Legal and conveyancing firms across Australia are facing a pivotal moment: initiating AML/CTF Tranche 2. These reforms mark one of the most significant regulatory shifts in the property sector in ...

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The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) has referred a solicitor to the South Australian Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner and two counsel to the Victorian Legal Services Board ...

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) recommended that Christian Roger de Robillard’s name be removed from the roll of practitioners after a finding that he had engaged in professional ...

A Victorian lawyer has become the first practitioner in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial intelligence in a court case, after submitting a list of entirely non-existent ...

Last November, AI research and deployment company OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a model that “interacts in a conversational way” and generates text in response to different prompts. Now, Australian law ...

This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. Key players: The Piper Alderman deal team was led by corporate partner James Dickson and senior associate Liam Higgins, with ...

Global law firm Dentons said it was “inevitable” that a number of its staff would be made redundant after it lost ING Australia’s mortgaging business to MSA National, a firm specialising in the ...

On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Maxiom Injury Lawyers principal Sach Fernando about launching a new firm while his eldest daughter was just six months ...

A Melbourne Supreme Court judge has slammed lawyers representing a boy accused of murder for filing misleading documents that were generated by artificial intelligence – and left unchecked. This ...

The Federal Court ordered Christopher William Legal’s principal lawyer Mark Madafferi to not leave or attempt to leave Australia until mid-September this year or until further orders are made. This ...

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) found sole practitioner Alexander Martin guilty of professional misconduct for breaches relating to his practice Martin Legal’s trust account. The ...