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An experienced employment and workplace relations partner has joined Hall & Wilcox’s Canberra office, further strengthening the firm’s national employment and Commonwealth government practices.

A client is sitting across the desk crying. Perhaps they have just described years of domestic violence. Perhaps he has lost a case that consumed half a decade. Perhaps a witness is about to walk into court and recount the worst experience of their life, or a defendant has finally understood what is at stake. What do you do? writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.

A landmark privacy class action has alleged that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs unlawfully disclosed the sensitive information of about 300,000 veterans.

A boutique law firm has relaunched its brand under a new name, marking a new chapter for the Australia-based practice.

A former HWL Ebsworth client who failed to make out a claim he was induced into signing a costs agreement has had his appeal thrown out, including allegations that the magistrate “coached” the BigLaw firm’s counsel and applied an “unequal double standard”.

With AI fast becoming part of everyday legal work, an employment lawyer has warned the profession to be prepared to explain its role when the stakes are highest.

Formerly of Maddocks, a special counsel and head of commercial litigation has strengthened Roberts Crosbie Mortensen Lawyers.

It is one thing for the insurers to be undercompensating unrepresented claimants, but it is quite another for them to fail to provide them the same level of rehabilitation and treatment that they provide to claimants who have legal support, writes Travis Schultz.

In a first-of-its-kind judgment that will be “studied around the world”, the High Court of Australia has weighed in on the NSW planning commission’s failure to consider global climate change impacts when it approved a major expansion to a Hunter Valley coal mine.

New research shows that the average number of pro bono hours undertaken per lawyer has risen to 43.2 hours, with lawyers across the country who are signatories to the National Pro Bono Target contributing more than 887,000 hours of pro bono legal work in FY2025–26.