Victoria

3 legal bodies issue joint guidance on AI

Legal regulators from NSW, Victoria, and Western Australia have jointly issued a statement to guide lawyers in the...

06 December 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘Restricting NDAs is essential to putting victim-survivors first,’ lawyers argue

Recommendations have been made in a joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre to the...

28 October 2024

By Kace O'Neill

Barristers must be exempt from AML/CTF regime, bar associations argue

Bar associations have “critical concerns” about the inclusion of barristers in the proposed expanded regime for...

21 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Best practice for lawyers amid new state cyber standards

As the regulatory landscape evolves in response to the escalating threat of cyber attacks, a cyber lawyer has...

30 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

New judge appointed to Victoria Supreme Court, 2 promoted at OPP

A new judge has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria, who was formerly the state’s chief prosecutor,...

26 September 2024

By Lauren Croft

Unpacking Victoria’s minimum cyber security standards

With the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner having imposed new minimum cyber security standards, one cyber...

18 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Maurice Blackburn national head of medical negligence and dust diseases appointed as coroner

The Victorian government has appointed the national head of Maurice Blackburn’s medical negligence and dust diseases...

13 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Victorian A-G falls behind in sexual harassment prevention plan

The Victorian Attorney-General’s Department has so far failed to fulfil its part of a plan to prevent sexual...

05 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘A betrayal of Victoria’s children’: Legal organisations condemn amendments to Youth Justice Bill

Legal organisations have expressed their disappointment with the Victorian government’s decision to retract its...

16 August 2024

By Grace Robbie

25 new senior counsel named in Victoria

Chief Justice Anne Ferguson of the Supreme Court of Victoria has named 25 new silks in the Garden State.

08 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy