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Sentencing broadcasts should happen more regularly, lawyers say

Karin Derkley 15 Mar 2019

The County Court has been applauded for its decision to live broadcast Chief Judge Kidd’s sentencing remarks on the George Pell case...

Courts Sentencing

Jail for sports clubs that fail to protect children

Karin Derkley 13 Mar 2019

Lawyers who advise sporting clubs, whether in a formal or voluntary capacity, need to make them aware that failing to protect children from abuse could result in jail...

Child Welfare Young Persons

Take-up of legal tech still slow

Karin Derkley 06 Mar 2019

Legal organisations are still lagging in their take-up of legal technology, with costs and a lack of training around technology major barriers to adopting new technology, a survey of legal professionals has found...

Practice Management Technology

March LIJ Flipbook

Law Institute Journal 01 Mar 2019

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

Improving enforcement

Dr Joseph Monaghan 01 Mar 2019

The Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 comes into effect in 2020 and will have significant implications for environmental law enforcement...

Environmental Protection

The future of environmental law

Dr Leonie Kelleher OAM 01 Mar 2019

Future environmental law is likely to be highly significant in protecting future environments, but is also likely to transform legal principles and systems...

Environmental Protection

Tinkering at the edges

Virginia Trescowthick 01 Mar 2019

Recent legislative amendments in Victoria do not adequately address “repeat offender” issues plaguing the effectiveness of biodiversity laws...

Environmental Protection

Renegotiating our understanding of environmental disputes

Hubert Algie 01 Mar 2019

As businesses face greater economic pressures as a direct result of climate change, the resolution and management of environmental disputes will become increasingly important...

Environmental Protection

Wasting away

Tess Kerridge 01 Mar 2019

Attention is focused on Victoria’s waste management policies and how they integrate with the nationwide approach...

Environmental Protection

Environment protection enters a new era

Jane Hall and Zina Teoh 01 Mar 2019

The Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 will complete the most significant environmental legislative reform in the past 50 years and create a regime focused on pollution prevention and reducing harm...

Environmental Protection

Unsolicited

Law Instittute Journal 01 Mar 2019

“I explain court etiquette, how they need to speak to the judge. I sit with them and if they’re really agitated I get them to breathe along with me.”...

Opinions

Testing times for lawyers

Stuart Webb 01 Mar 2019

To ensure our independent judicial system works, we need good people...

160 years of the LIV

Dr Simon Smith 01 Mar 2019

Historian Simon Smith gives a snapshot of the LIV’s history from its establishment in 1859 through various battles and even a fire that destroyed its home to the current era...

A New Home