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LK is looking forward to the 2024 Women's Run with a number of our team members registered to attend. Thanks Athletics SA and Running SA for getting another great event up and 'running'!

We hope you're as excited for this year's Women's Run Adelaide as we are.

Bring along you daughter, sister, mother, niece and any other women in your household. Oh, and don't forget your friends, either.

We have an awesome lineup of legends who will be there for a Q&A, including Jess Stenson, Izzi Batt-Doyle, Caitlin Adams and Olivia Sandery.

Have a run, hear from some inspiring female athletes, meet likeminded people and enjoy what is sure to be a great day!

I mean, what more could you ask for? Sign up now: https://www.runningsa.com.au/events/233000

Running SA LK

In Part 1 and Part 2 of LK's Defence series, Claire Clutterham examined the recommendations made in the 2023 Defence Strategic Review (DSR). Some of the most prominent recommendations related to Australia’s strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific region, which had an emphasis on building and strengthening partnerships that could benefit the protection of Australia’s national interests.

In Part 3, Claire explores Export Controls: AUKUS was singled out as a partnership of significance. In parallel with that partnership, the DSR also emphasised the need to invest in technology and innovation, and to simplify the transfer of technology between partners. When it comes to AUKUS, the efficient and effective transfer of technology is critical to the success of the endeavour. In Part 3, LK analyses the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Act 2024 (Cth) (‘DTCA Act’) and considers what is meant by the “licence-free” environment.

Read more here: https://hubs.la/Q02MQTwj0

In the second in a series of Defence related Insight articles, LK Principal, Claire Clutterham examines the outcomes and recommendations of the Defence Strategic Review 2023 (DSR) to understand the challenges that lie ahead for the existing legal and regulatory landscape underpinning Australia’s defence industry.

Part 1, released on 15 August 2023 examined the initial recommendations from the DSR, including a renewed focus on the Indo-Pacific Region, the need for a national approach, the concept of enhancing the capacity for deterrence and the effects of climate change and disaster support relief on defence resourcing.

In Part 2, LK provides an overview of the remaining recommendations.

LK has an experienced team with in-depth knowledge of the legal and regulatory climate, and the capacity to explain how the existing and future landscape will operate to facilitate the growth of the defence industry.

Read more here: https://www.lk.law/2024/08/defence-industry-a-series-on-the-current-landscape-part-2/

LK has an experienced team with in-depth knowledge of the legal and regulatory climate, and the capacity to explain how the existing and future landscape will operate to facilitate the growth of the defence industry.

In the first in a series of Insight articles, LK Principal, Claire Clutterham examines the outcome of the Defence Strategic Review 2023 (DSR) that will examine what lies ahead for the existing legal and regulatory landscape underpinning Australia’s defence industry, including what actions have been taken as a result of the recommendations, given the short passage of time since the DSR was released on 24 April 2023.

By defence industry, we are of course referring to capability, acquisition and sustainment of defence assets, but we are also referring to research and development, security of critical infrastructure, privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, climate change, procurement, innovation and the largescale political, economic and social initiatives that will need to facilitate the successful growth of the defence industry in Australia.

Read more here: https://www.lk.law/2024/08/australias-defence-industry-a-series-on-the-current-landscape/

Once again, LK is delighted to be supporting Athletics SA's Women's Run Adelaide. This is a wonderful event with women supporting other women through running. Off the back of an outstanding Olympic Games, we are sure everyone will be inspired to get their trainers on, come out for a run and to meet the event Ambassadors, Olympians - Jess Stenson, Izzi Batt-Doyle, Olivia Sandery and Australian Representative Caitlin Adams. They will be a highlight of the morning with a post run Q & A and photo opportunities.

Remember remember the 8th of September.

That's right, the 2024 edition of Women's Run Adelaide will be taking place on September 8.

This event is all about women supporting women. It's a great opportunity to connect with likeminded people, and hear from some of our amazing SA Olympians and Aussie reps.

Massive thanks as well to our event partner, LK who are again supporting this fantastic event.

Registrations open: https://www.runningsa.com.au/events/233000

LK is pleased to announce the promotion of four outstanding lawyers in our London and Adelaide offices.

Claire Clutterham, Principal, Australia
Adam Flacks, Principal, London
Claudia Scherman, Special Counsel, London
Sophie Howe, Senior Associate, Australia

***** APPLICATIONS for A DAY AT LK 2024, close at midnight tonight! *****

Attention all 1st to 3rd year law students! Get ready for an unparalleled experience with our exciting Day@LK Program, the only one of its kind in South Australia! As a successful applicant, you'll dive headfirst into a day with our team. You'll hear from a diverse range of voices—ranging from enthusiastic Clerks to seasoned Senior Principals—giving you an inside look into the legal world of risk and disputes. Discover the real-world challenges we tackle for our clients and get a sneak peek into the LK Clerkship Program and career pathways at LK. This is your chance to explore the intricate and exciting landscape of legal practice from the ground up.

