Oceania: Law Practice Management

Sponsoring overseas workers through the Subclass 482 visa creates ongoing legal obligations that extend far beyond the initial visa approval. For Australian HR leaders and in-house legal teams managing sponsored workers, compliance failures can expose the business to civil penalties up to $436,800 per breach, cancellation of sponsorship approval, and reputational damage that affects future recruitment.

Each episode arms human resources, industrial relations and legal professionals with the latest industrial relations thinking.

Investigations are stressful – for everyone involved. So it’s no surprise the NSW Industrial Relations Commission has held that there are inherent psychosocial risks involved in the investigation process. In a recent decision affirming the validity of two improvement notices issued to the Department of Education by SafeWork NSW, the Commission reminds employers of their duty to identify and mitigate those risks, and the consequences when they don’t.

Partner Phil Vickery shares insights into his career journey at Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers, revealing what drives his passion for legal practice and what alternative path he might have pursued outside the legal profession.

Geelong played host this year to the 2026 ALPMA Summit + ALTACON Business of Law Summit, held 9–11 September at the Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre. It’s the leading gathering for legal practice management and legal technology across Australia and New Zealand, drawing managing partners, C-suite leaders, practice managers, legal technologists and support services leaders from across the region.

Operational readiness is frequently addressed too late in project lifecycles, creating avoidable risks during transition and early operations. By embedding readiness principles early—from strategy through delivery—organisations can reduce project risk, improve outcomes, and influence whole-of-life costs through clear governance, defined accountabilities, and commercial arrangements that support successful transition to sustainable operations.

Geelong played host this year to the 2026 ALPMA Summit + ALTACON Business of Law Summit, held 9–11 September at the Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre. It’s the leading gathering for legal practice management and legal technology across Australia and New Zealand, drawing managing partners, C-suite leaders, practice managers, legal technologists and support services leaders from across the region.

NSW SC Practice Note guides legal practitioners, offering new guidance for integrating generative AI tools such as ChatGPT into their legal practice.

AI continues its rapid transformation of the Australian legal industry, with legal AI adoption at an all-time high across the profession.

The lawyer cost per hour or daily fee should be transparent and disclosed before any work is done by the lawyer.

The role of AI in criminal defence law is still ancillary to the expertise and intuition of human lawyers.

This video discusses what potential clients should expect from a family lawyer.