Queensland Law Society has said the retention of an individual’s right to lead a “mistaken belief” defense must be maintained in a newly announced Queensland Law Reform Commission review of sexual consent laws.
The legal profession is inundated with lawyers experiencing mental health issues and firms need to act on this, according to speakers at a recent Melbourne law event.
An international firm’s Australian partners have seen a 31 per cent increase on their pay packets compared to last financial year, with each equity partner pocketing, on average, $1.74 million (£972,000) in profit.
Two plaintiff law firms have been granted permission to work together to bring two separate class actions against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia without combining their proceedings, despite the bank’s protests.
A law firm in Far North Queensland said it’s the first in the region to successfully use PEXA for a commercial property transaction.
The University of Queensland law students have held onto a huge victory, coming out on top again in the grand final of the 20th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot.
National firm Holding Redlich has elevated 16 practitioners to more senior roles, including three from special counsel to partner, effective 1 July 2019.
A Queensland lawyer has re-iterated the need for the state to move to ban the practice of claims farming, with the effect of cutting off “greedy” interstate law firms.
King & Wood Mallesons and the University of Technology Sydney have partnered up to provide Indigenous law students with “ideal” internships.
With an increase in litigation funding in Australia and royal commissions abound, it is pertinent to ponder whether a proactive class action can be brought for social justice matters such as environmental toxic torts.
