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.
Financial services giant AMP has responded to the claims lodged by former general counsel Larissa Baker Cook, denying she was the one who exposed the “fees for no service” saga or that it had authorised her to bring legally privileged documents into a mediation.
Levitt Robinson Solicitors has filed a class against the Northern Territory and Top End Health Service in respect of an alleged assault and subsequent medical treatment as well as broader institutional racist discrimination against the Indigenous population.
The Law Council of Australia has raised serious concerns over mandatory minimum sentencing, saying it could force judges to “rubber-stamp” lengthy prison terms.
An international law firm has announced a plan to significantly reduce its global carbon emissions over the next decade, as part of its wider sustainability strategy and support of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
National firm Mills Oakley has opened a new digital law practice group in its Sydney office and has made a lateral partner hire to lead it.
