The Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) states that to be an admitted lawyer, a person must be a “fit and proper” person. But what does this mean in practice?
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Money Laundering by Gambling: Regulatory Gap or Green Light?
News of Barangaroo Crown Casino’s alleged non-compliance with AML/CTF laws late last year raises the perennial question of how to best regulate the gambling industry.
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The Fastest Way to Check Your Legal Research
Despite pouring hours of work into organising citations and rechecking every point of law, even the most competent lawyer can still feel somewhat underprepared.
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3 Things Clients Want in 2021 and How to Deliver Them
With decreasing spend and increasing workloads clients are asking firms to do more with less. This means firms must innovative their revenue tactics.
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Advancing LGBTQ Equality in Asia: Legal Community Advocacy
As co-chair of Hong Kong LGBT+ Attorneys Network, Marc Rubinstein, General Counsel at Asia Pacific Land, has helped to make the network an organising force for advancing LGBTQ equality.
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Long Road Back: Asian Law Firms Still Coping with Pandemic Impact
While some firms are rolling out various initiatives to ensure smooth working and keep morale up, some things will never be the same.
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Proceeding with Caution: Australian Legal Market Update
Now that Q1 has come and gone, the resiliency of the Australian legal market continues to showcase itself in the latest Peer Monitor data.
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Legal Market Q&A: Future of ALSPs to Technology Usage
While the legal profession has been a star performer this year, questions remain over its capacity to sustain success. Hear from Joel Barolsky (Barolsky Advisors) and Joe Blackwood (Peer Monitor).
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New Zealand’s Central Bank Takes on First Major Money Laundering Investigations
The AML supervisor for banks is investigating TSB Bank and another institution for failures in their risk assessments and compliance programmes.
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Inside In-House Podcast Episode 3: Employment Law Space
In our final episode of the Inside In-house Podcast for 2020, Tyrilly interviewed three employment lawyers to hear about their career journeys.
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