The Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, has spoken out about the common law, offering a historical and comparative perspective.
CPE Capital has made its first investment in the recycling and waste management industry, acquiring an 8,200-square metre site near Port Botany for approximately $50 million.
The Andrews government in Victoria has this week introduced legislation which it hopes will make appeals proceedings more efficient and transparent, as well as better supporting victims.
Manufacturing conglomerate Orora Limited has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Australasian Fibre Business to a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Paper Industries Co for $1.72 billion.
Convicted paedophile and child sex abuser Cardinal George Pell has argued Victoria’s Crown prosecutor has “mischaracterised” his legal team’s recent complaint against his conviction, as he once again attempts to have his sentenced overturned.
Law students from the University of Adelaide are providing free advice to people who are appealing their case at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, as part of legal clinics held each week.
An Adelaide-based tax lawyer has dived into a new business venture in an attempt to help others dispel confusion about technology coming to the market.
The AMP Financial Planners Association has selected Corrs Chambers Westgarth to investigate legal action available to ampfpa members, including the potential for a class action against AMP Financial Planning.
Despite commitments to equitable briefing and more briefs reportedly going to women, the value of briefs offered to women has fallen, contributing to the legal profession’s “already dismal gender pay gap”, argues Australian Women Lawyers.
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.
