Regulation

Sole practitioners, boutiques and behaviour

Lawyers Weekly is oft-accused of ‘picking on the little guy’ as it publishes stories on tribunal judgments of...

07 February 2019

Promoted by Jerome Doraisamy

Legal bodies pair up to address sexual harassment in law

The Victorian Legal Services Board and the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner have embarked on a joint initiative to...

07 February 2019

By Grace Ormsby

Revelations of further police informants has ‘undermined faith in our justice system’

Reacting to yesterday’s news that Victoria Police had informed the state’s royal commission that there were...

07 February 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘There are further informants’ for Lawyer X royal commission: Victoria Police

The Terms of Reference for the Victorian Royal Commission Management of Police Informants are to be amended, in light...

06 February 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Vic legal profession responds to scrapping of conversion therapy

The Victorian Bar and the Law Institute of Victoria have both responded to a pledge by the Andrews government to...

06 February 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

New laws will give mental health victims a greater say

From this week, victims of forensic patients will be allowed to make submissions in Mental Health Review Tribunal...

06 February 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

ABA welcomes Dreyfus’ calls for increased legal aid funding

The Australian Bar Association has expressed its support for shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus QC’s “commitment...

06 February 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qld government urged to pass Bill of Rights

Following a recommendation from the Queensland Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee to pass the proposed...

06 February 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Modern Slavery Acts catching different corporate entities

The existence of two separate modern slavery regimes in Australia will have repercussions for the companies and...

05 February 2019

By Grace Ormsby

Culture and governance at heart of misconduct

Failings of organisational culture and governance arrangements, alongside remuneration systems, lie at the heart of...

05 February 2019

By Grace Ormsby