Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Federal Court judgments

Dan Star QC 01 Apr 2020

“Best interests obligations” in Corporations Act, ss961B, 961G and 961J – lack of culture of compliance – penalties

Courts Discrimination Human Rights Judgment Practice & Procedure

Ethics Committee rulings: Confidentiality

LIV Ethics Committee 01 Apr 2020

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

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: Taking unfair advantage

Michael Dolan 01 Apr 2020

Where an obvious error is made in favour of your client, a practitioner may face an ethical dilemma. Do you tell the party making the error or stay silent?

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Skills: How to keep it brief

Karin Derkley 01 Mar 2020

Are you overloading your clients with too much information?

Communication Practice & Procedure

Ethics: In-house challenges

Michael Dolan 01 Mar 2020

In-house lawyers face some interesting ethical challenges as their client is usually their employer...

Conflict of Interest Ethics Practice & Procedure

Federal Court judgments

Dan Star QC 01 Mar 2020

Whether misleading or deceptive conduct by online search and price comparison platform for travel accommodation . .

Consumer Law Courts Judgment Practice & Procedure

Practice notes

Law Institute Journal 01 Mar 2020

Supreme Court of Victoria – new Institutional Liability List, VCAT – Guardianship and Human Rights – temporary

venue change and SRO – tax relief measures for people and businesses affected by bushfires...

Courts Practice & Procedure

Ethics Committee rulings: Former client conflict

LIV Ethics Committee 01 Mar 2020

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

Ethics Practice & Procedure

Ethics: Competence on the professional radar

Gino Dal Pont 01 Mar 2020

Questions of lawyer competence have over recent decades entered the professional domain...

Ethics Obligations Practice & Procedure

Advocacy: Submissions

Law Institute Journal 01 Mar 2020

LIV Submissions:Amendments to the Status of Children Act 1974 (Vic), Religious Discrimination Bill and Lower bar for anti-vilification legislation...

Advocacy Practice & Procedure

Statutory demands: The best of times

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

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