APPLY at www.lk.law/careers/

Adelaide University Law Students' Society (AULSS)
University of South Australia Law Students' Association
Flinders Law Students' Association - FLSA

Considering Defamation? Think Twice!

Madi McCarthy and Isabella Quek have written about how defamation actions have increasingly become a public battleground for high-stakes legal and reputational conflicts in Australia. Politicians and political staffers. Mining magnates and media moguls. War veterans and celebrity surgeons. Recent high profile cases have highlighted the complex interplay between freedom of speech, the reputations and agendas of both the defaming and the defamed, and the law.

Read more here: https://www.lk.law/2024/07/considering-defamation-think-twice/

LK is delighted to be partnering with Helpmann Academy and Macquarie Bank to support HA>NESS and new and emerging artists. Read more about how Helpmann Grants are developing new talent!

***** APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for A DAY AT LK 2024! *****

This is your opportunity to spend a Day at LK, find out what it’s really like to be a lawyer, gain valuable insight into life at LK and participate in our interactive Program for 1st to 3rd year law students.

Feedback from previous attendees indicates they would all highly recommend the Program and have said:

“Such a great opportunity for students in the first three years of their degrees!”

“It is easy to get bogged down with uni and not realise where your degree is taking you. A Day@LK made me realise there is so much to look forward to after university. I saw where my degree may take me.”

“The day mostly helped me realise the pros and cons of dispute resolution and working with big cases … it made me feel enthused to work as a lawyer and almost made me want to start working on the files!”

“Chatting with the new associates about their experience was so interesting and really put things into perspective. Was super helpful hearing their advice and points of view and their individual stories.”

To find out more about the Program and to apply, go to our website: https://www.lk.law/careers/

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Midnight on Monday, 5 August 2024.

Adelaide University Law Students' Society (AULSS)
University of South Australia Law Students' Association
Flinders Law Students' Association - FLSA

Join us in congratulating our newest Associates in Adelaide - Shannon Cain and Ikhwan Fazli. Shannon and Ikhwan joined LK as seasonal clerks through the LK Clerkship Program, continuing on with us part-time while they completed their law degrees. Both were recently admitted as practitioners of the Supreme Court of South Australia.

Being admitted to practice is an important milestone in a lawyer's career pathway, and we are all looking forward to continuing to work with Shannon and Ikhwan as they commence as Associates.

Doyle's Guide announces its 2024 SA Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer and Firm rankings.

Pre-eminent: David Colovic and Skip Lipman
Leading: Scott Foreman
Recommended: Madeleine Harland and Rebecca Yorston

LK is also acknowledged as the sole First Tier Insolvency & Restructuring Law Firm in South Australia.

https://doylesguide.com/leading-insolvency-restructuring-law-firms-south-australia-2024/
https://doylesguide.com/leading-insolvency-restructuring-lawyers-south-australia-2024/

For more than 10 years, LK has supported The Magdalene Centre, a partnership in mission between St Mary Magdalene’s St John’s in Halifax Street, St Peter’s Cathedral Adelaide and Anglicare SA. One of the many vital services they provide for patrons is a three-course meal on Saturday evenings. Last Saturday, a group of LK volunteers took on the task of providing the dinner service, including cooking and serving three different soups, roast pork, a variety of pasta and potato bakes and some delicious desserts.

The evening ran very smoothly with the team serving up a hearty meal, that was greatly appreciated on a rather chilly Adelaide evening, with plenty of patrons also leaving with leftovers.

Learn more about The Magdalene Centre and the vital work they do by visiting their website - https://stmarymagdalenes.weebly.com/magdalene-centre.html.

Yalari provides indigenous children from regional and remote communities across Australia the opportunity to receive a full boarding school scholarship for their entire secondary education. LK has been a corporate partner of Yalari since 2011 and has sponsored 14 Yalari students over this time. We’ve had the great fortune to get to know these students and watch them grow and forge their own path. At this year’s annual Yalari Dinner in Adelaide, we got to hear more inspiring stories from alumni and current students. To learn more about the mission and work of Yalari please click here - https://www.yalari.org/.

LK has a strong commitment to access to justice and we are proud of all our team for their support and dedication to the The Accessible Justice Project (AJP). We are pleased to share an update on the AJP which assists financially disadvantaged clients with civil disputes.



