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Regulation
The Legal Profession (Solicitors) Conduct Rules 2026 took effect across the Uniform Law jurisdictions and the ACT, amended in part to sit alongside the new AML/CTF regime.
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Regulation
Confidentiality will only be available where the victim-survivor asks for it. The reform's success depends on lawyers abandoning a default they have relied on for decades.
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Analysis
AI-enabled eyewear has moved from novelty to ordinary. Australian privacy and surveillance law was not built for a recording device that looks like spectacles.
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Analysis
Legal aid withdrawal, AI sanctions and practitioner burnout are usually written about separately. In family law they are arriving together.
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News
A conference convened to examine how the profession responds when the rule of law comes under strain has been abandoned because barristers could not afford to attend.
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Events
Two days, five streams, advanced CPD pitched at accredited specialists rather than at the general practitioner topping up units.
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Events
Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane host anniversary sittings, with the Queensland Family Law Practitioners' Dinner following the Brisbane event on 4 September.
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Awards
Nominations are live for the black-tie gala at Crown Melbourne. This is currently the only major Australian legal award with an open window.
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Awards
A record 1,206 submissions produced 330 finalists across 36 categories, with winners named at The Star on 30 July.
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Events
An hour on the subject law school never taught and firms rarely raise, presented by Larisha Jerome.
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Events
Justice Andrea Tsalamandris, David Seeman of Lennon's List and John Rule of Maurice Blackburn present at the ALA Victorian seminar. Places are limited.
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Awards
Nominations are open for a program aimed at the cohort most awards ignore, with a gala at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on 2 October.
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