In remarks delivered to Australian barristers, Singaporean Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon SC outlined the importance of investment in the shared international legal experience by those in practice.
The Morrison Government must move to scale back federal metadata laws in the wake of the “extraordinary high rate” at which the AFP is accessing the communications history of journalists, argues the Human Rights Law Centre.
Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) has launched its new office in Coffs Harbour.
A law firm has lost an appeal in the NSW Court of Appeal against an SMSF in a case relating to a clause in a contract for the purchase of land.
Queensland-based firm Creevey Russell Lawyers has expanded its personal law team with the appointment of a boutique lawyer from Adelaide.
National firm Mills Oakley has strengthened its commercial litigation capability by hiring a new partner in the nation’s capital.
The Victorian government has rolled out a second round of rounding worth $1.8 million in an attempt to bolster the work being completed by the state’s community legal centres.
An award-winning corporate counsel unit has outlined what it sees as being the key signs that an in-house legal team is operating seamlessly and productively on all fronts.
The idea that federal bodies can oversee or dictate the culture of large organisations is an “illusion” – it has to instead come from senior management, argues one regulatory leader.
The regulatory landscape has undergone a “fundamental change”, and in-house legal teams need to ensure they can proactively address and manage the new mechanisms, says a senior governance executive.
