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Now in its fourth year, the annual Women in Law Forum returns to champion positive change for women in law and beyond. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. Hosted ...

Chief Justice Chris Kourakis of the South Australian Supreme Court has announced the appointment of six new senior counsel.

The recent High Court decision to toss a solicitor’s common fund orders will apply to every jurisdiction outside of Victoria, which lawyers have warned could place greater pressure on the one state ...

Legal member associations stand behind Coroner Elisabeth Armitage of the Northern Territory, following an “extraordinary attack” in the Northern Territory Parliament last week.

In the five years since he was escorted by police out of a Parramatta law firm, a solicitor has launched proceeding after proceeding but has consistently come up short. His latest attempt to have the ...

The law asks: but for your actions, would the harm have occurred? Psychology asks: but for everything that shaped you, your wiring, your wounds, your war stories, would you have acted at all? It’s a ...

In response to the Victorian government’s plan to legislate working from home as a legal right, leading lawyers across the state are weighing in on what this could mean for the legal profession.

The Minister for Immigration and another respondent sought to set off a costs order made in a non-citizen’s favour out of a costs order made in the minister’s favour in previous court proceedings.

Penalty rate amendments to the Fair Work Act are long overdue, but the urgency with which it has been drafted and pushed through government could have unintended consequences for employers.

Despite evidence he was cleared of a criminal contempt conviction, the Queensland Supreme Court confirmed a barrister was not a fit and proper person to hold a practising certificate.

Global firm Jones Day has strengthened its employment practice with the addition of a seasoned employment partner from rival firm Ashurst.