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Labour Pools Hand Control to Unions: Lawyers

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:18:15 +0000

Legal experts warn that novel arrangements where employers can share their employees under multi-employer agreements could hand unions control of labour supply and should face scrutiny under competition rules.

Courts need a touch of disruption

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:28:14 +0000

This is an article i wrote which was recently published in The Australian newspaper. ------------------------------ The Civil Justice System, unlike almost all other areas of human endeavour in Australia, has not yet had an effective major productivity review. Like many other industries courts need a touch of disruption to the way things have always been done. The need is obvious as was identified by the Federal Attorney-General, George Brandis, QC, a few weeks ago when he acknowledged the need for a far reaching review of the Family Law system focusing on its undeniably adversarial, costly and delay ridden processes.

Workplace Review edition coincides with the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:30:23 +0000

The next edition of Thomson Reuters, Workplace Review concerns itself with the trade union movement. This edition coincides with the 90^th anniversary of the founding of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Here is my Last Word column which appears in the union edition.

Equitable Gender Briefing policy discussed on the Radio National Law Report

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 04:37:43 +0000

Last year I wrote a few articles on the Law Council of Australia's so-called Equitable Gender Briefing policy. Hear the issue discussed on the Radio National Law Report podcast 1: National snapshot of legal profession Released25 July 2017 Women in the legal profession.

Workplace review – Autumn 2017 Edition

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:45:23 +0000

Please see a number of articles I have had published in the most recent edition of Thomson Reuters tri- yearly industrial relations journal Workplace Review Here is a sample of this editions content: Autumn 2017 Editorial Jeffrey Phillips SC Interview Last Word King's Shilling

An article I wrote and published in The Australian last Friday regarding the Law Council of Australia’s gender equitable briefing policy

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 02:51:04 +0000

An article I wrote and published in The Australian last Friday regarding the Law Council of Australia’s gender equitable briefing policy instantly provoked a media release from the Australian Bar Association’s president, Will Alstergren QC. The ABA president, whom I have never met nor spoken to, stated that the views I expressed in the article “do not reflect the view of the Australian Bar Association”. I am glad he cleared that up. However, I was somewhat perplexed as to why he would bother to issue such a missive. Perhaps I should be flattered. The article does not mention the ABA, nor does it purport to represent or misrepresent the ABA’s view. I have not served on the ABA executive nor on any committee.

The Australian Digital Edition: Law Council affirmative action creates insurmountable obstructions on the level playing field

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:29:10 +0000

This article is from the March 24 issue of The Australian Digital Edition. To subscribe, visit http://www.theaustralian.com.au/. The legal profession is about to engage in a touch of social engineering . The peak body of solicitors’ and barristers’ associations, the Law Council of Australia, has published its Orwellian sounding national model gender equitable briefing policy with a target date of July 1, 2018. The policy’s aim is to bring about “cultural and attitudinal change within the legal profession with respect to gender briefing practices” . In support of the policy the Law Council states, continuing the doublethink, that it is committed to take measures that ensure a level playing field for all members of the legal profession. The policy encourages all persons or entities who brief or select barristers:

Bar should be professional, stay clear of social engineering – The Australian

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:58:23 +0000

To view and article I wrote which was published in The Australian newspaper on the 29th January. Last year I served as a member of the Bar Council of New South Wales . The Bar Council performs a great deal of important and useful work representing the interests of barristers and also concerns itself with many Bar related disciplinary and regulatory functions. In recent years and last year I criticised some aspects of the Bar’s leadership as intruding into overtly political matters and departing from its guild-like function in furthering the financial and professional lives of its members. Some of this behaviour appears to be pontification by Philosopher Kings and Queens and at worst a form of social engineering.

God save the Queen’s Counsel

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:05:16 +0000

This is an opinion piece I wrote with Andrew Martin for Lawyers' Weekly about the restoration of the rank of Queen's Counsel in New South Wales entitled "God save the Queen’s Counsel".

The Winter Edition of Workplace Review is available now

Jeffrey Phillips SC — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:16:54 +0000

The Winter Edition of Workplace Review is available online and in hard copy from the Thomson Reuterswebsite. This edition features The Australian's leading columnist Janet Albrechtsen.