By Daniel Owen, The Legal Forecast The explosive growth of blockchain during the past two years has coincided with a parallel growth in the use of cryptographic tokens in fundraising beyond the traditional methods contemplated by Chapters 5C and 6D of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act). Consequently, new opportunities are now emerging for … Continue reading
Molly Thomas, The Legal Forecast The face of conveyancing in Australia and New Zealand is changing, but is the industry moving fast enough? It has been 10 years since the Council of Australian Governments committed to creating a single, national e-Conveyancing mechanism for the Australian property industry (Australia is trying to catch up to … Continue reading
by Michael Bidwell, The Legal Forecast September is Brisbane Pride Month celebrating its 28th year supporting the LGBTI+ community. As an openly gay lawyer, Editor in Chief for The Legal Forecast and Events Coordinator for Pride in Law, I wanted to write this article as a reminder of how far we must go to reach … Continue reading
Legal Design Thinking By Erika Ly, The Legal Forecast There is immense curiosity in the concept of ‘design thinking’ in the innovation literature. Yet, for a phrase so ubiquitous, it is often misunderstood by lawyers. In practice, design thinking can be a useful framework for learning and change when it is undertaken with an … Continue reading
“The predominant issue with the current framework is that while it imposes a ‘transparency’ framework and a consent requirement for the collection of sensitive information…” Continue reading
“Self-learning AI poses interesting and difficult questions for the law. In particular, who is legally liable when self-learning AI goes wrong? The programmers? The users? Or even the AI itself?” Continue reading
Kathryn talks about her career as an employment lawyer, her involvement in the Law Society, her vision for the best future for law in New Zealand, her advice to new lawyers, her thoughts on mental health for lawyers, and her joy and love for the practice of law. Continue reading
Humanity is on the cusp of creating technological sentience in artificially intelligent machines. This begs the question – how will clones and other sentient technology engage with our legal system? Continue reading
Some handy legal te reo Māori terms and phrases to use in the classroom, office and in court! Continue reading
In this episode of The New Lawyer podcast Katie Cowan talks to Anna about all-or-nothing in practice, the work of a litigation solicitor, and what great law firm culture looks like. Continue reading