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In Aristophanes’ classical play The Clouds, when confronted with a map of Athens, the anti-hero Strepsiades denied that it could possibly be so because he could see no lawyers.
This newsletter promises to adopt the myopia of Strepsiades. Our world map is the three blocks between Martin Place and Circular Quay, with a Collins Street concession and a Parkes Place prerogative.
Delivered every Friday morning, The Australian Financial Review’s new newsletter, The Legal Brief, will traverse the legal world’s biggest firms, cases and personalities, and its most inconsequential gossip.
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Commercial firms are roaring back after a post-COVID blip, but face challenges from automation, fee earner churn and NewLaw players.
A new era is set to begin on the High Court with new chief justice Stephen Gageler. Will they have a new constitutional provision to consider?
As ever, controversial appointments, bar fights and legal stuff-ups will make their appearances, alongside serious reform and consequential cases. Legal editor Michael Pelly will provide leading analysis and opinion on the most important issues.
Which judge finds Christmas decorations unbecoming? Which firm dropped social drinks for late-night Barry’s Bootcamp sessions? Which barrister accidentally drank from a bottle of hand sanitiser during his closing arguments? Readers of the Legal Brief will be the first to know.
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