Legal and conveyancing firms across Australia are facing a pivotal moment: initiating AML/CTF Tranche 2. These reforms mark one of the most significant regulatory shifts in the property sector in ...

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On Wednesday (15 February), Johnson Winter Slattery filed two class actions in the Federal Court relating to defective engines in a number of Hyundai and Kia vehicles sold in Australia from 2011 to ...

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) has referred a solicitor to the South Australian Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner and two counsel to the Victorian Legal Services Board ...

I examine the “trilogy” of IP cases from recent times in Australia – Bed Bath N Table, Katy Perry, and now Zip Co – to help brand owners understand the importance of IP and the lessons we can extract ...

Current High Court Justice the Honourable Stephen Gageler AC has been ranked most liberal in the last 25 years, trailing just behind justice Michael Kirby AC CMG in a soon-to-be-published study. Of ...

The legal profession's relationship with technology has often been characterized as cautious at best, resistant at worst. Yet a quiet revolution is underway in Australian law firms as home-grown AI ...

A Victorian lawyer has become the first practitioner in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial intelligence in a court case, after submitting a list of entirely non-existent ...

Over an eight-year period, solicitor James Loel was found to have engaged in conduct that amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct. In proceedings before the ...

This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. Key players: The Piper Alderman deal team was led by corporate partner James Dickson and senior associate Liam Higgins, with ...

Global law firm Dentons said it was “inevitable” that a number of its staff would be made redundant after it lost ING Australia’s mortgaging business to MSA National, a firm specialising in the ...

In response to an open letter, Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny has committed to a suite of reforms that would allow victim-survivors to pre-record testimony and keep confidential counselling records ...