Gloucester Resources Limited will not file an appeal against the refusal by the Land and Environment Court to allow the company to build a new open-cut coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley, meaning the decision to refuse the mine on climate change grounds will stand.
The Law Institute of Victoria has called on the Victorian government to invest in ten areas it calls ‘justice priorities’ in the lead up to this month’s state budget.
Hall & Wilcox has advised a crypto exchange operator on its Australian operations which launched this week.
BigLaw firm Clayton Utz has recruited two cyber and forensics specialists from PwC in order to provide firm clients with access to a “dedicated in-house cyber protection, detection and response service”.
A boutique law firm has bolstered its presence along Australia's eastern seaboard by launching a new Sydney practice.
Becoming a sole practitioner at an early age allows you to sell a different kind of legal service and leverage your strengths, according to two Generation Y lawyers.
The ‘thriving’ arbitration community in Western Australia is bolstered by significant expertise and experience in international and domestic commercial arbitration, but could still benefit further from growth, according to a report.
A “landmark” trial began in the High Court of Australia yesterday, which will determine whether two men of Aboriginal descent can be considered ‘aliens’ under the constitution.
The Sydney hearing for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is well underway, predominantly looking at the quality of residential aged care in Australia, and focusing on the experiences of people living with dementia in such facilities.
In the same way that ‘disruption’ has, for some, become a buzzword for environmental and professional change, ‘innovation’ too tends to encapsulate a degree of hype around the advent and development of new technologies and practice management methodologies. But, for numerous BigLaw firms, the focus is not so much on an upending of the status quo, but rather an assimilation of new and different ways of thinking and practising while upholding fundamental duties – particularly those to clients.
