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Australian Financial Review: More Law Firms Hit...

Hicksons is excited to continue to lead with the highest proportion of female Partners across law firms. Using data from firms participating in the AFR 2024 Law Partnership Survey, the firm was highlighted as having a majority 55% female representation across the firm’s Partnership

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Capital Brief: Australia's Top Tier Law Firms...

‘LLMs shouldn't be used for their knowledge of the law, but rather to streamline legal processes and allow lawyers to redefine their relationship to their work and their clients’.David Fischlrecently spoke to Capital Brief about the legal industry’s move towards AI and how this presents a new frontier for lawyers going forward.

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Lawyers Weekly: Navigating AI Regulation In The...

“AI will ensure legal advice becomes more accurate, prompt, and available at a lower cost” In a recent Lawyers Weekly article, Hicksons Legal Digital Transformation PartnerDavid Fischl comments on what extent Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be regulated, as firms will turn to AI to retain talent and drive efficiency.

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Ensuring Competition for Consumers; a Burden for Insurers?

Ensuring Competition for Consumers; a Burden for Insurers?

The Productivity Commission released its draft “Competition in the Australian Financial System” report on 7 February 2018, with the driving message being that financial service providers, including general insurers, ought to be engaging in more competitive behaviour.
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Unfair Contract Terms

Unfair Contract Terms

From 12 November 2016, the Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Act 2015 will extend existing protection from unfair terms under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the Australian Securities Investment Commission Act 2001 to small businesses that enter into (or renew, or vary) small business contracts that are standard form contracts.
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Australia’s first successful shipping criminal cartel prosecution

Australia’s first successful shipping criminal cartel prosecution

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kubushiki Karsha (“NYK”) has pleaded guilty to charges of criminal cartel conduct in the Federal Court of Australia.  

  • 11 Aug 2016

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Airlines lose cartel appeal

Airlines lose cartel appeal

On 21 March, the Full Federal Court (FFC) upheld an appeal from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and found that Air New Zealand and Garuda Airlines of Indonesia were guilty of fixing surcharges for the carriage of air cargo from outside Australia to Australian airports in breach of the anti-cartel provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Act). The surcharges, the subject of the cartel arrangements, were charged to Australian importers who then passed them on to consumers.

  • 23 Mar 2016

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