Aspiring Law

10 Dec 2015

What floated readers’ boats?

​Each month, our team puts a fair bit of thought and work bringing you the latest legal news, so we were fascinated to go back and see what really tweaked Off the Record readers’ interest throughout 2015. Read more ›

18 Nov 2015

Biz Club Launch

No man (or woman) is an island, they say – and that was a key theme at the recent launch of Aspiring Law’s new community-based business initiative, BizClub. Read more ›

08 Oct 2015

How Lucky Are We?

I read a lovely story earlier this year that reminded me of two things: why I’m so very fortunate to live in our neck of the woods, and how, when I moved here, the community promptly jettisoned any notion of “once an outsider always an outsider”. Read more ›

16 Sep 2015

Clayton v Clayton

All legal eyes are glued to a landmark case that’s set down to be heard in the Supreme Court early next month – and its significance is such that anyone with a trust would do well to take a keen interest in, too. Read more ›

07 Apr 2015

​​​Affairs of the workplace

Anyone thinking employment law is a bit of a dry, stuffy old affair need only take in some of the headline grabbers of the past few months to realise just how heated – and public – the fallout from workplace relations-gone-sour can become. Three recent cases, interestingly, didn't even occur while employees were carrying out their work duties, as such. Still, these incidents became not only “employment issues”, but hot news for the masses. Read more ›