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The days of conveyancing being viewed as little more than paperwork and process are over, with one legal leader warning the profession has entered a new era defined by escalating regulation, sophisticated legal risks, and rapidly changing client expectations.

Almost 30,000 lines of court data have potentially been compromised in a breach carried out by a prominent hacker, 2019.

A Queensland criminal practitioner all but begged a woman to reconcile with her former partner in a letter found to be emotionally manipulative, wildly unprofessional, and intimate in ways that communication from a lawyer “has no business being”.

Lawyers Weekly and principal partner LawY are delighted to launch the first-ever LawTech AI Summit.

With AI-powered smart glasses moving from novelty to everyday use, a principal lawyer has warned that the technology is creating a new wave of privacy and criminal liability challenges that Australian law is still struggling to keep pace with.

One of Australia’s largest law firms, Thomsons, has strengthened its technology practice with the appointments of two senior lawyers from Gilbert + Tobin and Bird & Bird.

The ACT Supreme Court has dismissed a massage parlour owner’s proceedings against a solicitor, administrators, and an insolvency practitioner who assisted him with putting his debt-ridden business under voluntary administration.

The most sustainable shift I see in the firms that get this right isn’t a new app or an extra day of leave. It’s mental health and wellbeing literacy, writes Danielle Buckley.

The monopoly held by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Law Society of NSW over the state’s professional indemnity insurance is being fought by a group of solicitors who demand more choice.

With young lawyers increasingly able to be more selective about where they build their careers, Lawyers Weekly explores what truly sets a firm apart in attracting the next generation of legal talent.