Two lawyers who were involved in the swearing of an affidavit that contained false information have been publicly reprimanded and restricted from applying for a practising certificate for two years.
Lawyers Weekly is thrilled to announce more than 250 finalists for this year’s Women in Law Awards.
With French windows, shutters and a single-storey cast-iron veranda, Bidura House in the Sydney suburb of Glebe might appear to passersby as a handsome relic from Australia’s colonial past. Yet this stately Italianate villa of handmade brick with its slate roof and fine classical proportions is a Janice-faced historical house of horrors, writes Dr Jacqueline Rule.
Three lawyers have been promoted to senior roles at Adelaide’s full-service commercial firm, Lynch Meyer Lawyers.
A new dedicated unit within the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) will be launched to prosecute industrial manslaughter over the next four years.
New research showed that overwhelm among lawyers is closely tethered to the culture of the profession; it explored the problematic job-identity nexus.
As the second half of 2025 unfolds, artificial intelligence and contract analytics have quickly risen to the top of the strategic priority list for general counsel, according to a new Gartner report.
A tribunal affirmed a decision of the ACT Law Society to discipline a barrister and solicitor over a cost disclosure failure, but knocked back its request to increase a fine by almost seven times the amount.
For decades, women in professional services like law have faced the so-called “motherhood penalty” – the invisible bias that having children slows career growth, invites scrutiny, or blocks opportunities. But while the landscape has shifted to lessen the extent of such a penalty, two award-winning lawyers note that accommodations for flexibility must still be earned.
The impacts of the pandemic stunted the growth of e-sports in Australia, which means rebuilding and advocacy are crucial for the efficacy of the e-sports law sector, said one lawyer.
