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This week, the Federal Parliament passed groundbreaking workplace legislation, which could have “significant” management implications for legal employers. Elsewhere, it was a busy week in Australia’s courts. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
For the week from 12 February to 16 February, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
A Right to Disconnect Bill recently passed the Senate – introducing a right for workers to disconnect once they are finished with their working hours. Here, workplace lawyers discuss the bill and what it means practically and legally.
Explosive texts and emails allegedly revealed the chair of an inquiry examining Bruce Lehrmann’s abandoned criminal trial allowed a journalist to corrupt his impartiality, a court was told.
Former The Project host Lisa Wilkinson said it was “deeply unsatisfactory” for her former employer and its lawyers to ignore her legal needs in the lead-up to the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial.
In a “monumental” decision, the High Court has thrown out the Catholic Church’s bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy who was allegedly sexually abused by George Pell.
A Supreme Court made a final interlocutory injunction against HWL Ebsworth’s hackers from sharing or using the stolen information.
Supermarket giant Aldi was accused of forcing the Federal Court to hear a “mini-trial” as part of its unsuccessful attempt to have a $150 million underpayment class action thrown out.
OPINION: When I was getting started in my law degree, there were a handful of things that would have been great to be aware of, writes Daphne Fong.
A South Australian woman who has brought a number of unsuccessful and “contentious” applications against a boutique law firm has been given one last chance to argue her case.
West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a new deputy president of the State Administrative Tribunal, as well as a new judge for its District Court.
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