- Perspectives
In the third of three articles, Dr Brooke Thompson explains the QLS response to a QLRC discussion paper on regulating sex work in Queensland.
Dr Brooke Thompson
Perspectives
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Long-serving notary public Neil McPherson has a unique insight into how the role has changed for Queensland notaries over time.
Cayla Marchant
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In the second of three articles, Dr Brooke Thompson explores the QLS response to a QLRC discussion paper on regulating sex work in Queensland.
Dr Brooke Thompson
- First nations
The recent announcement that the Government will no longer seek to overturn the High Court’s decision in Love v Commonwealth is a reminder that the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian constitutional framework has yet to be fully resolved.
Glen Cranwell
- First nations
Following on from Carter Newell's involvement with the QLS LawLink program, the firm has created a work experience program for Year 12 students.
Carter Newell Lawyers’ Diversity & Inclusion Committee
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In the first of three articles, Dr Brooke Thompson explains the QLS response to a QLRC discussion paper on regulating sex work in Queensland.
Dr Brooke Thompson
- Perspectives
A new report from the Australian Law Reform Commission delivers recommendations to ensure judicial impartiality.
Dr William Isdale, Sarah Fulton
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A member of the QLS Diverse Abilities Network provides an insight into everyday realities for people living with disability.
Fiona Yeang
- Perspectives
Has the jury system long outlived any usefulness?
Shane Budden
- Perspectives
Justice Peter Applegarth AM looks at the judicial philosophy of recently retired US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and how it conflicted with recent controversial decisions.
the Honourable Justice Peter Applegarth AM
- First nations
In NAIDOC Week it's appropriate to take stock of the inspirational people whose day-to-day activities help to build a First Nations future.
John Teerds
- Perspectives
Michelle Morton won the Agnes McWhinney Award in 2015, 100 years after Agnes became Queensland’s first female solicitor.
Cayla Marchant
- Perspectives
The development of DNA testing provides useful background information for the Commission of Inquiry into DNA testing in Queensland.
Jason Murakami, Ron Behlau
- Perspectives
A practical demonstration of how a fatigue-related accident can be conclusively attributed to an employer is found in Kerle v BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd and Ors.
Hugh Powell
- Perspectives
Bundaberg Magistrate Edwina Rowan received the Agnes McWhinney Award in 2019 for her outstanding contribution to the legal profession and community.
Cayla Marchant
- First nations
An innovative Parole Board Queensland program assists First Nation parolees in re-integrating with their communities.
Tony Keim
- Perspectives
If a federal integrity commission is established as promised, how should it be structured, and who will watch the watchmen?
Matt Dunn, Kate Brodnik
- Perspectives
Significant limitations in the Migration Regulations are long overdue for reform.
Glen Cranwell
- Perspectives
In a speech at this year's NQLA Conference, QLS President Kara Thomson spoke of the privilege that lawyers have to speak for others who cannot be heard.
QLS President Kara Thomson
- First nations
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article may contain the names and images of people who have passed away.
Yale Hudson-Flux, Jaime Gunning
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