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2025’s top 10 AI and legal tech stories

Generative artificial intelligence and new legal technologies were a major part of 2025. Here, we take a look back at the top 10 updates.

31 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
WA Court of Appeal achieves gender parity with new hire

After three years of serving on the Supreme Court bench, Justice Fiona Seaward SC has been appointed to the Court of Appeal of Western Australia.

18 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Top 10 in-house episodes in 2025

Here’s our countdown of the 10 podcast episodes that captured the strongest interest of corporate counsel over the past year – the conversations they returned to, recommended, and relied on to navigate an increasingly complex legal landscape.

30 December 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Exciting opportunities for GCs in 2026

As the business and technological landscape evolves at an unprecedented pace, general counsel are stepping into a new era of influence and opportunity in the year ahead.

19 December 2025
By Grace Robbie
Increased professional sanctions, ROI focus, and other predictions for 2026

According to one expert, 2026 is set to bring numerous changes – both in terms of how the business of law operates, and in how regulators will respond to such shifts.

30 December 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Thomson Geer adds planning and development partner from Addisons

National law firm Thomson Geer has appointed a Sydney-based partner for its property and construction team.

30 December 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Top 10 BigLaw stories in 2025

From high-profile client losses and internal upheavals to unexpected leadership shake-ups and workplace controversies, Lawyers Weekly dives into the biggest stories that rocked the world’s top law firms.

30 December 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Expelled barrister accused of launching ‘collateral attack’ on firm

In what appeared to be “an element of abuse”, an ousted barrister who was restricted from representing a tenant turned his attention to an application to restrain a mid-tier firm from representing the landlord.

22 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Top 10 court stories in 2025

From a lawyer’s failed squatter’s rights claims to a “wild goose chase” in a class action, Australian courts had their hands full this year. Here are the top most-read court stories in 2025.

29 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Grill’d facing employee class action

Thousands of past and present employees of Grill’d have filed class action proceedings, alleging that the burger chain failed to provide employees with the rest breaks that they were entitled to.

29 December 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy