Rounding off a successful QLS Open Day on 17 May, president Christine Smyth presented the annual QLS Equity & Diversity Awards, an initiative of the Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee. This year’s Large Legal Practice Award was presented to Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers in recognition of its comprehensive and sustainable culture of inclusiveness, while Miller Harris Lawyers received the […]

On 10 September 2014, the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland was established with Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO as its chair. Some six months later – on 28 February 2015 – Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk received the taskforce’s report, ‘Not Now, Not Ever: Putting an end to domestic and family violence in Queensland’. Much has happened since […]

Christine Smyth has published a quirky, funny yet highly relevant new article in her regular succession law feature.

In the July issue of Queensland Law Society’s Proctor magazine, Christine Smyth’s regular feature is titled ‘Solicitor negligence in will making – Are we clear?’. To read the full article click here. To read more Successful Succession Articles click here.

In the April issue of Queensland Law Society’s Proctor magazine, Christine Smyth’s regular feature is titled ‘Death and taxes.’ To read the full article, follow the below link. Click Here