The legal profession carries prestige and intellectual weight, but beneath the surface, it demands long hours, constant precision, and unrelenting resilience. In response, one firm owner is calling for a shift in mindset, urging lawyers to stop wearing burnout as a badge of honour and start prioritising thriving over mere survival.
Queensland-based firm Creevey Horrell Lawyers has continued to expand its regional footprint, unveiling a new office as part of its broader growth strategy across the state.
A senior partner who told a junior colleague she was so “sexy” and that he would “like to f--k you right now” at a firm Christmas party has been suspended for one year.
Legal artificial intelligence platform LawConnect has acquired Finchly to accelerate its development of a unified, global legal services marketplace and offer further specialist expertise.
Commercial firm Keypoint Law has strengthened its senior ranks with the appointment of a second consulting principal in 2026.
LHD Lawyers has strengthened its workers’ compensation, personal injury, and industrial law capability with the acquisition of Taylor & Scott Lawyers, a firm with more than 120 years of history in NSW.
A Supreme Court judge emphatically rejected any suggestion that junior lawyers should shoulder the blame for the mistakes of their superiors.
The emotional weight of practice can be both a hazard and a mark of conscience, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
MinterEllison’s private capital capability has been strengthened with the appointment of two special counsel.
Reflecting on a recent WHS appeal case, a lawyer discusses how practitioners can defend a workplace injury claim by collating information quickly and extensively.
