Yesterday
ASIC wants policy to define ‘regulatory perimeter’ for crypto assets
Commissioner Cathie Armour says ASIC wants to support new businesses that are exploring new technologies or providing new technology to the financial sector.
- James Eyers
We’ve got a long way to go on harassment, bullying: law firms
Reports commissioned by the Victorian and SA governments, both handed down this week, were scathing of widespread sexual harassment in the legal industry.
- Hannah Wootton
Global firm poaches Minters stalwart
After 22 years at MinterEllison, technology partner Anthony Lloyd has joined DLA Piper.
- Natasha Gillezeau
‘Old dogs’ of Victorian Bar put on notice
The Victorian Bar is in a tight spot after this week’s reports into sexual harassment in the courts and the legal profession.
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- Michael Pelly
This Month
Judges, barristers accused of ‘alarming’, widespread sexual harassment
Judges in South Australia face compulsory annual sexual harassment training after a report detailed extraordinary examples of junior members of the profession bombarded with explicit sexual suggestions and unwanted groping.
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- Hannah Wootton
Lawyer wins $110,000 payout for age slur
A Sydney solicitor has been awarded $110,000 in damages over a gossip column item.
- Michael Pelly
Silks, judges to face ‘good character’ test in Victoria
Victorian barristers and judges must be assessed to be of good character before taking silk or going to the bench respectively under new rules designed to stamp out widespread sexual harassment in the legal industry.
- Hannah Wootton
Court rules junior lawyer underpaid despite $500,000 salary
He earned more than half a million dollars a year, but has successfully sued his former firm for underpaying him after signing a lucrative employment agreement.
- Hannah Wootton
Best Lawyers 2021: insurance sector thrives
Insurance lawyers have an increased presence in the latest edition of the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers.
- Michael Pelly
Singapore’s lawyers take arbitration business from Hong Kong
The number of arbitration cases heard in Singapore more than doubled last year as it consolidated its lead over regional rival Hong Kong.
- Emma Connors
Sister act for Gleeson’s High Court portrait
The family touch for High Court portrait, an agreeable welcome for new judges and peace at the Victoria Bar. It’s all Hearsay.
- Michael Pelly
Ashurst inks trio of partner hires
There’s three new partners joining global law firm Ashurst’s energy and resources practice.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
WA drags chain on defamation reform
Western Australia looks like being the odd state out over national defamation law reforms.
- Michael Pelly
‘About time’: judges welcome end to sex complaints exemption
The judiciary and the legal profession has welcomed moves to close an exemption in the Sex Discrimination Act
- Michael Pelly
Minters: When a $1.4m salary isn’t enough
Hearsay: How much of the recent unrest at MinterEllison is about money? A fair bit, it seems.
- Michael Pelly
We haven’t missed a beat since Kimmitt left: Minters
MinterEllison’s acting CEO Virginia Briggs has rejected talk the firm is imploding after the exit of Annette Kimmitt, saying it has been “business as usual” at Australia’s largest law firm.
- Michael Pelly
MinterEllison loses M&A partner to Squire Patton Boggs
A big-billing M&A partner is heading for the exit.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Company directors reject ASIC’s enforcement tilt
Company directors have hit back at claims from the corporate watchdog that a slated easing of continuous disclosure laws could lead to more legal stoushes ending up in court.
- Ronald Mizen
Ashurst doubles bonus pool, pays out pandemic ‘special reward’
The payment comes as law, professional services and investment banking firms abroad offer staff lucrative bonuses as they eye the other side of the pandemic.
- Hannah Wootton
Allens promoted associate who sexually harassed junior lawyer
Allens has stood by its response despite acknowledging its processes have “evolved significantly” into a “better system” since the incident.
- Hannah Wootton
