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Big Law • 21 February 2025
Courtroom pups set to support more FCFCOA registries
Following its success in the Melbourne and Hobart registries, the Court Dog Program is set to expand into three new...
The Bar • 17 February 2025
A former FWC vice president on the need for humane, patient (and efficient) justice
A former FWC vice president has shared his view on how commissioners should approach their role in the nation’s workplace...
Politics • 13 February 2025
Job-sharing Senate candidates launch proceedings to safeguard nomination
Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock, who recently spoke with Lawyers Weekly extolling the virtues of job-sharing parliamentarians,...
The Bar • 13 February 2025
NSW silk named senior public defender
A “respected” criminal lawyer has been appointed as senior public defender for NSW.
Barristers’ independence can be a double-edged sword; while it allows autonomy, it also creates profound isolation,...
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Inadequate training was found liable for the “terrible” choking incident that claimed the life of an intellectually...
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Judge Terence Palmer, who spent 15 years as a barrister before joining the judiciary, has been elevated to the bench of...
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This year, we are likely to see increased debate and possibly case law on employees’ right to work from home. As such,...
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Former Today television reporter Airlie Walsh has reached a confidential settlement of her Federal Court sex...
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The various threats to judges’ mental and physical health, and subsequently “their capacity to judge well”, are...
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If historical outcomes are perhaps the best indicator of the likely success of a particular case, then why not simply...
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A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...
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The recent updates to the Family Law Act send clear messages to the legal profession and broader community, writes...
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Prosecutors must beware of “presumptive” analyses and that a “positive” may, in fact, be a “false positive”,...
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