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A Queensland firm director engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct by her failure to appropriately manage a conveyancing matter and supervise an employee who had at least a decade of experience.

As email and messaging take over legal communication, a quieter but far more consequential shift is emerging as young lawyers lose the once essential skill of the phone call, and the effects are beginning to ripple through the profession in ways many are yet to fully recognise.

A new associate director will lead Lawyers on Demand’s Perth office.

Sixty per cent of employees are currently using AI on a regular basis in their workplace, while only 22 per cent of employees say they’ve received any training or support from their employer to use AI in their work.

As part of its “ambitious growth plans” across public liability and personal injury, Sparke Helmore has brought on a new partner.

Australia’s regulatory framework may be struggling to keep pace with the “technological tsunami” that is artificial intelligence, but that is no excuse for company directors to drop the ball, NSW’s Chief Justice has said.

As legal teams race to move beyond experimentation and implement AI at scale under mounting pressure to keep pace, many are making critical missteps that could leave firms exposed to significant long-term consequences in an increasingly AI-driven legal landscape.

A lawyer who successfully challenged the refusal of his practising certificate secured a $50,000 costs order against the ACT Law Society.

The federal government is seeking reparations for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-related contamination across 28 Defence bases in Australia.

Egg freezing has become normalised far more quickly than the policy frameworks that govern it. That imbalance deserves serious attention, writes Nicholas Burch.