News
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Crown Law exceeds Equitable Briefing Policy target for 2023-24
09 July 2024Crown Law has exceeded the Law Council of Australia’s equitable briefing policy target for the 2023-34 financial year.
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Crown Law's First Nations Legal Clerkships program continues in 2024
28 June 2024Crown Law established a First Nations Legal Clerkships Program in 2021 to provide First Nations law students practical and meaningful experience in a legal practice environment including an opportunity to gain valuable skills, knowledge, and a network within the legal industry.
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Crown Law welcomes three new graduates in 2024
13 June 2024Crown Law welcomed three new law graduates to our practice through our 2024 graduate program.
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Commission confirms requirements for lawyers to legally represent parties
21 May 2024On 2 May 2024, a Full Bench of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (Full Bench) comprising of President Davis, Vice President O’Connor and Industrial Commissioner Pidgeon delivered its judgment in Johnson v State of Queensland (Queensland Health) [2024] QIRC 102 confirming the circumstances in which a person can be represented by a lawyer.
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Scope of Commonwealth immunity from criminal liability
16 May 2024Last Wednesday, the High Court handed down its judgment in Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority v Director of National Parks [2024] HCA 16 which confirms that the presumption that the Commonwealth is immune from criminal liability does not extend to natural persons, corporations sole and other bodies corporate.