Melbourne-based legal education provider Leo Cussen Centre for Law has appointed a new executive director, who will commence in early October.
The Law Council of Australia and Law Society of Tasmania are protesting the shortage of funding for the Tasmanian legal system, leaving many without critical assistance.
More than 20,000 practising lawyers in Victoria have been asked to share experiences of sexual harassment as part of research being undertaken by the regulator.
The sole principal of a West Australian-based firm has been removed from the roll of practitioners following findings of “extremely serious conduct”.
Almost half a million Australians will today receive notice from the Federal Court advising of an “insurance rip-off” class action, in what the firm leading the class action is calling “one of the largest court-ordered notices in Australian legal history”.
The West Australian State Administrative Tribunal has found that a practitioner who was removed from the roll in 2013 for misleading a magistrate and for unprofessional discourteousness is not a fit and proper person for admission to the roll.
A Brisbane-based legal practice has implemented workshops and programs aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of its staff.
Any private sector employer deducing that Wednesday’s High Court decision in Comcare v Banerji gives them free reign to sack employees for expressing their views online is wrong, argues one partner.
Amendments being floated to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill – which would make it harder for women to access reproductive care that already exists – would “drastically undermine” healthcare outcomes for women, according to the Human Rights Law Centre.
Bond University has launched four new degrees to prepare students for future careers, including a Bachelor of Legal Transformation.
