Legal experts are warning companies to beef up their cybersecurity defenses as COVID-19 presents new opportunities for fraudulent email, increased phishing and other risks related to the rise of employees working from home.
Read moreVerification of Identity Checks in the Age of Social Distancing
Many lawyers and mortgagees may be left wondering how best to comply with their verification of identity obligations for conveyancing and mortgage transactions during this time.
Read moreHow Smart Tech Enhances Legal Research for Junior Solicitors
Picture this. You are the Principal of a boutique law firm and employ several junior solicitors in their first few years of legal practice. How do you ensure your staff have what they need to grow?
Read moreA Barrister’s Perspective on Smart Legal Research
Representing clients to the best of your ability requires you have access to legal information, fast. In a customer case study, David Kim from Owen Dixon Chambers, Australia, compares free research to the new Westlaw.
Read moreManaging Risk in Electronic Land Transactions
With one mandate deadline for electronic lodgment of land dealings remaining, Thomson Reuters author, lecturer and sole practitioner Greg Stilianou reflects on managing risk when engaging in online property transactions.
Read moreCoronavirus and Travel Insurance Exclusions: Discussing a Pandemic Claims Response Strategy
It is inevitable that claims for travel plans disrupted by the outbreak will soar but how will the current policies and insurers cope with the influx?
Read moreChange Makers Podcast Episode 6: Lawyer Mums Australia
For the latest Change Makers Podcast episode, we invited Anthea McIntyre, Owner and Director of McIntyre Legal and Founder of Lawyer Mums Australia to join us in the studio.
Read more‘Aliens’, Indigenous Australians and the Constitution: Examining Love v Commonwealth
On 11 February, the High Court ruled by a 4-3 majority that indigenous Australians cannot be considered ‘aliens’ within the meaning of s 51(xix) of the Constitution.
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