Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Karin Derkley Oct 2017

Diversity in the workplace isn’t just about doing the right thing – it’s also likely to enhance law firms’ competitiveness, says a recent report by the Law Society of NSW’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee...

Diversity

Essay prize to honour first Asian-Australian barrister

Karin Derkley Oct 2017

An essay-writing scholarship valued at $5000, to be judged by some of Australia’s most senior judges and practitioners, has been launched in honour of the country’s first barrister of Chinese descent, William Ah Ket.

Diversity

Justice Connect turns 25

Carolyn Ford Oct 2017

Professor Gillian Triggs was the keynote speaker at Justice Connect's 25th anniversary dinner.

Access to Justice Human Rights

October LIJ flipbook

Law Institute Journal Oct 2017

Welcome to the October LIJ flipbook. You can turn pages electronically, magnify type and click through to editorial content, LIV goods and services and upcoming events and advertising...

The complex world of religious divorce

Talya Faigenbaum and Nussen Ainsworth Oct 2017

Jewish and Islamic divorces are not straightforward. Practitioners need to be aware of legal, ethical and religious issues...

Divorce Family Court Marriage

A doctrine of parsimony needed

David Joseph Oct 2017

Some of those found guilty of sexual offences are almost automatically added to the sexual offences register. But perhaps they do not belong there...

Sentencing

When harm is a trivial matter

Sally Whiteman Oct 2017

The defence of triviality can succeed in defamation cases, but there is still argument over the meaning of “harm”...

Fair play

Emma Goodwin Oct 2017

The law constrains an employer’s ability to make deductions from an employee’s pay...

Workplace

Foreign residents and the sale of land

David P Lloyd Oct 2017

Changes to the foreign resident capital gains withholding regime, including a drop in the price threshold from $2 million to $750,000 came into effect on 1 July 2017...

Capital Gains Tax