The Victorian Ombudsman has used a damning report to call for the state government to prohibit in law the use of solitary confinement, which has since received the backing of major organisations Australian Law Alliance, Law Institute of Victoria and Human Rights Law Centre.
Global firm Allens has reappointed Richard Spurio as its managing partner for a further four-year term.
Recent research conducted by Deloitte on the volume of unpaid work being undertaken by women across the board sheds new light on the issues facing females in Australia’s legal profession, barrister Jane Needham argues on this week’s episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show.
National firm Slater and Gordon has launched a class action against two Westpac subsidiary companies on behalf of “thousands who were short-changed” by the bank’s super funds.
Our nation’s uniform defamation laws are threatening our fundamental rights in critical ways, the president of Victorian Bar has argued in a speech to the National Press Club.
National firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has partnered with ASPIRE, the outreach arm of the UNSW, to help disadvantaged school students pursue higher education.
A new programme is set to bolster start-ups in the legal and regulatory space by helping them mitigate some of the biggest challenges they face in getting off the ground.
The University of Queensland is celebrating a decade’s worth of assisting veterans, at-risk individuals and domestic violence victims through its Pro Bono Centre.
A boutique law firm is bolstering its service offering in the Brisbane market by adding more faces to the leadership team and expanding into three additional practice areas.
New research offers a stark warning to law firms: address dissatisfaction levels of your junior practitioners or watch them leave.
