Vale Justice Richard Tracey, a man with “the highest integrity”, and the commissioner for the aged care royal commission, has died at the age of 71.
A private members bill to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility for Commonwealth offences to 14 years is being supported by the Law Council of Australia.
A Sydney-based lawyer has called on solicitors for more support to the struggling small and family businesses as the Insolvency Practices Inquiry is announced.
The reasons why in-house legal departments will utilise a NewLaw firm have evolved over the past year, but there remain numerous barriers to choosing such firms for work, new research has shown.
For the founder of Ladies who League and Ladies who Legspin, being an advocate for better representation, pay and treatment for women in the sporting realm had offered a broader perspective on her day job as a regulatory adviser.
In this conversation, carsales general counsel and company secretary Nicole Birman said that in-house leaders should not only be proponents of diversity and inclusion, but that they have to be visible in their support of it.
Life as an in-house lawyer comes with its own unique professional challenges, and prioritising health and happiness, as well as a need to openly communicate with trusted persons, is more important than being able to tick off everything from your list.
There are some who remain sceptical, but more and more workplaces and GCs are increasingly acknowledging the benefits of prioritising health and wellbeing, writes Matthew Kay.
If law firms are to implement leave policies for women’s health issues – that are potentially debilitating for sufferers and can impact upon workplace productivity – it will be necessary for those firms to do so in a way that addresses stigma and caters to more holistic needs for workplace support.
Despite greater investment in privacy and security measures, employees are reporting they still have poor password habits that affect the company’s overall security posture.