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“There’s never been a more important time to acknowledge those individuals and businesses who work tirelessly to keep Australians safe online. The data is clear, Australians are more at risk online than ever.” (Liam Garman, Editor of Cyber Daily)

Congratulations to LK Principal Brooke Hall-Carney on being shortlisted for Cyber Partner of the Year at the Australian Cyber Security 2024 Awards and Lawyers’ Weekly 2024 Cyber Partner of the Year Award.

These awards recognize Australia’s leading individuals in their fields and recognize Brooke’s outstanding contribution in the areas of cyber and technology.

Today is Office Professionals Day and we take this opportunity to recognise and celebrate our wonderful support team at LK and thank them for their outstanding contribution - THANK YOU! 👏

LK is delighted to once again partner with the Law Society of South Australia and the Women Lawyers' Association of SA to present the Hon. Margaret Nyland Long Lunch. This event is a highlight on the legal calendar and we are all looking forward to it! Further details below.

Friday, 31 May 2024 | 12:00pm - 4:00pm | National Wine Centre

The Law Society of South Australia and the Women Lawyers' Association of SA invite you to attend the highly anticipated 2024 Honourable Margaret Nyland AM Long Luncheon.

This year's guest speaker is Her Honour Judge Emily Telfer. Judge Telfer has extensive experience in the legal profession, with over 20 years in criminal law, prior to her appointment to the bench in 2022. Notably, she started her career as an associate to then Justice Margaret Nyland in the Supreme Court. She will no doubt have invaluable insight to share, not just for women lawyers but for all those getting their start in the legal profession.

We encourage you to register early - spaces are limited!

EARLYBIRD PRICE: (book before 10 May, 2024)
$135.00 per person (Member & Guest)
$165.00 per person (Non-Member)

TICKET PRICE:
$145.00 per person (Member & Guest)
$175.00 per person (Non-Member)

$1,250 per table (10 people)

Ticket price includes a 3-course lunch with premium wines and can be purchased here: https://ow.ly/WUhM50RroVy

Thank you to our major sponsors, LK and PKF

****CLOSING TODAY: Applications for LK's 2024/25 Clerkship Program close at midnight tonight****

If you would like to join our team and experience our leading Clerkship Program, get your application in. Details of how to apply, what we look for and further details about our Program can be found here:

https://www.lk.law/careers/application-process/

Adelaide University Law Students' Society (AULSS)
Flinders Law Students' Association - FLSA
University of South Australia Law Students' Association

CLOSING MONDAY - Clerkship applications for LK's 2024/25 Program close on Monday, 15 April 2024!

Suli Jayasekara shares her experiences with the LK clerkship program:

"I was first introduced to LK in November 2020 through A Day at LK, a program designed to offer law students in their first three years of study, the opportunity to spend a day at LK and learn about the firm and its work. I was so impressed by the firm, its cross-jurisdictional practice and its great culture that this experience led me to apply for the clerkship program in my penultimate year.

During my clerkship, I had a good mix of both legal research and factual work and was exposed to some of the international investigative work the firm undertakes. The training you receive at LK during your clerkship is truly invaluable, especially in effective research methodology and legal writing.

After completing my clerkship I was thrilled to receive an offer to return as an ongoing clerk and work part-time as I completed my studies.

Apart from its commercial practice, LK also has a strong commitment to pro bono work. As a part of LK’s numerous community initiatives, the firm provides pro bono support to JusticeNet SA through the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Program (RASP). As a clerk, I worked on several RASP matters and found the experience to be rewarding and a great way to give back to the community.

I am proud to be a part of LK two and a half years on. If you are a law student who has a keen interest in litigation and dispute resolution, I strongly encourage you to apply for the clerkship program and make the best of this fantastic learning opportunity. Choosing to do a clerkship at LK was the best career decision I made!"

Further details about the program can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gwU43cj9


Adelaide University Law Students' Society (AULSS)
Flinders Law Students' Association - FLSA
University of South Australia Law Students' Association

LK is proud to support emerging creatives through the Helpmann Academy HA>NESS Donor Circle. LK Principals, Scott Foreman and Madeleine Harland are foundation Ambassadors for HA>NESS and along with more than 100 guests attended the latest social event, Finissage!

HA>NESS is the Helpmann Academy's donor circle for culturally and socially savvy, young professionals. It provides development grants to support projects that are designed to further the creative and professional development of emerging creatives.

