Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Heather Hibberd 01 May 2019

Four practitioners from different sized and structured firms tell how they have adapted to the electronic conveyancing system. The firms all joined the first and, at the time, only electronic lodgement network operator, PEXA, at different times in the past five years...

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Attorney-General calls for transparency

Carolyn Ford 01 May 2019

The Attorney-General Jill Hennessy wants transparency in the justice system – a belief honed during her time as a lawyer...

Interviews Legal Biography

From classroom to courtroom

Rebecca Johnston 01 Apr 2019

In 2013, I moved to Australia in search of an adventure and, like many of my compatriots, to escape from the austerity that had taken hold of Ireland. I arrived as a high-school teacher and believed that teaching was my career for life...

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Bendigo honours local magistrate

Carolyn Ford 03 Dec 2018

A fundraiser auction produced a win-win for two good causes in the community...

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Equine lore

Carolyn Ford 01 Nov 2018

LA-based Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer David Francis’ love of horses has taken a literary turn...

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Dutch honour

Karin Derkley 01 Oct 2018

Retired lawyer and amateur historian Noel Jackling has been recognised as a knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau...

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New job new era

Karin Derkley 01 Dec 2017

Victoria’s new Chief Justice Anne Ferguson is the first solicitor to lead a superior court in Australia...

Interviews Legal Biography

Mr Crossword's milestone

Carolyn Ford 01 Dec 2017

Patrick Street’s mind works in mysterious ways. Mr Street, 75, is the retired deputy chief magistrate behind Letters of the Law, the LIJ’s legal cryptic crossword...

Interviews Legal Biography