National firm Johnson Winter & Slattery has hired a corporate partner who spent the last 20 years at global firm Herbert Smith Freehills.
The former dean of law at the University of Sydney has landed the role of assistant secretary-general to serve as the assistant high commissioner for protection for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Global firm Herbert Smith Freehills is adding local law capabilities for a joint operation in mainland China, following approval from the republic’s Bureau of Justice.
Going to the bar at a young age has its challenges, but the evolving legal marketplace presents opportunities for emerging counsel to shine, argues one barrister.
Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with UNSW Law, is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Australian Law Awards.
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”.