LK's Claire Clutterham is looking forward to presenting on "Technology Transfer - International Regulatory and Commercial Law Issues" as a part of the upcoming University of Adelaide Professional Certificate in Nuclear Law being offered from 1 to 5 July 2024.

This exciting new program will provide participants with an in-depth analysis of the theoretical and practical aspects of nuclear law and policy, especially in the context of Australia's strategic defence initiatives and will have immediate application for professionals engaged in the nuclear law sphere.

It’s not if – or when – it’s how bad. Cyber is a foreseeable risk.

This month, LK Principals, Brooke Hall-Carney and Amy Cooper-Boast joined with Charlie Cropper and Morgan Stanley to present “Cyber Risks: Mitigation and Response” to audiences in Sydney and Adelaide.

Cyber incidents can have potentially devastating financial, legal and reputational consequences for organisations that are not in a position to adequately prevent or respond to them. The legal ramifications for companies and NFPs, including their directors, are increasing, while the scale and sophistication of cyber attacks grow exponentially.

As litigation risk flowing from data and privacy breaches is set to expand with foreshadowed reforms to the Privacy Act, organisations are encouraged to get their house in order – see our article: https://www.lk.law/2023/10/privacy-changes-in-2024-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-your-business-ready/.

If your organisation needs assistance with its cyber preparedness and resilience, data governance or privacy compliance, now is the time to act.

Earlier this week LK partnered with FACCI - French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry to present the LK Executive Women Series with a panel presentation on personal branding.

One of the key takeaways was that when you can make your audience laugh as much as they did, it indicates that you've successfully captured people's attention!

It was an insightful and fabulous discussion with panelists: Celine McInerney, Belinda Heggen and Katrina Ryan.

LK is proud to be partnering with Athletics SA and Running SA to present the 2024 Women's Run Adelaide on 28 April at the Bridgestone Athletics Centre. There are 1km, 3km and 5km walk/run options as well as a new 5km race! Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Jess Stenson and Australian Representative Caitlin Adams will be a highlight of the event with a post run Q&A and photo opportunities! Get your running shoes on and join us. For further details: https://www.runningsa.com.au/events/233000

"We’re Going to Need to See Some ID: ASIC Brings the First Prosecution under the Director ID Regime" - All company directors in Australia are required to verify their identity by way of the director ID regime.

A failure by a director to comply with the obligations under the regime exposes that director to the very real risk of potential civil or criminal penalties. For one director, that risk has become reality with ASIC having recently brought the first prosecution case against a director for failing to comply with the director ID regime.

Read more about this case in Stephanie Lo's Insights article:
https://www.lk.law/2024/03/were-going-to-need-to-see-some-id-asic-brings-the-first-prosecution-under-the-director-id-regime/

***Applications close on Monday, 15 April 2024***

LK CLERKSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!

LK is now accepting applications for our 2024/25 Clerkship Program and we encourage students from 3rd year on to apply.

Clerkships at LK offer law students the opportunity to join our team for four weeks across one of three intakes. As a clerk you will experience a diverse range of tasks to develop your knowledge and legal skills. You will have direct contact with principals and senior members of LK as well as your peers, with teamwork being an absolute priority. To guide you in your experience you will be supported by a mentor and buddy and receive training on our office procedures and resources and participate in legal education and firm wide training sessions.

Our Clerkship Program is an important career pathway, with many of our clerks joining the firm as graduate lawyers once admitted.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Monday, 15 April 2024.

For further details please go to https://www.lk.law/careers/ or you can email, Lorraine Wohling, [email protected].

Adelaide University Law Students' Society (AULSS)
Flinders Law Students' Association - FLSA
University of South Australia Law Students' Association

Earlier this week, LK team members joined a panel for the Flinders Law Students' Association - FLSA to talk about the career opportunities created through Clerkships. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet a range of students and LK is now recruiting for our 2024/25 Clerkship Program. Further details can be found on our website at: https://www.lk.law/careers/

If you're looking for something different this weekend, why not go along to the Art Gallery of South Australia and see the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sanctum as a part of the Adelaide Festival.

This Exhibition showcases a number of amazing women artists and on International Women's Day we celebrate some of them and share their stories:

Kaye Brown - https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art/18th-adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art-inner-sanctum/kaye-brown/

Clara Adolphs - https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art/18th-adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art-inner-sanctum/clara-adolphs/

Jessica Loughlin - https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art/18th-adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art-inner-sanctum/jessica-loughlin/

Marikit Santiago - https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art/18th-adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art-inner-sanctum/marikit-santiago/

Jasmine Togo-Brisby - https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art/18th-adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art-inner-sanctum/jasmine-togo-brisby/