Corrections and home detention officers at seven of South Australia’s prisons have put down the tools, sending the justice system into crisis.
A Sydney solicitor was reprimanded and fined for sending a letter designed to “embarrass or frustrate” the recipient.
The question isn’t whether AI will transform legal practice – it already is. The question is whether Australian firms will lead or lag in that transformation, writes Clementine Fox.
National law firm Gilbert + Tobin has strengthened its disputes and investigations team with the appointment of a partner from global law firm Jones Day.
The Chinese and Australian partnerships of King & Wood Mallesons have agreed to formally separate, just 14 years after joining forces to create “a firm for ‘the Asian century’”.
With ongoing economic turbulence and rising geopolitical instability, businesses are urgently searching for leaders capable of steering them through this prolonged uncertainty – and Kirstin Follows believes in-house lawyers are uniquely equipped to take on that role.
The Reserve Bank has been widely expected to keep the cash rate on hold ahead of Christmas. In this special announcement, brought to you by Legal Home Loans, find out if the cash rate has indeed been kept at its current level.
A solicitor charged with having an alleged sexual relationship with an inmate had her practising certificate immediately suspended.
In a message to the “powerful people” who attended the 2025 Australian Legal Convention, Chief Justice Debra Mortimer urged them to reflect on what they can and should be doing to improve the justice system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
At October’s Minds Count Foundation Annual Lecture, Judge Michael Allen, Chief Magistrate of the Local Court of NSW, spoke about loneliness, isolation, and wellbeing in the judiciary.
