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The days of the general counsel serving as a business’s legal gatekeeper are firmly behind us, with the general counsel of Woolworths Group highlighting how the role has fundamentally evolved – and what it truly means to be a modern GC today.

Following years of calls for stronger human rights protections, more than 50,000 Australians are urging the Albanese government to introduce a national Human Rights Act, with a petition presented to cross-party federal MPs and senators at Parliament House on Thursday (20 August).

As AI reshapes legal work, the in-house lawyers who create the most value by 2030 will be those trusted to navigate organisational complexity with sound judgement, business understanding, and practical advice, according to one GC and company secretary.

National law firm Lander & Rogers has appointed an infrastructure and construction lawyer and former general counsel as a partner in its real estate and projects team.

Twelve companies associated with an ousted solicitor and accountant will be investigated by provisional liquidators after the NSW Supreme Court found it likely ASIC would win its bid to have them wound up.

The College of Law has appointed a highly awarded executive and law firm co-founder as the executive director of the Queensland part of the school of professional practice.

On the heels of a major legal win, Alex Greenwich tried to have Mark Latham tried in the Supreme Court for contempt over posts that suggested the tribunal “should be embarrassed and ashamed” and the decision was a “disgrace to the concept of evidence and justice”.

The NSW Parliament’s inquiry into potential competition reforms for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance deserves close attention from the profession, writes Angelique Nesbitt.

The Victorian Bar and Law Institute of Victoria have delivered a forceful response to a proposal to split the Court of Appeal.

The relationship between the Federal Court and unrepresented litigants will be tested as part of a strategic partnership with UNSW.