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Case notes

Can a solicitor charge for more than 24 billable hours of work in a single day?

April 2, 2026

Stephen Conwell discusses a recent decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Case notes·Practice updates

Family law case notes: April 2026

April 2, 2026

Property - children - property

April 1, 2026

Understanding Standing Orders: the operating system of the Legislative Assembly

Sergeant-at-Arms/Clerk Assistant (Procedure) Thomas Moorhead delves into the details of Standing Orders.

April 1, 2026

High Court judgments: April 2026

Constitutional - costs.

Case notes·Practice updates

High Court judgments: June 2025

Transfer of proceedings - Native title - Constitutional law.

July 7, 2025

Case notes·Practice updates

Federal Court judgments: May 2025

Industrial law.

July 7, 2025

Case notes·Practice updates

Family law case notes: June 2025

Children born by in vitro - Property - Divorce - Financial agreement.

July 7, 2025

Case notes·Practice updates

Family law case notes: May 2025

Property and CGT - Variation of parenting orders - Property and superannuation trustee - Evidence.

July 7, 2025

Case notes·Practice updates

Family law case notes: April 2025

Property - Business valuation - Family trusts - Commercial surrogacy - Reversal of care.

July 7, 2025

Legal updates·Practice updates

Corporate misconduct and the Systems Intentionality model

As artificial juristic persons, corporations can neither innately think nor act. Yet corporations are now rightly recognised as having the capacity to engage in serious civil and criminal misconduct.

July 7, 2025

Legal updates·Practice updates

The Australian Government’s response to the Modern Slavery Act review

On 2 December 2024, the Commonwealth Government published its long-awaited response to the review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Act) conducted by Professor John McMillan AO (the Review).

July 3, 2025

Legal updates·Practice updates

Ethics: Limits to following client instructions

Lawyers owe a duty to the administration of justice, which is paramount.

July 1, 2025

Legal updates·Practice updates

WA case notes: June 2025

The Court of Appeal has further developed principles relevant to the assessment of compensation for land taken under the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA).

July 1, 2025