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Luminance launches largest update in 10 years to its legal AI platform

To help legal teams combat enterprise amnesia and gain time back, Luminance has unveiled an institutional memory update to its legal AI.

30 January 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why hybrid practices are a game changer in an era of DIY legal advice

Pioneering a new era in legal practice, family law sits at the forefront of innovation and flexibility, navigating a landscape reshaped by artificial intelligence while reaffirming that technology can never replace the nuance, judgement, and trust that an experienced lawyer brings.

29 January 2026
By Grace Robbie
Senior Gair Legal duo launch boutique personal injury and employment law firm

Two senior Gair Legal lawyers have stepped away from the defendant SME firm to launch their own boutique practice, Leonard Blake Legal.

29 January 2026
By Grace Robbie
Discipline for solicitor involved in ‘bitter’ costs dispute with client

A Victorian family lawyer accepted a reprimand for using a former client’s financial statements in a “bitterly contested costs dispute”.

29 January 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Sparke Helmore promoters 5, including 2 to partner

National law firm Sparke Helmore has announced the promotion of five lawyers to senior roles, spanning four key practice areas.

29 January 2026
By Grace Robbie
NZ law firm investigates cyber attack amid client data leak

A New Zealand firm is investigating a cyber incident that has impacted confidential client data.

29 January 2026
By David Hollingworth
Would you make a good witness? Why memory deserves empathy, and the law demands restraint

Most people believe they would make a reliable witness. They were present. They paid attention. They remember it clearly. That belief is comforting. It is also largely illusory, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.

29 January 2026
By Rebecca Ward, MBA
Clayton Utz takes 2 equity capital markets partners from Allens

Two specialist equity capital markets lawyers have joined Clayton Utz’s partnership in Perth.

29 January 2026
By Naomi Neilson
A lawyer’s guide to mastering financial literacy

As financial literacy is no longer a nice-to-have skill for lawyers – but increasingly central to long-term career success, sustainability and wellbeing – Cassandra Crawford has revealed the key steps legal professionals need to take to be financially informed and future-ready.

29 January 2026
By Grace Robbie
Accused ‘shadow director’ of failed legal, accounting firms to fight ASIC over ban

Five legal practices and a solicitor were ordered to hand over material to a man accused of acting as the “shadow director” of several law and accounting firms that all went under within the span of five months.

28 January 2026
By Naomi Neilson