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South Australia’s judicial leaders have met to discuss the issue of bullying and harassment in the legal profession following a call for an independent inquiry.
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SA Best MLC Connie Bonaros will today call for an independent investigation into workplace harassment within South Australia’s legal profession, with the former lawyer saying she is “no longer willing to sit by” and let it continue.
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The Labor Party has denied it ever officially endorsed reviving the practice of naming the state’s best barristers Queen’s Counsels, comparing the proposal to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s politically disastrous move to reinstate Australian knighthoods in 2015.
The state’s legal industry is asking the government to reintroduce the title of QC, so potential clients can more easily recognise the distinction of its best-performing and highest-paid barristers, InDaily can reveal.
New data on South Australia’s legal profession shows it is facing many of the same challenges as the state itself, writes legal commentator Morry Bailes.
What if I told you that your doctor did not have a medical degree? What if your architect didn’t have an architecture degree? And what if your lawyer didn’t have a law degree?
