National firm Holding Redlich has appointed a new partner to its Queensland property and real estate practice.
The managing director of LOD has provided insight into the acquisition of lexvoco, and shared what’s next as the NewLaw firm looks to up the ante further on providing a holistic service offering to clients around the world.
The rule is law is undermined if justice is neither accessible nor affordable, and clients with matters in the family law and employment dispute resolution space are particularly vulnerable, argues one barrister and tech platform founder.
Aboriginal Legal Service has offered its condolences for a 20-year-old Indigenous man who died while being escorted from hospital to a correctional centre earlier this month.
Australian legal startup Lawpath recently closed a $4.4 million oversubscribed fundraising round, which its CEO says reflects a change in attitude towards the online sphere and away from traditional legal services.
With artificial intelligence becoming a major player in central, everyday services, such as banks, insurance companies and accountants, there is no reason why the legal profession should shy away from the benefits of the new technology.
Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Thomson Reuters, is pleased to announce that the Boutique Law Summit will be back in 2020.
A detective sergeant for Victoria Police said there was “never any concern the defence was being compromised” despite being present at the same time the barrister-turned-police informant Nicola Gobbo represented clients she informed on.
An overwhelming majority of Australian law firms believe that graduates do not finish university with the skills they need to succeed in modern practice, new research shows.
Pro bono is a central pillar of a law firm’s corporate responsibility efforts and it is time for law firms to stop making excuses for not achieving the target, writes Jaci Burns.
