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Law Institute Journal 01 Dec 2020

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Law Institute Journal 01 Dec 2020

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From the president: 2020 challenges bring rewards

Sam Pandya 01 Dec 2020

This year of uncertainty meant we had to be flexible, open-minded, resilient and compassionate.

COVID-19 Opinions

Unsolicited

Law Institute Journal 01 Dec 2020

Attempting to conflate the sale of wildlife in Wuhan with livestock farming in Australia is absurd…

Opinions

Diversity paper: Call to firms to push for inclusion in the profession

Sam Pandya 01 Dec 2020

LIV president Sam Pandya’s new paper ‘Positive Action, Lasting Change: Advancing cultural diversity in the Victorian legal profession’, extracted here, recommends firms drive ethnic and cultural diversity at all levels.

Diversity Opinions

Diversity: Firms target structural blocks to entry

Karin Derkley 01 Dec 2020

Law firms are trying to address the barriers that are holding back culturally diverse lawyers from senior roles.

Diversity

Young Lawyers: Embracing diversity

Yasin Azra 01 Dec 2020

At 17, after a long journey from the Afghan warzone, including a stateless existence in Pakistan and a crossing from Indonesia in a fishing canoe, Yasin Azra arrived in Australia ready to contribute and make a difference.

Diversity

Young lawyers: Levelling the playing field

Muluka Said 01 Dec 2020

More needs to be done to combat unconscious bias in regards to candidates from low socio-economic and diverse backgrounds.

Diversity

Interview: Year of positive change for Court reformer

Karin Derkley 01 Dec 2020

Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan fast-tracked her plan to leverage technology and improve the Court’s access to justice with the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Courts COVID-19 Interviews

Opinion: Age old problem needs new response

Melanie Joosten 01 Dec 2020

Perpetrators of elder abuse, often the adult children of victims, must be held accountable.

Opinions

Mental health: State of mind

Paul Horvath and Ines Perkovic 01 Dec 2020

As the world is turned on its head by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is timely to discuss mental health in the legal profession.

COVID-19 Health Wellbeing

Sentencing: Resolving a controversy

Tim Marsh 01 Dec 2020

A recent decision has brought clarity and certainty to the relevance of personality disorders to sentencing.

Sentencing

Class actions: Caught in a custody battle

Andrew Paull and Eleanor Toohey 01 Dec 2020

This article explores the tension between judge-led and legislative reform of the class action mechanism – a jurisprudential debate with deep historical roots.

Civil Procedure

Access to justice: Remote hearings – the new normal?

Chirag Patel 01 Dec 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, the courts have become adept at conducting hearings online. However, Chirag Patel believes their future use should be limited to ensure access to justice is not compromised.

Access to Justice COVID-19