Two degrees of separation: A lawyer in regional practice
Rural issues demand a focused approach to the practice of law. Georgiena Ryan, a lawyer with a rural practice, explains.
Country lawyers celebrated at Rural Issues Day
Country solicitors are helping to decrease the stigma around mental illness by supporting their clients during “an extraordinarily tough time”, this year’s Rural Issues Day…
Six minutes with Peter Payne
Cobar’s Peter Payne is a straight-shooting lawyer who has no shortage of clients thanks to some faithful pub patrons from his former days as owner…
Rural issues conference
Solicitors gathered at Parliament House in Macquarie Street on 26 October for a full-day conference on issues affecting legal practice in rural areas.
Lawyers of the land
The big dry is putting regional communities in NSW through their paces and the Bureau of Meteorology warns it could take until autumn 2019 for…
It takes a village
Former Federal Circuit Court Judge Robyn Sexton talks about the case of a country NSW family that inspired her to set up Australia’s first Indigenous…
The brave new world of the PPSA: what it means for farmers
Rural practitioners may find that harvest is the right time to remind clients of their potentially improved position under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009. By…
The successful country legal practice secrets and wisdom
Creativity and flexibility are key in retaining regional and rural legal staff for competitive advantage. By CAROLINE HART.
The perks of going rural
One in five NSW-based law firms is in the country, according to the 2013 Profile of the Solicitors of NSW, prepared by Urbis for the…