as a lawyer and the obligations upon the broader legal profession to support the community.
Stewart Levitt discovered a passion for writing, and then poetry, at a young age. Now, as a firm principal, it helps him ensure access to justice for those in need.
Gold producer Northern Star Resources has been advised in relation to its acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in KCGM Super Pit.
A trainee lawyer at global firm DWF LLP has been barred from practice by the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority over two years after her dismissal from the firm for “gross misconduct”.
Australian human rights lawyers have graded the country low in fulfilling its obligations to international guiding principles on business and human rights.
New figures indicate where each country’s mergers and acquisitions market fits into the global shares, with Australia inching closer to the top.
A Queensland solicitor has been publicly reprimanded and prohibited from applying to practice for a period of five years following events in which he both dealt with a lawyer’s client “disgracefully” and took advantage of the ageing and unwell man.
