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Pesutto on law and order

Karin Derkley 15 May 2018

Shadow Attorney General John Pesutto believes there is a "pronounced discordance" between the legal sector and the general public...

Access to Justice Punishment Sentencing

Lawyers say #MeToo

Karin Derkley 10 May 2018

"Gobsmackingly bad" cases of sexual harassment are rife in the law and other professions, and journalists are working towards making them public...

Women's Rights Workplace

Law Week for lawyers

Karin Derkley 08 May 2018

Plenty of Law Week events will interest lawyers as well as the general public. In amongst the more than 180 events are sessions for legal professionals...

Access to Justice

Support needed to stop revolving door of prison

Karin Derkley 08 May 2018

Ex-prisoners are doomed to return to jail unless they get post-release support that helps keep them on the straight and narrow, says Deakin University's Professor Joe Graffam.

Punishment

Forum to challenge toxic law and order narrative

Karin Derkley 04 May 2018

The justice community is trying to find ways to shift the "toxic" narrative on law and order as we head into a Victorian election...

Access to Justice Discrimination

Banks should protect older customers from financial abuse

Karin Derkley 03 May 2018

Banks need to take a greater role in protecting older customers from financial abuse, the Law Institute has said...

Aged Persons Finance

Budget boost for courts and justice system

Karin Derkley 02 May 2018

Increased funding for courts, identified by the Law Institute of Victoria as a top priority in its pre-budget submission, has been welcomed by the Victorian legal profession...

Courts Justice

May LIJ flipbook

Law Institute Journal 01 May 2018

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

Values and preferences for future medical treatment

Bill O'Shea and Rebecca Park 01 May 2018

A new act to consolidate medical treatment laws and ensure a person’s values and preferences are followed came into force in Victoria on 12 March 2018...

Capacity Health Wills

A breach of trust

Michael Wise SC 01 May 2018

The proliferation of the trust as a vehicle for commercial activity presents issues in litigation – principally, whether a beneficiary can step around an impecunious...

Informal wills

Phillip Barton 01 May 2018

Since 1997 it has been possible for informal wills to be admitted to probate in Victoria on the basis that the deceased intended that a document or documents...

Wills

Highly serious

Michael Lombard and Giorgina McCormack 01 May 2018

The High Court’s examination of “serious injury” in TAC v Katanas will guide future decisions. By Michael Lombard and Giorgina McCormack In Transport...

Personal Injuries