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 LIV Media 03 Dec 2018

The LIV is extremely concerned by disclosures that a legal professional acted as a police informer against clients during the gangland wars...

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 Dr Michael McNamara 03 Dec 2018

Supervision, profession-wide, is sub-par and many junior lawyers are not receiving appropriate training and support...

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 Judith Bennett 03 Dec 2018

The users of law firms’ services and products are central to finding solutions...

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 Tasman Fleming 01 Nov 2018

Real estate agents are subject to sanctions for breaches of trust account provisions and for practising as an agent without a licence...

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 Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee 01 Nov 2018

Making assumptions about your retainer with longstanding lender clients is risky...

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 Justice Emilios Kyrou 01 Oct 2018

Is a former solicitor obliged to deliver the client’s documents to a new solicitor prior to payment of the former solicitor’s outstanding costs...

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 Gino Dal Pont 01 Oct 2018

The notion that lawyers can charge for work not performed may need some rethinking... 

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 Jonathan Kaplan 01 Oct 2018

Rather than seeking out a robust mediator it’s probably of greater benefit to find a mediator with good people skills...

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 Zoe Chan 01 Oct 2018

Building disputes often need expert help...

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 Maggie McNamara 01 Oct 2018

Complaints to the regulator reveal a lot about the challenges for family lawyers... 

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 Marcus Memmolo 03 Sep 2018

Lawyers should be thinking about how they engage with technology...

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 Legal Practitioners’ Liability Committee 01 Aug 2018

Practitioners need to proactively manage clients who do not appreciate the value of their services...

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 Andrew Field and Michael Rancie 02 Jul 2018

Should civil proceedings be stayed when an accused is also facing criminal proceedings?...

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 Karin Derkley 02 Jul 2018

In the second part of a series started two years ago, the LIJ catches up with four young lawyers to see how they are faring in their careers...

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 Legal Practitioner's Liability Committee 02 Jul 2018

Last year, financial services comparison site Mozo reported that young home buyers in Australia have borrowed $65.3 billion from their families, making the bank of Mum and Dad the country’s fifth biggest lender...

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