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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.

A proposed shake-up of Victoria’s prison laws has sparked a backlash, with the government urged to scrap changes that would remove prisoners’ legislated right to daily outdoor access.

Richard Scruby SC has been appointed to the Supreme Court of NSW by Attorney-General Michael Daley.

A notice of appeal prepared for a penalised doctor contained a deficiency that has been criticised time and again, including in a nine-year-old decision that featured the same law firm and counsel.

The Australian Lawyers Alliance’s new president has big plans for the next 12 months, including continuing its crucial advocacy on small business insurance, promoting information sharing across the country, and setting the 30-year-old organisation up for future success.

New research from James Cook University suggests that the processes inherent to litigation can cause lasting damage to practitioners.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has strengthened its corporate practice by appointing a veteran partner from rival BigLaw firm Baker McKenzie.

The Law Council of Australia has called on all levels of government to properly evaluate and resource the downstream impacts on the justice system resulting from new legislative, policy, and program initiatives.

Velocity Legal has strengthened its family law offering with the appointment of an accredited family law specialist with more than a decade of exclusive practice in the area.