Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Karin Derkley 13 Aug 2020

Lawyers need to give courageous and "steely-eyed" advice to their clients, whether they are a law officer advising a minister of the crown or a solicitor advising their client, former High Court judge Justice Kenneth Hayne said at the Zelman Cowen Centre Oration...

Climate Change Corporate Social Responsibility

Companies have role to play in eliminating modern slavery

Karin Derkley 17 Oct 2019

Companies and their advisors need to remember that corporate and legal obligations under the Modern Slavery Act are aimed at preventing the exploitation of vulnerable people...

Corporate Social Responsibility Human Rights

New regime requires companies to protect whistleblowers

Karin Derkley 19 Sep 2019

New whistleblower protection legislation will open the way to increased litigation and better defend those who disclose corporate misconduct, an LIV lunchtime session heard this week...

Corporate Social Responsibility Workplace

Commercial lawyers must consider moral dimension

Karin Derkley 18 Aug 2019

Commercial lawyers need to remind their clients of their obligation to act conscionably, Justice Chris Maxwell said at the Victoria Law Foundation Oration...

Consumer Law Corporate Social Responsibility

Empire builder changes lives

Karin Derkley 01 Nov 2018

A love for social enterprises that help other people has put Dan Poole in a winning position...

Corporate Social Responsibility Voluntary Associations/Pro Bono

Call for long-term cultural change

Bonnie Phillips and Vanessa Shambrook 03 Sep 2018

The link between gender inequality and violence against women is clear...

Corporate Social Responsibility Discrimination Women's Rights Workplace Relations

Shareholder profits vs human rights

Karin Derkley 15 Mar 2018

Human rights should not come second to shareholder profits, according to visiting world expert in corporate governance and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, Professor Mervyn King...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Pro bono contribution on the rise

Karin Derkley 23 Nov 2017

Law firms with a strong pro bono culture tend to have happier, more fulfilled lawyers and lower staff turnover, says Australian Pro Bono Centre CEO John Corker...

Access to Justice Corporate Social Responsibility

Law Council of Australia

Stuart Clark 01 Jul 2016

Given that the Act of 2001 is essentially the same as its predecessor, the Corporations Law of 1991, it means we are operating under legislation that is now effectively 25 years old...

Advocacy Corporate Social Responsibility