How a Tennis Career Prepared Jade Hopper for Law Jade Hopper was once headed for the kind of sporting life most lawyers would only see in an ad campaign: junior Australian Open battles, a Commonwealth Youth Games gold medal, and rising up the tennis ranks with all the discipline that implies. She spent her teenage […]
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Jennifer Ball, President of Law Society of NSW I share the shock and distress of the community at yesterday’s violence at Bondi Beach. Antisemitic and hate-fuelled actions of any kind are to be condemned. On behalf of the solicitor profession of NSW, I offer deepest condolences to families and loved ones of those who were
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Gilchrist Connell, a leading Australian insurance sector law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of three new special counsel Shehan Gunatunga (Melbourne), Francine Custovic (Sydney), and Kaveetha Kumar (Sydney), reinforcing our strength in key areas of client demand and supporting our continued national growth. Shehan Gunatunga joins with extensive experience in professional indemnity and coverage disputes. He advises insurers and
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Jennifer Ball Statement on Maurie Stack OAM Maurie Stack OAM I was saddened to learn today of the death overnight of prominent lawyer and former President of the Law Society of NSW, Maurie Stack OAM. In addition to being a giant of the law, based on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Maurie provided
Legal AI Interview In a recent episode of the Scalable Law Podcast, Clio CEO Jack Newton delivered some key insights into the future of legal tech, including the billion-dollar AI bets shaping it, and why Australia is at the forefront of key developments. As the founder of the world’s leading cloud-based legal practice management platform,
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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Anglo-Australian biglaw’s Ashurst and US player Perkins Coie have decided to tie the knot, crafting a new transatlantic megalaw entity – to be Ashurst Perkins Coie – pending the perfunctory partner vote and regulatory nods. The new firm will straddle 52 offices in 23 countries, weaving a legal web from
GenAI, Fake Law & Fallout – New Australian report reveals surge in legal cases involving generative AI The UNSW Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession has dropped a sober but necessary reality check on the messy intersection between generative AI and actual courtrooms. Reviewing more than 520 cases from January 2023 to September
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MinterEllison is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Horan as a Partner in its M&A/Capital Markets practice in Sydney, significantly enhancing the firm’s national offering and deepening its expertise in private capital transactions With over 20 years’ experience advising many of Australia’s most active private capital sponsors and corporates, Lee is a recognised specialist
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The LegalAI Marketing Tool Plexus has just lobbed a grenade into the sluggish trench warfare between Legal and Marketing with a new AI compliance tool. Marketing Wizard is the new platform, an extension of Plexus’s legal AI ecosystem, is designed to make compliance feel less like corporate molasses and more like a Formula 1 pit
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The Law Society of NSW notes the response by the NSW Government to the report of the 2024 Drug Summit. We are pleased to see the NSW Government support many of the recommendations made in the 2024 Drug Summit Report. The supported recommendations indicate a number of opportunities for positive drug law reform. We encourage
