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This year our Medical Law Conference is heading to Melbourne! Spread over two days at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton Melbourne, the conference offers focused CPD at the intersection of medicine and law. Early bird for ALA members runs until 12 June.
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Submission to the Justice, Integrity and Community Safety Committee Read More
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Read More
Submission to Mr Glenn Ferguson AM (Lead Reviewer) and Mr Gary Black Read More
Queensland winner announced and Victoria nominations opened
Each year the ALA presents a Member of the Year Award and National, Queensland and Victorian Civil Justice Awards.
The Managing Principal of Melbourne law firm Margalit Lawyers, Michel Margalit, is the new National President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance. Read More
The announcement this week that the Trustees of the Christian Brothers intend to wind up their operations and sell or distribute their remaining assets could potentially impact hundreds of people who are seeking justice for childhood sexual abuse. Read More
Today’s High Court decision in Abdel-Hady v Commonwealth of Australia means that an unlawful non-citizen whose removal from Australia has no real prospect of becoming practicable in the reasonably foreseeable future can sue for false imprisonment. Read More
Lawyers have welcomed the NSW Government’s plan to reform drug driving laws for medicinal cannabis patients but cautioned that a proposed government register is unnecessary and raises serious privacy concerns. Read More
Dr Olivia Barr, Associate Professor at Melbourne Law School, sheds light on a forgotten legal rule saying deadlocked decisions do not count as a valid legal precedent and explains what that could mean for Indigenous sovereignty. Read More
From selfies to surveillance - Shelby Bennett of Travis Schultz & Partners provides an in-depth and enlightening look into how social media and surveillance evidence can be obtained, disclosed and used. Read More
Catherine Henry explains why the judicial mind needs to be open to what constitutes a close family member when considering civil liability and access to claims of damages in relation to Indigenous kinship relationships. Read More
The Hon Peter Applegarth AM KC and Susanna Connolly
Dr Ebony Birchall, Hayley Jago, and Amy Scott
Jeremy King and William Bonney
Renée McCarthy
Dr Judy Courtin
Find out more about Precedent and read a public access article here.