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In light of the employment impacts on contestants after their conduct aired on Married at First Sight (MAFS), one lawyer emphasised the need for employers to have a solid reason for dismissal.

Dispute resolution clauses in contracts can be seen as the commercial relationship equivalent of the “prenup” – something too awkward to raise. However, instead of being reserved to the domain of the rich and/or famous, dispute resolution clauses are (or at least should be) mainstream, writes Ryan Cable.

National law firm Holding Redlich is rolling out Thomson Reuters’ legal research platform, Westlaw Advantage, across its five offices located throughout Australia.

National firm Carter Newell has bolstered its corporate and commercial team with the appointment of a partner bringing more than 25 years of experience across top-tier and in-house legal roles.

Controversial NSW laws introduced in the wake of the Bondi Junction stabbings have been struck down by the Supreme Court of NSW, finding that they were “unconstitutional” and “impermissibly burdened” the implied freedom of political communication.

A regional NSW solicitor has been reprimanded and fined after sending a threatening legal letter on behalf of her partner, who allegedly grabbed a 15-year-old student by the neck and arm during a school incident.

A council grossly overcharged by its lawyer was awarded indemnity costs because of his unreasonable conduct in court, which included giving “completely incredible and false” evidence and unnecessarily prolonging the hearing with “deliberately false defences”.

The financial services watchdog has quietly revealed it would bring an end to its dispute with Star Entertainment’s non-executive directors over the casino’s Suncity money laundering scandal.

Recent changes to the content and enforcement of Australian Competition Law have been criticised as being “anti-business”; however, this article seeks to explain the broader rationale and context for the changes, which bring Australia more in line with similar OECD countries and seek to stimulate competition and productivity, writes Andrew Rankin and Tom Griffith.

A boutique law firm’s attempt to bar certain solicitors from acting for a former employee has been overturned, with a court cautioning the primary decision would have led to a “deeply troubling outcome”.