A month after a landmark court victory, the NSW government is set to appeal the decision that awarded nearly $100,000 to a festival-goer who was unlawfully strip-searched at Splendour in the Grass.
In its newly released annual report, the Fair Work Commission said it received 44,075 lodgments in 2024–25, making a 10 per cent increase on the number from the previous corresponding year.
Weighed down by under-resourcing, crippling backlogs and alarming prosecution tactics, Australia’s summary proceedings system has become one that sacrifices speed over fairness.
Once defined by a number of dominant top-tier firms, the Australian legal market is undergoing an ongoing shift, with mid-tier and large national firms on the rise and global presence driving a new tier of firms.
With questions mounting over whether law schools are keeping pace with the fast-changing world of legal practice, four of Australia’s top universities are determined to prove they are – unveiling bold plans to future-proof their students for the profession ahead.
While the use of artificial intelligence is solving myriad headaches for legal practitioners and access to justice, for criminal lawyers, deploying AI in certain contexts could create more problems than it solves.
A lawyer who allegedly owes $2.6 million in tax, plus the $190,000 owed by his law firm, has failed to stay a decision of the Legal Services Board to refuse to renew his practising certificate.
M&A activity is recovering following a post-COVID-19 low, with three in four (75 per cent) organisations saying that current economic conditions will support M&A activity, research has found.
National law firm Thomson Geer has strengthened its employment, workplace relations and safety team by welcoming a partner from national rival Holding Redlich.
Queensland firm Thynne + Macartney has hired a partner from BigLaw practice HopgoodGanim Lawyers, who will serve as the firm’s new head of its family law group.
