Site Map for January 2026

Date
Title
28 Jan 2026
UK courts minister announces additional courtrooms to tackle criminal, family and civil case loads
28 Jan 2026
American Bar Association comments on Minneapolis shootings ahead of mid-year meeting
28 Jan 2026
NetApp’s chief admin officer Beth O’Callahan on the legal team’s role in addressing AI-related risks
28 Jan 2026
UN Universal Periodic Review finds Australia in need of a Human Rights Act
28 Jan 2026
Ashurst snatches Fred Prickett from Clayton Utz, Shelley Williams from Kingston Reid
28 Jan 2026
NSW Law Soc opens mental health service for solicitors to couples
28 Jan 2026
ACT Law Soc, ACT Bar Association support indicative sentencing reform
28 Jan 2026
High Court justice denies leave in case alleging unfavourable treatment of employee
26 Jan 2026
Formal advice for misconduct issued against UK magistrate Clive Powell over training session stir
26 Jan 2026
Meta, EssilorLuxottica accused of patent infringement in smart glasses suit
26 Jan 2026
Australia Day ambassador Khushaal Vyas on why he decided to concentrate on working with the youth
26 Jan 2026
Cyber risk expert Ross Phillipson expands tech partnership at G+T
26 Jan 2026
NSW chief justice Andrew Bell makes Australia Day 2026 Honours List with AC distinction
23 Jan 2026
Moray & Agnew adds Sarah Thompson as a partner in Melbourne government team
23 Jan 2026
Lynch Meyer welcomes Seva Surmei as a partner in its transactional practice
23 Jan 2026
WA Supreme Court’s appeal court denies Legal Practice Board’s appeal in misconduct case
21 Jan 2026
American Bar Association urges passage of law protecting judges after Steven Meyer shooting
21 Jan 2026
Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2026 picks US as focus country
21 Jan 2026
Lavan welcomes new senior lawyers
21 Jan 2026
Family law specialist firm Unified Lawyers teams up with UK’s Stowe Family Law
21 Jan 2026
Federal government passes laws addressing antisemitism, hate crime, extremism
20 Jan 2026
Scholarship announced for Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander law students, jointly backed by firms
20 Jan 2026
Laura Stein to serve as South Australia’s first female chief justice
20 Jan 2026
WA Supreme Court rules in favour of father seeking sale of land held by his child
19 Jan 2026
UK Supreme Court president Robert Reed to retire in 2027
19 Jan 2026
Thomson Reuters forms Trust in AI Alliance network focused on agentic artificial intelligence
19 Jan 2026
Thomson Geer, MinterEllison assist in Iron Mine Contracting group’s CA$115m sale to TSX lister
19 Jan 2026
Human rights lawyer, law professors among 2026 Australia Day Ambassadors
19 Jan 2026
UTS Faculty of Law, University of Sydney Law School adopt Harvey’s legal AI platform
17 Jan 2026
James & Wells adds Melbourne-based partner Sam Mickan to patents practice
17 Jan 2026
SA Law Soc priorities in 2026: AI, AML/CTF, and supporting justice, talent, wellbeing
17 Jan 2026
WA Supreme Court’s appeal court sees no exceptional reasons to grant bail application
14 Jan 2026
Paramount demands information about Netflix agreement in Warner suit
14 Jan 2026
Human oversight remains key in legal profession’s adoption of artificial intelligence: Paragon Legal
14 Jan 2026
Double major Kimberley Bruce applied both her degrees to her legal practice
14 Jan 2026
White & Case welcomes debt finance expert Will Stawell back as partner
14 Jan 2026
New Dentons partner expands its employment and safety practice nationally
14 Jan 2026
Planned national security legislation responds to Bondi Beach shooting
14 Jan 2026
Federal Court makes parties bear their own costs in case involving retainer
14 Jan 2026
KWM rolls out CPD program focusing on AI, Australia’s national interest framework
12 Jan 2026
Legal excellence on a global stage: Meet the leaders who defined 2025
12 Jan 2026
Massachusetts judge set to shield protections for family members of US citizens, green card holders
12 Jan 2026
US firm Quinn Emanuel’s disclosure delay results in £8,000 costs order from UK employment tribunal
12 Jan 2026
AI Legal Assistant’s Bec Robertson realised years ago that AI was going to make a splash
12 Jan 2026
Federal government launches antisemitism and social cohesion Royal Commission
12 Jan 2026
Jaella Parker announced as City of Moreton Bay’s new chief legal counsel
11 Jan 2026
Inquiry launched into WA’s justices of the peace, visiting justices
11 Jan 2026
Ashurst, Clayton Utz help with Oatley Family’s sale of Hamilton Island resort to Blackstone
11 Jan 2026
Federal Court grants freezing orders in case alleging investment agreement breach
07 Jan 2026
American Bar Association summarizes rule of law findings in Cornerstones Commission’s final report
07 Jan 2026
International Bar Association calls for respect to rule of law in US-Venezuela incident
07 Jan 2026
AI Legal Assistant COO Bec Robertson: Not all legal AI tools are the same
07 Jan 2026
Clayton Utz adds partners Kimberley Bruce, Roxana Carrion, Amy Carseldine
07 Jan 2026
Queensland District Court welcomes judges Dearne Firth, Glen Cranny
07 Jan 2026
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises sells off Alinta Energy for $6.5bn with help from HSF Kramer
07 Jan 2026
Federal Court sets costs in case for production of documents covered by legal professional privilege
07 Jan 2026
Harsharan Gill joins cohort of promoted partners at K&L Gates
06 Jan 2026
Federal Court sets $14m penalty in ACCC’s first suit for breaches of button battery safety standards
06 Jan 2026
High Court denies leave to file writ sought by party alleging ‘nano‑technological interference’
06 Jan 2026
NSW passes strict gun reforms aiming to improve community safety
05 Jan 2026
UK parliament ushers in holidays with passage of landmark Employment Rights Bill
05 Jan 2026
Jack Smith’s investigation reportedly yielded proof that Trump violated laws
05 Jan 2026
Thynne + Macartney family law head Fraser Bax on why he thinks resilience is key to a career in law
05 Jan 2026
FCFCOA welcomes Amelia Edwards, Corey Jenkins, Philippa Mitchell, Frances Neilson to bench
05 Jan 2026
18 elevated at Barry Nilsson to start 2026