Updates & Alerts

Practical Law Australia In-house has published a new toolkit to guide Australian in-house lawyers through Practical Law's global resources most relevant to cross-border legal work in an in-house environment.

Australian Law Journal update: Vol 96 Pt 1 and Local Government Law Journal update: Vol 23 Pt 4

British-based polluters won’t escape accountability behind the corporate veil, declares the UK Supreme Court in two recent decisions.

Practical Law Commercial have released a brand new resource, Legal update: archive, New .au direct domain names registrable from 24 March 2022.

Practical Law Commercial have released a brand new resource, Practice note, Domain names.

From the loss of enjoyment of a prestige car, to the complicated issue of Browne v Dunn in criminal trials: the latest roundup of High Court cases.

Mining union’s bid to leave CFMMEU and final determinations in Casual Terms Award Review – these and other industrial cases are soon to be published in the law reports.

Commonwealth acquires Aboriginal flag copyright from creator Harold Thomas, resolving legal stoush

We are delighted to announce Thomson Reuters’ 4th annual Workplace Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination Conference to be held in March 2022 in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and online.

The Thomson Reuters 2nd annual Managing Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace Conference is taking place in August in Brisbane and online.

Australian Business Law Review update: Vol 49 Pt 4; Australian Tax Review update: Vol 50 Pt 3; Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice update: Vol 32 Pt 3; Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice update: Vol 10 Pt 2

Online defamation in the spotlight. The Australian Government has released the exposure draft of the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2021 (Cth) to unmask online authors of defamatory comments on social media.