In its submission to the House of Representatives, the Law Council of Australia has called for sweeping reform to National Employment Standards, including changes to long-service leave, personal leave and redundancy entitlements.
Western Australia’s Attorney-General John Quigley has promoted a long-serving registrar from the Family Court of Western Australia to the role of magistrate after eight years in the position.
The national carrier has settled a class action lawsuit over COVID-19 flight credits for $105 million.
This past week, Lawyers Weekly hosted its 14th annual 30 Under 30 Awards, and an award-winning lawyer made the case for practitioners to stop wearing burnout as a badge of honour. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
A highly experienced health law partner and her team of six have moved from Makinson D’Apice to Wotton Kearney.
“We are at a structural inflection point”: New research from Consilio shows that law departments are under pressure to implement AI at scale, as tech decisions overtake workload as the biggest challenge facing such teams.
A prominent Sydney lawyer has faced a Sydney court after being charged with allegedly stealing nearly $15 million from clients to fund a gambling addiction.
Marking a “full circle moment” in her career, a clerk and admitted solicitor who specialised in common law matters has returned to Svenson Barristers.
If you were designing a justice system from scratch today, you wouldn’t build it on myth, mystery, and media amplification, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
A total of 30 winners have been selected, from 288 finalists, at this year’s 30 Under 30 Awards.
