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‘You have to do this now’: ASIC head urges businesses to prepare for climate reporting now
Policy and Regulation 2024-04-23 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

The head of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged businesses not to put off compliance with mandatory climate disclosures until after legislation has passed, saying while it was too early for the regulator to set out an enforcement plan, it wasn’t too early to be prepared.

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Jones Day beefs up financial markets practice in Australia
Corporate 2024-04-23 1:35 pm By Andy Sidler

Jones Day is growing its domestic financial markets team with the recruitment of a partner from Baker McKenzie and the transfer of a 17-year veteran from the firm’s London office.

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Class action pioneer from Maurice Blackburn will ‘strive for fair’ as new judge
Courts 2024-04-19 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

As the head of Maurice Blackburn’s class actions group he helped win hundreds of millions of dollars for claimants and shaped the jurisprudence around the practice. As the Victorian Supreme Court’s newest judge, Andrew Watson has promised to keep up the fight for fair.

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Court’s openness in Lehrmann case shines light on what judges do, and that’s good for judges
Analysis 2024-04-17 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Judges experience extreme levels of stress and secondary trauma, exacerbated by public comment that is often ignorant of what the job entails. The transparent approach taken by the judge presiding over the Bruce Lehrmann case may help pave the way to alleviating some of that stress, but more needs to be done, experts say.

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Victoria Solicitor-General Rowena Orr appointed to appeals court
Courts 2024-04-17 4:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Senior counsel for the banking royal commission Rowena Orr KC has been appointed as a judge on Victoria’s Court of Appeal, with class action silk Alistair Pound appointed to fill her shoes as the state’s solicitor-general.

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K&L Gates picks up corporate partner from Johnson Winter Slattery
Business of Law 2024-04-17 12:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

K&L Gates continues to grow its corporate partnership, luring a private equity and M&A partner with international expertise from Johnson Winter Slattery.

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In Lerhmann ruling, Justice Lee gave a masterclass in judicial decision-making
Defamation 2024-04-16 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

At some point during the two hours Justice Michael Lee held court on Monday, 45,000 viewers were tuned in to the livestream. What they witnessed as he pronounced judgment against Bruce Lehrmann was arguably the vindication of Network Ten and some measure of justice for Brittany Higgins, but not only that. What they saw was a judge at the top of his game.

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Business to face higher penalties for environment law violations
Environment 2024-04-16 3:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Businesses that violate environment law could soon face fines of up to $780 million, under a plan that promises tougher enforcement through the creation of an Environment Protection Agency, alongside speedier environment approvals for projects.

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Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, judge finds in win for Ten
Defamation 2024-04-15 1:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found that former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds’ ministerial office, saying he was “indifferent to her consent”, despite finding both witnesses had credit issues. 

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Even an entirely discredited Bruce Lehrmann could win his defamation case
Defamation 2024-04-12 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Attacks at trial on the credibility of Bruce Lehrmann hit their target, but it’s still his case to lose on Monday morning, when judgment is delivered on his defamation claims against Ten. Throughout the case the network has borne the burden of proving Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation was true, and it is the very seriousness of that allegation that made the task harder.

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