After spending eight years at Clyde & Co as a partner, Alena Titterton has commenced as a partner in Sydney at JWS. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. She has ...

Beyond the Commonwealth legislation, NSW has also adopted its own modern slavery legislation. The NSW-based Modern Slavery Act 2018 imposes a reporting requirement on NSW state-owned corporations. As ...

It meant loyal customers faced steeper increases in their premiums. One customer said that after he saw a 58 per cent jump from 2023–2024, he went online, filled in all his details except for his name ...

Originally reported by law.com, the $24 billion acquisition of AirtTrunk by Blackstone is the biggest acquisition deal conducted in Australia so far this year and amounts to the second-largest private ...

While legal work is incredibly fulfilling, it can also, by nature, be stressful, exhausting and feel all-encompassing. Industry-wide, we hear that ultra-competitive professional cultures and excessive ...

The firm has four offices located offices in Brisbane, Dandenong, Melbourne and Sydney. Macpherson Kelley became an incorporated legal practice on 18 February 2008 and since 2015 has operated as a ...

The scientific brief: Mental Health and COVID-19: Early evidence of the pandemic’s impact, states that “evidence suggests the pandemic and associated PHSMs have led to a worldwide increase in mental ...

In this case (see Peek v Wheatley [2025] NSWSC 554), the deceased, left a digital note on his iPhone (titled “the last will of Colin L Peek”), setting out how his estate should be divided, which was ...

The Legal Practice Board of Western Australia has suffered a ransomware attack, with hackers claiming to have exfiltrated 300 gigabytes of data, including limited contact details & correspondence and ...

Lawyers across all seniority levels within HWL Ebsworth would be expected to deliver an average increase of 1.15 daily budgeted billable hours from 1 July 2025 so the firm can align itself “more ...

Former Queensland judge Walter Sofronoff KC has objected to there being parliamentary privilege over a report that concluded he engaged in serious corrupt conduct in connection with an inquiry into ...