This past week, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia launched new initiatives to better support children in family law proceedings, and lawyers across the country named their top technology platforms for 2025. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Women in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have filed proceedings against the Commonwealth, alleging widespread, systemic sexual violence, sexual harassment, physical abuse, rape, discrimination, and victimisation in the course of their employment.
Law firms think they’re prepared for Tranche 2. They’re not, writes Brett Erickson.
A Perth lawyer accepted a reprimand for making false and misleading representations to secure more legal aid funding than he was owed.
With more First Nations people dying in custody in NSW than in any year on record, the NSW Bar Association has issued a stark warning, urging the government to implement meaningful reforms immediately.
The legal profession has long debated the potential roles of artificial intelligence, and at SXSW, Lander & Rogers took this further by exploring, through a mock trial, whether AI could one day assume a judge’s role on the bench.
National law firm Kain Lawyers has welcomed Kelly Davies (pictured) as director in its Sydney office.
Adelaide-based firm WRP Legal has celebrated 10 years in practice, a milestone that the co-founding director attributes to “trust, collaboration, and shared values”.
Among the 45 lawyers promoted to partner across White & Case’s international offices, two were Australian.
Just months after winning the right to keep $91,000 in client funds, a lawyer has now been cleared to transfer more than $23,000 from his trust account to himself.
