Oceania

POLITICS

More women than men practicing law in Australia

There are more women than men practicing law in Australia, co-inciding with a 46 per cent rise in the number of private law firms in the past five years to 15,539.

PEOPLE

Brexit helps Australian law firms attract more local talent

Australian law firms are having a wider choice of home grown talent thanks to Brexit.

PEOPLE

Brexit helps Australian law firms attract more local talent

Australian law firms are having a wider choice of home grown talent thanks to Brexit.

FLEXIBLE WORKING

Australian lawyers deemed more straight-forward than their UK counterparts

Vario's launch in Australia has seen the team seek out local lawyers who have different personality traits than their UK counterparts - from less respect for hierarchy to more straight-forward communications skills.

POLITICS

Australia's new laws would force tech companies to decrypt content to help flight crime

Australia is set to introduce new laws to force technology companies to provide access to encrypted communications in efforts to tackle terrorism, drugs trade and child exploitation.

LITIGATION

Slater and Gordon agrees $36m settlement with its shareholders

Slater and Gordon has agreed to a $36 million settlement with its own shareholders after a class action against the firm.

FEES

Increased legal spending favours global and top-tier law firms

Australia's biggest consumers of legal services have dramatically increased their spending on legal advice with the big winners being global and top-tier law firms.

LITIGATION

Australia's largest ever human rights settlement tops $90 million

The Australian government is set to pay $70 million in compensation to more than 1900 asylum seekers detained at Manus Island. The landmark deal is thought to be Australia's largest-ever human rights-related settlement.

MERGER

Norton Rose in merger talks with Australian law firm

The firm issued a statement confirming the discussions with Henry Davis York.

NZ Law Society raises alarm over employment proposals

Legislation removing employment protections causes serious concerns, NZ Law Society says.