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Tabitha Lovett 01 Dec 2016

Practitioners reveal how they balance the demands of their professional and personal lives. Tabitha Lovett, Equity Trustees general manager, philanthropy and not-for-profit services...

Legal Biography Workplace

Keep out of harm’s way

Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee 01 Nov 2016

Practitioners should be aware of key risks when acting for plaintiffs in personal injury litigation. Reviewing the claims against personal injury practitioners, the LPLC found from 2005 to 2015...

Torts Workplace

Time management tips

Katherine Lishman 01 Sep 2016

Whether you are at law school, starting your legal career or well advanced in the profession, time management is key to maintaining mental and physical wellbeing. Partner Reynah Tang, student Anna Belgiorno-Nettis and..

Planning Time Management Workplace

Five ways to keep women in the law

Riaza Rigby 01 Sep 2016

While more women are working in the law than ever, attrition rates from the profession are higher for women than men. To retain women in the law...

Discrimination Wellbeing Workplace

Why it's time for value based billing

Adam Wakeling 01 Sep 2016

Most lawyers accept time-based billing without question. But we would think twice before becoming the customer of a dentist, a car mechanic or a real estate agent who charged by six-minute intervals. Is billing by the hour...

Planning Time Management Wellbeing Workplace

Mental wellbeing and the legal profession

Andrea De Souza 01 Sep 2016

Last year the Australian Financial Review reported that lawyers rated lowest in health and wellbeing of all professionals. In particular..

Health Wellbeing Workplace

How to deal with the trauma of work

Andrea De Souza 01 Sep 2016

Law is not for the faint-hearted. Some lawyers are exposed to traumatic situations and traumatised clients regularly. How do they deal with it? In my previous life as a plaintiff medical negligence...

Health Wellbeing Workplace

High Court Judgments

Andrew Yuile 01 Jul 2016

In Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers [2016] HCA 16 (4 May 2016) the High Court found that advocate’s immunity did not extend to negligent advice given by a solicitor that resulted in a settlement and consent orders...

Courts Criminal Procedure Practice & Procedure Torts Workplace

Threat to your information security

LIV Media 21 Jun 2016

Businesses all across Australia are currently receiving thousands of emails per day attempting to infiltrate their systems and access sensitive information. These emails have innocuous subject lines such as...

Securities Workplace

Planning for a stress-free summer break

Katie Miller 03 Dec 2015

There's no denying it – the end of the year is upon us. The end of year parties have started, clients want things done by Christmas and the chance for one more coffee catch up with a colleague has been replaced with a...

Management Planning Time Management Wellbeing Workplace

Cool Legal Spaces and Places

Katie Miller 18 Nov 2015

I recently visited a number of legal innovators in the US. One of the things that struck me was that the interesting people I met all worked in interesting spaces. It reminded me of the importance of place. The way places are designed...

Workplace

SAS or Army? The Specialist v Generalist debate facing lawyers and law firms

Katie Miller 29 Oct 2015

There is a war looming over the legal profession. How do we survive in modern warfare with such huge changes taking place? We have technology...

Workplace

Top ten legal myths busted

Katie Miller 23 Jul 2015

My family enjoyed the recent school holidays by binging on all that Netflix has to offer. A particular favourite was Suits. My husband loved it but I took a little bit more time to warm to it (I’m well and truly addicted now). My difficulty was...

Technology Workplace