NSW father and former US Marine pilot fails in appeal to halt extradition to US
Australian citizen and former US Marine Corps pilot, Daniel Edmund Duggan, has failed in a Federal Court bid to halt his extradition to the US…
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AI reshaping productivity inside Australian law firms
Lawyers across Australia are facing a wave of next-gen AI tech that is shaking up who does the heavy lifting inside law firms.
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AML/CTF Tranche 2 Reforms: introducing AUSTRAC’s Program Starter Kits
With the expansion of obligations to new professional sectors and industries in the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act), legal practitioners are…
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From accidental lawyer to global ESG leader
Profile: Timothy Stutt, Partner. Head of Environmental, Social and Governance. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Death benefit dilemmas: trustee discretion and AFCA’s approach to law and fact
Recent cases demonstrating how AFCA re‑weighs evidence, wishes and dependency with less formal fact-finding processes.
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