The Australian Registrars’ National Electronic Conveyancing Council will not proceed with its planned interoperability program, prompting concern from the Law Council of Australia.
Chief Justice Peter Quinlan has emphasised the central role of the courts and legal profession in maintaining public confidence in the justice system at the ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year for 2026.
The Honourable Janine Pritchard has been elected chairperson of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia at the commission’s first meeting of the year.
Barrister Grahame Young writes to Brief to ask that the Legal Practice Board "publicly justify its position" on the holding of highly sensitive practitioner data - and the Board responds.
The Chief Judge of the District Court of Western Australia, Julie Wager, has detailed a range of serious and escalating technology failures within the District Court Building in Perth.
Two lawyers with expertise in privacy, information law and governance have been appointed as deputy commissioners within the Office of the Information Commissioner.