There is a future possibility of claims and class actions being brought in Australian courts regarding use of Roundup weed killer, according to several BigLaw partners.
A magistrate is set to become South Australia’s next state coroner, after the August resignation of the current coroner.
According to one senior lawyer, there are issues faced by those in-house that those in traditional law firm environments won’t have to deal with, giving rise to a need for such practitioners to join a union for lawyers.
The biggest risk facing local businesses in 2019 is not global economic factors or technology but a fear of Australian regulators, according to the Governance Institute of Australia.
With a switch between in-house and private practice becoming increasingly common, a new report has identified what lawyers in the corporate sphere need to be wary of before making the move.
Thomson Reuters has appointed a new head of in-house at Practical Law Australia, whom it says will lead the firm’s expansion and refinement of its in-house Resource Centre.
Under traditional billing methods, the overarching value of a lawyer – particularly junior practitioners – is measured by the quantum of hours billed, which causes significant detriment to one’s health and wellbeing, argues one principal.
NYSE-listed Genuine Parts Company is upping its ownership of Australia’s Inenco Group to 100 per cent.
National firm HBA Legal has marked the opening of its Sydney office by raising money for the Arts Law Centre of Australia by raffling an Indigenous artwork from a respected Ngaanyatjarra artist.
Belinda Rigg SC has been elevated to the role of senior public defender, becoming the first woman to hold the role, by NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman.
