Australia’s rapidly expanding hate laws raise concerns about subjectivity, constitutional limits and the challenges of enforcement across jurisdictions.
By Professor Emerita Anne Twomey - 2 min read
The instinct to draft detailed force majeure clauses may be leaving parties with fewer remedies when contracts are tested by new forms of disruption.
By Mark Lazarus - 2 min read
New AML/CTF requirements do more than change client onboarding processes — they trigger privacy obligations many law practices have never faced.
By Simone Herbert-Lowe - 2 min read
The courts grapple with the relevance of past violence, consequences of non-disclosure and consideration of family violence in contributions assessment.
By Craig Nicol and Keleigh Robinson - 1 min read
An important cases that discusses the meaning of intimidation for the purposes of an APVO.
By Thomas Spohr - 5 min read
Key rulings on will construction, inheritance contracts, injunctions restraining solicitors, informal wills, headstones and superannuation. By DARRYL BROWNE
By Darryl Browne - 2 min read
A data breach, a dark web ransom and a landmark case. Hear from the firm that pioneered the strategy reshaping responses to cyber ransoms.
By Andrew Miers, Zoe Tishler and Luke Roper - 2 min read
From New York to London: an overview of the AI copyright lawsuits shaping the global legal reckoning over inputs, outputs and artistic rights.
By Joshua Krook - 14 min read
A detailed examination of Australia’s sweeping campaign finance overhaul—its legal mechanics, constitutional risks and practical implications.
By Graeme Orr - 1 min read
Legal scrutiny on the exercise of police powers in NSW intensifies as courts and data analyse their misuse in the context of police searches.
By Dr Vicki Sentas - 2 min read
A deep dive tracing the rise of public interest as a legal standard in defamation—from common law privilege to section 29A.
By Nicholas Olson - 1 min read
The myth of retroactive approval: legal insight on the role, misuse and case law behind increasingly controversial building information certificates.
By Mark Bonanno and Liam Mountford - 1 min read
The Family Law Amendment Act 2024 reshapes solicitor obligations: are your workflows, advice templates, intake forms and disclosure protocols ready?
By Daniela Faggionato and Catherine Hing - 2 min read