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RBA makes November 2025 cash rate call

Following last month’s hold, find out, in this special announcement from Legal Home Loans, if the Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to raise, hold, or cut interest rates at its second-last meeting for 2025.

04 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Barry Nilsson takes 6 principals from DLA Piper

National law firm Barry Nilsson is taking six principals from global rival DLA Piper’s insurance and health practice.

04 November 2025
By Grace Robbie
Solicitors ordered to pay up for short-changing shareholder in shady dealings

Two solicitors behind a wound-up civil law firm were ordered to compensate a shareholder whose stake was dramatically slashed as a result of their souring relationship with a barrister.

04 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Report: Australian firms outpacing global counterparts in AI use

Almost 100 per cent of Australian legal professionals use AI in some capacity – the highest uptake in the world, according to new research.

04 November 2025
By Lauren Croft
Firm seeks compensation for victims of fertility data breach

A class action firm has filed a complaint on behalf of the hundreds of fertility patients impacted by the Genea data breach.

04 November 2025
By David Hollingworth
Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt and Holman Webb Lawyers form strategic national alliance

Mid-tier firm Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt has formed a strategic alliance with insurance and commercial practice Holman Webb Lawyers, under which all 10 Holman Webb partners will join the firm.

04 November 2025
By Grace Robbie
Chief Justice warns of AI fabrication, delegation in international arbitration

The international arbitration community should be alive to the risks of generative artificial intelligence, Chief Justice Andrew Bell has said.

03 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Mandatory sentencing severely undermines judicial independence, LCA warns

With proposals to expand mandatory minimum sentencing for child sexual offences on the table, the Law Council of Australia has issued a stark warning, arguing that such measures risk undermining judicial independence and the ability of judges to exercise discretion.

03 November 2025
By Grace Robbie
Doli incapax legislation should target common misunderstandings, review says

Rather than introducing legislation to amend doli incapax, the NSW government should consider addressing the “degree of misunderstanding” within the criminal justice system, the State Parole Authority chair and a former police commissioner have submitted.

03 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
First Nations people stuck on ‘conveyor belt of injustice’, AHRC president says

By making decisions at the wrong end of the justice system and turning its back on those who need the most support, the government has contributed to the overimprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the president of the Human Rights Commission has said.

03 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson