Although welcoming the $88 million legal aid injection for the “chronically underfunded” system as a step in the right direction, the NSW Bar Association said the government should consider further funding to improve justice.
Profit growth expectations of Australian law firms have diminished, with businesses pushing into non-legal services to meet evolving client demand, according to Commonwealth Bank.
Victoria’s legal professional board reported more than $5 million in compensation was paid to clients of dishonest lawyers, as five practices are appointed managers in order to ensure trust account compliance and a further 14 are referred to police.
The Law Society of NSW has welcomed news of an $88 million funding boost set to be provided to legal aid services over the next four years.
Proposed changes to consent laws could enforce harsher penalties on “catfishers” who trick victims into sexual activity, enforce fundamental rights to withdraw consent during sexual activity and take away elements of bias from a juror’s decision-making.
The inquest into six deaths at NSW-based music festivals has found that there should be limitations on strip searching, and that its legality “should be carefully reviewed”.
Lawyers Weekly asked six people from the legal profession what their thoughts are on firms implementing gender quotas and targets and while not all were on board with the idea, it was unanimous that the profession has a long way to go in this space.
A new $1.6 million statewide project will provide free legal assistance to help thousands of short-term migrants recover wages owed to them by bosses who have withheld fair entitlements.
Like many highly professional industries, the majority of law firms achieve much of their business through word of mouth recommendations. They avoid focusing their time and money on promoting themselves, choosing instead to stick with what they know best: practising law. It’s worked fine up until now, they argue, so if it isn’t broken, why fix it, asks Phoebe Netto.
A law firm has pledged to raise $200,000 for a charity that provides young students in a cadet program with industry-related employment.
