The Morrison government has mustered up just enough support in Parliament to push through amendments to the operation of casual employment.
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Planning Law: Australia’s Ticket to a Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery?
Legal Insight talks to Jacinta Studdert, Valencia Govender and Peter Lochore, contributing authors to Planning Law in Australia, about the changes to planning approvals processes.
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As Insolvency Rates Climb, Are You on Top of the Recent Reforms?
Now that the federal government’s temporary insolvency law measures and JobKeeper have come to an end, practitioners may be starting to see an uptick in insolvency and restructuring work.
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Will AI Transform Dispute Resolution as We Know it?
The power, efficiency and accuracy of well-calibrated AI creates tantalizing possibilities in the field of dispute resolution.
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How Technology will Direct the Future for Boutique Lawyers
Across conference tables and networking sessions at the recent Lawyers Weekly Boutique Law Summit in Sydney, delegates were abuzz about how to take on the future.
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Fit and Proper Culture? Addressing “Hidden Bad Behaviour” in the Profession
The Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) states that to be an admitted lawyer, a person must be a “fit and proper” person. But what does this mean in practice?
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The future for lawyers: Legal service in a cart?
“There won’t be enough work to keep all traditional lawyers in practice, because the market will have moved to different ways of solving problems,” says Prof Richard Susskind OBE, President of the Society of Computers & Law in the UK.
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Corporations Act: Meetings, Execution and Continuous Disclosure Changes
Changes to the Corporations Act will affect the ways companies sign documents, hold meetings, communicate with shareholders and store meeting records.
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Inside AML: How Australia’s banks joined forces to break open a “cuckoo smurfing” syndicate
Australia’s world-leading Fintel Alliance has secured a major win in the fight against organised financial crime, after teaming up with state police for a “week of action” on cuckoo smurfing.
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Choose to Challenge Your Pipeline of Future Female Leaders
Organisations in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15% more likely to achieve above average financial returns. Knowing this, we cannot ignore the gender breakdown of our workforces.
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