In the initial decision of Colin Peek’s “informal will”, the NSW Supreme Court found his lawyer had a clear conflict between his personal interests and his overriding duty to the court, Matthew Burgess writes.
The hype is getting old, or at least is becoming exhausting. First, widespread experimentation. Then the crisis. Then the cautious rebuilding. Legal AI has hit the point where results matter more than promises, writes Ryan Zahrai.
National law firm Piper Alderman has announced 10 end-of-year promotions across the firm.
Here, Lawyers Weekly takes a look back at the top 10 articles that featured in our Wig & Chamber news bulletin.
Two veteran barristers have been named deputy chief judges as the state’s busiest trial court addresses an increasingly challenging workload.
To support lawyers in handling the often tricky overlap between client legal privilege and federal regulator inquiries, the Law Council of Australia has published new practical guidance.
NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has congratulated two highly experienced barristers on their appointments to the bench of the state’s Supreme Court.
A District Court judge described an ongoing and expensive legal bill dispute between a firm and its former client as a “sorry saga”.
Disciplinary actions brought against lawyers were among Lawyers Weekly’s most-read articles of the year. Here, we take a look back at the top 10 of them.
Responsible use of specialist AI tools needs to be a proactive effort by law firms and legal teams to mitigate risk.
