Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

New regime requires companies to protect whistleblowers

Karin Derkley 19 Sep 2019

New whistleblower protection legislation will open the way to increased litigation and better defend those who disclose corporate misconduct, an LIV lunchtime session heard this week...

Corporate Social Responsibility Workplace

Victoria to again be leader in youth justice: minister

Karin Derkley 17 Sep 2019

Minister for Youth Justice Ben Carroll wants Victoria to return to being a leader in youth justice, and said he would rather young people didn't go to prison. But if they do, he wants to make sure they come out better than when they went in, he told the Jesuit Social Services National Justice Symposium last week...

Young Persons

LIV hosts law societies, LCA

Karin Derkley 13 Sep 2019

Leaders of the legal profession across Australia are coming together at the Law Institute of Victoria for a meeting of the Council of Law Societies. Presidents and CEOs of Law Societies are meeting at the LIV’s headquarters at 140 William Street today.

Ombudsman, ACCC call for unfair contract penalties

Karin Derkley 10 Sep 2019

Unfair contracts should be made illegal and attract strong penalties, an LIV hosted forum on how regulators can help small businesses has heard...

Consumer Law

New Law changing the way law is done

Karin Derkley 04 Sep 2019

Client demand and “enabling” technologies are driving the growth of New Law firms, a symposium on New Law heard last week...

Innovation Technology

September LIJ flipbook

Law Institute Journal 01 Sep 2019

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

Succession planning: Handing over the practice

Karin Derkley 01 Sep 2019

Every year hundreds of Victorian lawyers face the dilemma of what to do with their legal practices because of age or simply a desire to move on...

Practice Management Succession

Interview: Opposition firm on matters of justice

Carolyn Ford 01 Sep 2019

The state shadow Attorney-General Edward O’Donohue has called for action to tackle court backlogs and to make the system work smarter...

Access to Justice Interviews Legal Biography Young Persons

LIV 160th: The barrister boycott

Simon Smith 01 Sep 2019

In the third of a four-part series historian Simon Smith looks at a remarkable episode in legal history, the rebellion by barristers against amalgamation...

LIV: Governance structure under review

Carolyn Ford 01 Sep 2019

The LIV is reassessing its corporate structure to ensure it is best placed to serve members into the future...

Opinion: Teaching law in a tech world

Fabian Horton 01 Sep 2019

When incorporating technology into legal education it must be recognised as a way of thinking, not just an extra-curricular tool...

Opinions

Welcome: Justice Joshua Wilson

Law Institute Journal 01 Sep 2019

Justice Joshua Wilson was welcomed to the Family Court of Australia on 18 March. Among the speakers was LIV president Stuart Webb...

Appointments

Obituary: Patrick William Dwyer

Law Institute Journal 01 Sep 2019

Obituary: Patrick William Dwyer, 7 November 1952 – 23 July 2019...

Legal Biography

Dial 'M' for metadata: Unravelling the mystery

Craig Macaulay and David Wishart 01 Sep 2019

Metadata is still to be authoritatively defined and understood. Perhaps the best way to think of it is in terms of how it is created...

Technology

Shareholder disputes: When business gets messy

Mark Bolton 01 Sep 2019

An LIV presentation by Justice Michael Sifris Gave an insight into the Victorian Supreme Court’s current approach to dealing with shareholder disputes and, in particular, oppression cases...

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