There is an old saying in the legal profession: your reputation enters the room before you do. It is surprisingly accurate.
Law school understandably places a heavy emphasis on grades, but one of the biggest misconceptions among students is that academic performance alone will secure a legal career. Good grades will open some doors; your reputation, experience, and professional relationships will open many more.
What happens when the career you were taught to idolise no longer delivers the life you were sold?
For decades, professions such as law and medicine occupied a uniquely prestigious position within Australian society. In many migrants and culturally conservative families, becoming a lawyer symbolised intelligence, stability, and climbing the economic ladder. For many of us raised in these environments, law was not simply viewed as a career, but as evidence that sacrifice, education, and hard work could deliver financial security and social respect.
Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) have been significantly amended in the new Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024(Cth) (TheAct). Passed by Parliament on 29 November 2024 and receiving Royal Assent on 10December 2024, this legislation marks the most substantial reform to the AML/CTF regime since its inception.
Missing the Deposit Deadline in QueenslandDeposits in property contracts are often seen as a routine administrative step. However, a recent decision in the Supreme Court of Queensland demonstrates how severe missing a deposit due date can be.
When inheritance and criminal law intersectAt first glance, the principle seems uncontroversial: no one should profit from their own wrongdoing. This idea sits at the heart of the forfeiture for killing rule, a long-standing doctrine of law that prevents a person from inheriting from someone whose death they were responsible for causing.
What is a CCIV?A CCIV is an umbrella investment structure set up as a company limited by shares which can hold multiple sub-funds. Each sub-fund has its own allocated assets and liabilities, and operates as a separate business to any other sub-fund within the CCIV. No AFSL is needed by the operator of the funds, as the CCIV Corporate Director is licensed.