Can gossip be news? Explore how Australia’s new privacy tort challenges media freedoms and redefines journalism in the age of celebrity and digital storytelling.
By Matthew Richardson SC - 1 min read
With ASIC sharpening its focus, this article unpacks the evolving legal landscape of directors’ duties and the rising personal risks for Australian company directors.
By Pamela Hanrahan - 2 min read
Pets, power and property: how Australia’s family law overhaul redefines fairness in separation and the consequences of family violence.
By Jacky Campbell - 1 min read
The Law Society’s Policy and Practice team brings you a wrap-up of the most important issues of the moment.
By The Law Society Policy and Practice Department - 2 min read
The NSW Land & Environment Court has confirmed that land can be said to be used for ‘public recreation’ only if it is open to…
By Christopher Conolly and Benjamin Harris - 2 min read
A Q&A with one of the first solicitors in NSW to embrace the revolution in conveyancing practice. By RICHARD HARVEY and GEORGE PATRINOS.
By Richard Harvey and George Patrinos - 1 min read
The status of legal personhood grants rights and privileges to a number of living and non-living entities, but currently excludes non-human animals, which are treated…
By Rebekah Lam and Daniel Cung - 2 min read
Despite multiple reviews and decades of calls for change, Aboriginal cultural heritage remains in the State’s flora and fauna legislation. By NORMAN LAING and KELLYANNE…
By Norman Laing and Kellyanne Stanford - 2 min read
Section 172 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) imposes a new test for determining the fair and reasonable costs that a legal practitioner may charge a…
By Peter Rosier - 2 min read
Since the High Court’s seminal decision in Stanford nearly three years ago, family law jurisprudence has seen ‘just and equitable’ principles applied in various ways. By IAN…
By Ian Coleman SC - 2 min read
A recent Commonwealth Parliamentary Committee inquiry found that free trade agreements intrude into many domestic policy spheres without democratic oversight and curtail Australia’s regulatory abilities….
By Stephen Tully - 2 min read
Solicitors must be conscious of the difference between financial and legal advice and know when to advise a client of the need to obtain independent…
By Toby Blyth - 2 min read
On 1 July 2015, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Cth) became a new ‘mega tribunal’ with jurisdiction over administrative review, migration and refugee appeals, social security…
By Sophie Farthing - 2 min read