Taylor Root has released its Law firms salary and benefits Australia report for 2022, detailing the salary bands for lawyers with up to nine years of post-qualification experience (PQE) in the three ...

BarNet Networks is a specialist communications management firm that caters to legal professionals, providing web hosting, case tracking and notification services, high-speed internet, file-sharing ...

A class action has been launched against Sportsbet in an effort to recover the millions of dollars lost by punters across Australia due to alleged unlawful in-game betting practices facilitated by the ...

The Australian legal sector is rapidly solidifying its position as a leader in environmental management and climate action, with 2025 marking remarkable progress in emissions reduction and the ...

In this session, titled Top AI fails of 2025 (And how to avoid them in 2026), we will provide firsthand insights from real-world AI failures in legal practice. This will include: learning what went ...

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 ...

In a speech delivered at the commencement of the 2025 Australian Legal Convention, the High Court’s Chief Justice Stephen Gageler said that trust in Australia’s legal systems may be stronger than its ...

Edward Muston SC and James Emmett SC were appointed judges of the NSW Supreme Court. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. Muston has more than two decades of ...

Every now and then, LinkedIn news feeds of Australian legal professionals are drawn to posts from female lawyers recalling receipt of correspondence from an opposing party, or external provider, that ...

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s deputy president Stuart Westgarth has reprimanded and issued a $3,000 fine to Christopher Francis McCarron, a consultant for Port Macquarie firm HB Legal, ...

Real talk: the clerkship process is intense, difficult, and full of ups and downs. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. You have done the most difficult part of ...

In 2021, I was admitted to the legal profession, and with this achievement, an increasingly clear realisation that being creative (in a traditionally “no-nonsense” profession) is a genuine and ...