If businesses are to be truly trusted by employees, customers, stakeholders and the general public, boards and executives cannot underestimate the importance of improving culture and strategy across the board.
New research has found in the last year legal departments have increasingly tried to have a say in their panel of law firms’ methods and practices, as a means to ensure greater fee transparency.
Life as a corporate counsel can be demanding – particularly in an evolving marketplace and new technological landscape – and thus better controlling the pace of the day-to-day is crucial, both personally and professionally.
Implementing regulatory reform is on top of the agenda for almost all professionals in the governance space, according to new research.
It is challenging to ingratiate one’s self into a developing market, but it may also provide an ideal chance for a young in-house lawyer to step up, argues one general counsel.
The LGBTIQ community is fighting a “battle at the level of the church”, especially when this battle extends into laws governed by religious freedoms, according to former Justice of the High Court of Australia Michael Kirby.
As a whole, the legal profession is running the risk of being left behind by technological advancements, and barristers – especially senior ones – must do more to adapt, argues one legal consultant.
An employment law firm has highlighted the difficulties in a new matter involving the gig economy – this time concerning a former Deliveroo driver who has taken the company to court.
Legal education provider Leo Cussen Centre for Law has formally opened the doors of its new premises in Melbourne’s CBD, with the assistance of the Governor of Victoria.
Political posturing should never be able to diminish the independence of the judiciary and the guiding principles of justice and fairness, argues one member association.
