Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Scott K Morris 01 Feb 2020

For practitioners seeking to retain their clients and enjoy the best of times, there are fundamental matters that should be firmly understood before turning to deploy a statutory demand on the instruction of an eager client...

Communication Practice & Procedure

Criminal law: Sex Offenders Register – A guide for lawyers

Bill Doogue 01 Feb 2020

There are some basic concepts that lawyers should be familiar with when assisting clients on the sex offenders register...

Criminal Procedure Practice & Procedure

Federal Court judgments

Dan Star QC 01 Feb 2020

False, misleading or deceptive conduct – contraventions of s1041H of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and ss12DA(1) and 12DB(1)(i) of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) . . .

Judgment Practice & Procedure

Practice notes

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

Notice to practitioners – Probate Online...

Courts Practice & Procedure

Ethics Committee rulings: Legal costs dispute

LIV Ethics Committee 01 Feb 2020

Ethical dilemmas are part of everyday practice for solicitors. The LIV Ethics Committee is available to help...

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: What to do when your client might be lying

Donna Cooper 01 Feb 2020

Determining what you should do when you think a client has lied in the witness box while under cross-examination is one of the more difficult ethical dilemmas a practitioner may face...

Ethics Obligations Practice & Procedure

Judicial College of Victoria: Rewriting the VSM

David Tedhams 01 Feb 2020

A new edition of the Victorian Sentencing Manual marks another milestone in its history...

Communication Courts Documents Practice & Procedure

Commercial: Class action fees shakeup

Michael Legg 01 Feb 2020

Lawyers will be able to take a percentage of class action damages but questions remain...

Litigation Practice & Procedure

Professional development: More CPD for members

Carolyn Ford 01 Feb 2020

A suite of updated educational products and services are headed the profession’s way in 2020...

Continuing Legal Education Education Practice & Procedure

Advocacy: Submissions

Law Institute Journal 01 Feb 2020

LIV Submissions: Freedom of information amendments, LGBT conversion practices, proposed regulation and environment reference standards, and revised Code of Conduct for registered migration agents...

Advocacy Practice & Procedure

Federal Court judgments

Dan Star QC 01 Dec 2019

What is “financial product advice”, when is it “personal advice” or “general advice” and the duties that arise depending on which type of advice it is...

Consumer Law Judgment Practice & Procedure