Legal and conveyancing firms across Australia are facing a pivotal moment: initiating AML/CTF Tranche 2. These reforms mark one of the most significant regulatory shifts in the property sector in ...

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Legora, which recently completed a Series C round of US$150 million at a US$1.8 billion valuation, is “significantly expanding” its Australian and Asia-Pacific operations with a new Sydney office and ...

Current High Court Justice the Honourable Stephen Gageler AC has been ranked most liberal in the last 25 years, trailing just behind justice Michael Kirby AC CMG in a soon-to-be-published study. Of ...

A Victorian lawyer has become the first practitioner in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial intelligence in a court case, after submitting a list of entirely non-existent ...

I examine the “trilogy” of IP cases from recent times in Australia – Bed Bath N Table, Katy Perry, and now Zip Co – to help brand owners understand the importance of IP and the lessons we can extract ...

Global law firm Dentons said it was “inevitable” that a number of its staff would be made redundant after it lost ING Australia’s mortgaging business to MSA National, a firm specialising in the ...

Last November, AI research and deployment company OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a model that “interacts in a conversational way” and generates text in response to different prompts. Now, Australian law ...

This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. Key players: The Piper Alderman deal team was led by corporate partner James Dickson and senior associate Liam Higgins, with ...

Under the Cook Labor government’s proposed Judicial Commission Bill 2026, the six heads of jurisdiction, three community members, and a director will handle complaints about the conduct and capacity ...

Having noticed her colleagues’ mental health and wellbeing were deteriorating rapidly post-lockdowns, barrister Dr Michelle Sharpe used her position on the Victorian Bar’s health and wellbeing ...

The Australian legal market is one of the most AI-mature markets, with 98 per cent of legal professionals using AI in some capacity, outpacing the US, Canada, and UK/Ireland, Clio’s 2025 Legal Trends ...