Jerome Doraisamy

With effect from 10 June 2025, family law now expressly recognises the economic effects of family violence in property settlements, write Hayley Dodson and Conrad Liveris.

Sydney-based law firm Swaab has appointed planning and environment lawyer and former Royal Australian Navy member Suzy Whitty as a special counsel in its property, planning, and projects team.

In this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with LawVu, we explore why the way in-house legal teams talk about AI needs to go beyond what the technology can do and how much time it can save

With the cost of workplace mental ill health projected to exceed $27 billion a year in Australia over the next 15 years, employers have a critical role to play in creating mentally healthy and safe workplaces – and the economic case for action is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

It's easy to assume that employees who take constant disruption in their stride are simply resilient or more willing to change. The reality is that these individuals have developed practical behaviours that help them respond to uncertainty before stress, hesitation, or fatigue take hold, writes Neal Woolrich.

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its national tax practice with the appointment of Pierre Chao as a partner in Brisbane.

National firm Keypoint Law has launched an international trade practice with the appointment of international trade and administrative law specialist Alistair Bridges as a consulting principal.

Planning and environment lawyer Craig Tidemann has joined Russell Kennedy from Thomsons, as a partner in its Sydney office.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed energy and infrastructure projects specialist Jonathan Stafford as a partner in its Sydney office, a move the firm said further strengthens its capability across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Christchurch-founded legal AI company VXT has launched an AI notetaker for lawyers that, it says, turns conversations into completed legal work, targeting the paperwork that follows calls and meetings and has long drained law firms of time and revenue.