Following the abolition of the “complaint” instrument in the recent summary procedure shake-up in South Australia (SA), criminal lawyers will need to be more alert to classifying the offence in…
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8 Cases that Stopped the Nation in 2017
From the unconventional to the absurd, the year 2017 was nirvana for legal tragics. The Supreme Court of New South Wales held that citizen’s arresting Uber drivers is, usually, inadvisable.…
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Competition Law Changes in Force From 6 November 2017 [Legal Update]
After over 20 years of debate and governmental reviews, and over 2.5 years after the most recent reform recommendations, major competition law changes were specially proclaimed to commence on 6…
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Why Plain Language Law is Shaping the Way Legal Solutions are Delivered
It’s time we thought differently about delivering legal services. The practice of law has changed. The days of hiring practitioners with specialist knowledge and decades of experience for small litigation,…
Read moreParliament Passes Harper Reforms to Competition Law in Australia: A Legal Update From Ashurst
The most significant changes to Australian competition law in over 40 years were passed by the Federal Parliament this week. In this legal update, Ashurst’s market-leading competition lawyers highlight all…
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Spotlight on Bianca Kabel, Sub-Editor of the Queensland Reports on Westlaw AU [Q&A]
This week, Bianca Kabel, barrister at Level Twenty Seven Chambers sat down with us to chat about her role as sub-editor of the Queensland Reports – the latest addition to…
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Making an Apple More Like an Orange: How the ACCC is Planning to Improve its Chances in Merger Reviews
A recent speech by Rod Sims, Chairman of the ACCC, is making waves amongst Australian competition law practitioners and business leaders. Sims has proposed requiring more information from businesses seeking…
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The Legal Profession Welcomes Another Benchmark
For just over two months this year – from 2 October 2017 until the retirement of Canada’s Chief Justice on 15 December 2017 – four women will hold the position…
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A New Age for the Commonwealth Law Reports
They’re the reports that lawyers become familiar with on day one of law school. The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLRs) are synonymous with Australia’s common law system, being the authorised reports…
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A Weaker Immune System: Advocate’s Immunity from Suit does not Protect Negligent Advice on Settlement
On 29 March 2017, the High Court in Kendirjian v Lepore [2017] HCA 13 upheld a narrower scope of the common law doctrine of an advocate’s immunity from suit, holding…
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