International money launderers are exploiting Australia’s continuing failure to pass “Tranche 2” laws, which has allowed them to defeat banks’ anti-crime controls
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Crown Royal Commission Submissions Raised Questions about Directors’ Duties
The Royal Commission’s most senior lawyer went on to outline how Crown management and its culture had put profit ahead of integrity, regulation and the law.
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10 Ways to Boost Your Legal Expertise for Optimal Client Service
Boosting the legal expertise of lawyers is one way to optimise client service delivery for law firms looking to expand their share of their clients’ spend.
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Sherlock Holmes in Robes: An Advocate’s Forensic Duty
The term ‘forensic’ is described as belonging to courts of judicature, argument or rhetoric, or the scientific knowledge applied to legal problems.
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Harnessing Legal Guidance and Research Tech to Work Smarter
You can’t turn into a practice area expert overnight. However, you can get there sooner by working smarter, not harder. Gain insights on effective knowledge gathering via this practical whitepaper.
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Now is Not the Time to be Casual About Casuals
The Morrison government has mustered up just enough support in Parliament to push through amendments to the operation of casual employment.
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Planning Law: Australia’s Ticket to a Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery?
Legal Insight talks to Jacinta Studdert, Valencia Govender and Peter Lochore, contributing authors to Planning Law in Australia, about the changes to planning approvals processes.
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As Insolvency Rates Climb, Are You on Top of the Recent Reforms?
Now that the federal government’s temporary insolvency law measures and JobKeeper have come to an end, practitioners may be starting to see an uptick in insolvency and restructuring work.
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Will AI Transform Dispute Resolution as We Know it?
The power, efficiency and accuracy of well-calibrated AI creates tantalizing possibilities in the field of dispute resolution.
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How Technology will Direct the Future for Boutique Lawyers
Across conference tables and networking sessions at the recent Lawyers Weekly Boutique Law Summit in Sydney, delegates were abuzz about how to take on the future.
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