A profile of the NSW legal profession in 2022
A recent data snapshot of the NSW legal landscape reveals a thriving, growing profession. One that is trying to achieve greater cultural diversity from the…
By Keely McDonough - 2 min read
2022-23 NSW Budget: Highlights for the legal profession
Our summary of the key announcements from the 2022-23 NSW Budget and their impact on the legal profession.
By Floyd Alexander-Hunt - 7 min read
A ‘culturally diverse’ NSW Supreme Court: New judges appointed to the bench
Two new judges will be sworn into the Supreme Court of NSW next month, adding more culturally diverse practitioners to the bench and ensuring the…
By Keely McDonough - 2 min read
Tough new bail laws ‘rushed’ through NSW parliament
“Swift and decisive” new bail laws have passed NSW parliament in a “national first”’ move by the government to strengthen its already tough legislation, but…
By Keely McDonough - 2 min read
‘A dark day’: Julian Assange faces extradition to the US
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved the extradition of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US where he is wanted for leaking classified…
By Floyd Alexander-Hunt - 2 min read
Why is lettuce so expensive? Costs have shot up, and won’t return to where they were
Lettuce prices are skyrocketing. Twitter users are posting photos of iceberg lettuces for A$10 and $11.99, well above the more usual $2.80.
By Flavio Macau - 3 min read
Telling truth to power
A world-first project charts will chart the law’s impact on Indigenous people since 1788
By Amy Dale - 3 min read
Newly admitted solicitors welcomed to the profession at gala event
Excitement, optimism and interaction. The atmosphere was palpable as hundreds of early career lawyers, admitted to practice during 2020-21, were suitably welcomed to the profession…
By Keely McDonough - 4 min read
‘Criminal laws are not a political football’: Legal profession responds to unexplained wealth order controversy
The NSW legal profession has responded to recent calls for the government to push through new laws targeting the unexplained wealth of underworld identifies, asserting…
By Keely McDonough - 2 min read