The Partner of the Year Awards is back for 2025 and is once again bringing you an unparalleled awards program that identifies the legal partners, or partners equivalent, across individual practice ...

Gilbert + Tobin is the 2016 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Firm of the Year and the 2017 Financial Times’s Most Innovative Law Firm in the Asia-Pacific and Australia.

A barrister who sued Nine for falsely suggesting she was a dog thief failed to overturn an order for the damages to be paid into court until a fee dispute with her former solicitors has been decided.

A former client of BigLaw firm HWL Ebsworth has been found to have lost an opportunity to develop a property because of a “negligent failure” by the firm, alleged to have lost the former client $130 ...

Traditional legal pathway ‘no longer the default’ amid generational shifts Generational expectations are reshaping the legal landscape, with emerging lawyers no longer as interested in traditional ...

Mellor Olsson Lawyers, an independent firm based in South Australia, has appointed a chief executive officer.

In 2025, the legal services marketplace remains highly competitive, set against a backdrop of persistent high inflation, an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, and an impending federal election.

In the looming “new normal”, there are opportunities that abound for the emerging generation of leaders to step up and stand out in a modernised yet still competitive legal landscape. Having a deeper ...

Discover the winners and finalists of the 2025 Australian Law Awards, celebrating excellence in the legal profession.

As rising demands and competing responsibilities increasingly stretch corporate counsel, Conga’s director of strategy, innovation, and transformation highlights the real-time challenges legal ...

A lawyer turned real estate agent was booted out of a supposedly abandoned Sydney property when her squatter’s rights claim failed.

Two lawyers and a conveyancer have moved from Gadens to McGilvray, a commercial firm based in Canberra.