Asia: Law Practice Management

Partner Phil Vickery shares insights into his career journey at Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers, revealing what drives his passion for legal practice and what alternative path he might have pursued outside the legal profession.

Geelong played host this year to the 2026 ALPMA Summit + ALTACON Business of Law Summit, held 9–11 September at the Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre. It’s the leading gathering for legal practice management and legal technology across Australia and New Zealand, drawing managing partners, C-suite leaders, practice managers, legal technologists and support services leaders from across the region.

Operational readiness is frequently addressed too late in project lifecycles, creating avoidable risks during transition and early operations. By embedding readiness principles early—from strategy through delivery—organisations can reduce project risk, improve outcomes, and influence whole-of-life costs through clear governance, defined accountabilities, and commercial arrangements that support successful transition to sustainable operations.

Australia's labour market is showing signs of softening with unemployment rising to 4.4%, yet demand for skilled workers varies dramatically by occupation and location. While vacancies have declined in areas like ICT and education, healthcare roles continue to surge, and migrant workers remain essential across multiple sectors.

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Bennett & Philp has introduced a comprehensive, fully supported supervised traineeship program as a practical, affordable alternative to traditional PLT.

Clients now come with a problem to solve rather than a role to fill. That shift is changing what secondments are used for, and it may change how General Counsel plan their teams.

Sponsoring overseas workers through the Subclass 482 visa creates ongoing legal obligations that extend far beyond the initial visa approval. For Australian HR leaders and in-house legal teams managing sponsored workers, compliance failures can expose the business to civil penalties up to $436,800 per breach, cancellation of sponsorship approval, and reputational damage that affects future recruitment.

Each episode arms human resources, industrial relations and legal professionals with the latest industrial relations thinking.

The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) serves as the regulatory body overseeing the accountancy profession in Hong Kong.

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On 27 October 2025, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued Circular No. 99/2025/TT-BTC providing guidelines for business accounting regime...