Mandatory Anti-Bullying CPD Helps Sole Practitioner Stop Negative Thoughts 23rd June 2026 ISSUE NO. 31 ADELAIDE — A solicitor who has worked entirely alone since 1984 has completed his mandatory annual workplace anti-bullying training, a requirement applied to him on...
There is a class of legal software that survives not because anyone enjoys using it, but because removing it would cause immediate and measurable pain. Files stop lining up. Billing becomes unreliable. Compliance reporting breaks. People stop trusting the...
This week’s session continues the series on Commissioner of Taxation v Bendel [2026] HCA 18, picking up where last week left off. The focus this week is present entitlement and the separate trust, taken in that order. Come prepared to discuss the following: ...
AI Notes That Its Detailed Legal Advice Does Not Constitute Legal Advice 16th June 2026 ISSUE NO. 30 ELIZABETH, SA — A legal AI platform has confirmed that the detailed advice it provided to a 78-year-old widower, along with the last will and testament it drafted on...
The High Court delivered judgment in Commissioner of Taxation v Bendel [2026] HCA 18 on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. This is the second session in our series. Last week was an introduction; this week we read the reasons closely. The profession has greeted Bendel as...
When I was a child, our local department store had a lady whose job was to operate the lift. She pressed the button for your floor. She announced the floor as the doors opened, even though the number was printed right there on the wall. As a child, I found this...
