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Friday, 8 December 2023 Advocate for the disadvantaged wins NSW’s top law award A NSW lawyer who has represented some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the community has taken out this year’s President’s Medal at the Law Society of NSW’s Annual Members Dinner and Awards Night. President of the Law Society … Continued
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In the wake of multiple high profile data breaches over the last 12 months, the Australian Government is undertaking the most comprehensive overhaul of Australia’s privacy laws in decades. de.iterate, an innovator in data privacy and cyber security, and leading in-house legal, workplace and compliance services firm Source are excited to announce that they … Continued
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First Nations children and parents have launched landmark class actions against the Queensland government for their systemic failure to reunite families removed under child protection laws. The cases allege Queensland’s Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services breached the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and failed to follow the Child Placement Principle in … Continued
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The Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs has today published its report on its inquiry into the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Australia. The report makes six recommendations, including that the Commonwealth Government ensure that its policies and legislation on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait … Continued
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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has successfully prosecuted a company and two individuals in the Land and Environment Court, fining them more than $730,000 in total for the unlawful disposal of waste and supply of false or misleading information about that waste. The EPA brought nine charges against Ghossayn Group Pty Ltd and its … Continued
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A new toolkit will build skills in lawyers to support clients with trauma and mental ill-health with consultations finding many seeking free legal help found the system re-traumatising. The Trauma Informed Organisational Toolkit will be launched by the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, at Parliament House in Canberra on 16 November. It … Continued
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A new toolkit will build skills in lawyers to support their clients in a trauma informed way with consultations across Australia finding trauma was prevalent among those seeking free legal help, with many finding the legal system re-traumatising. The Trauma Informed Organisational Toolkit will be launched by the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC … Continued
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Tuesday, 14 November 2023 A more certain future for thousands of sole practitioners EMBARGO: 0001 Tuesday, 14 November 2023 A new online form developed by the Law Society of NSW is allowing thousands of the state’s solicitors who run small practices to assure the future of their businesses should they be suddenly unavailable. President of … Continued
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MEDIA ALERT: Adam Kneale and his lawyer Michael Magazanik, partner at the law firm Rightside Legal, will be available: At 2.45 pm today, Thursday November 9 At Rightside Legal, level 5, 533 Little Lonsdale Street A Supreme Court jury has awarded $5,943,151 to a man who was sexually abused as a child by a … Continued
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Following extraordinary On Country hearings in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait) in June, further hearings for the landmark Australian Climate Case resumed on 8 November at the Australian Federal Court in Naarm (Melbourne) running until 27 November, with a focus on hearing from climate science experts. This crucial next phase in the landmark case will see … Continued
