Banton Group

Banton Group is expanding their team and is on the lookout for hardworking and ambitious lawyers with a passion for complex litigation, class action and dispute resolution matters! Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) Paul Smith #recruiting #associate #juniorlawyers#hiring #joinourteam #bantongroup

We are thrilled to announce that Paul Smith has been promoted to Partner at Banton Group!   Paul is an integral part of our market-leading team, demonstrating exceptional dedication, leadership, and legal excellence.   Please join us in congratulating Paul on this incredible achievement!  Congratulations on the well-deserved promotion! #newposition #promotion #partner #partnership #legal #law #bantongroup Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) Paul Smith

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting our annual staff retreat at the stunning Elements of Byron. It was an incredible opportunity for our team to step away from our daily routines, connect with one another, and reflect on our goals for the upcoming year. The beautiful surroundings provided the perfect backdrop for team-building and valuable workshops. A huge thank you to our team, and our guests; John Walker, Mary Walker, Stuart Price, Simon Burnett and Paul Lindholm for making this retreat the best one yet! Here’s to another amazing year ahead! #TeamBanton #StaffRetreat #ElementsOfByron #TeamBuilding #CompanyCulture Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley)

Congratulations once again to Elliott Smith and Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) who were named finalist in this year’s Lawyer’s Weekly Partner of the Year Awards in the Class Action Division. What an incredible night celebrating all the finalist’s achievements and hard work! #lawyersweekly #finalists #partneroftheyear #classaction #partners #legal #lawfirm #bantongroup Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley)

Banton Group expanding their team and is on the lookout for hardworking and ambitious lawyers with a passion for complex litigation, class action and dispute resolution matters! Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) #recruiting #associate #juniorlawyers #hiring #joinourteam #bantongroup

📢 Applications for Banton Group’s Summer Clerkship Program are now open! 📢 Are you a budding legal talent eager to dive into the dynamic world of litigation? Banton Group’s Summer Clerkship Program offers you the chance to immerse yourself in a market leading practice, gaining invaluable firsthand experience in some of Australia’s largest disputes under the supervision of some of Sydney’s best litigators. To seize this opportunity, send us your CV, academic transcript, and cover letter to info@bantongroup.com. More information on Banton Group’s Summer Clerkship Program can be accessed on the Work With Us page of our website. #clerk #clerkships #lawstudents #lawschool #graduatejobs #graduateopportunities #law #career #lawyer #sydney #litigation #classaction #bantongroup

The Supreme Court of Victoria issued ‘Guidelines for Litigants: Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Litigation’ on 6 May 2024. These guidelines are designed to assist both legal practitioners and litigants with the use of generative AI tools that will quickly become commonplace in legal settings.    Key principles for parties and practitioners include:   Understanding how AI tools work, and their limitations. Acknowledging that privacy and confidentiality of information and data is not guaranteed.   Reliance on AI programs by one party must not indirectly mislead another participant in the litigation process (including the Court) as to the nature of the work undertaken or its content produced by a program.   Any use of AI must be subject to the obligations of legal practitioners, including the obligation of candour to the Court and to obligations to represent that documents prepared and submissions made have a proper basis.   Self-represented litigants (and witnesses) should include statements about any AI tools used to prepare documents.    The Court has also published guidance as to the application of these principles. Some key takeaways are that the Court has already employed with “good effect” the use of AI to search and identify relevant matters in a closed category of information. It encourages practitioners to consider the use of tools such as these to improve productivity and efficiency but cautions against the use of freely available public programs like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. To that end, legally focused AI tools will be more useful and reliable to parties and practitioners involved in litigation than general-purpose tools.    The Court urges practitioners to consider the use AI tools consistent with the expectation that use of common technologies is a core skill for lawyers (see Practice Note SC Gn 5). Additionally, the guidelines offer insights into checking AI-generated text to ensure it is not out of date, incomplete, inaccurate, inapplicable to the jurisdiction, or biased.   Ultimately, “generative AI does not relieve the responsible legal practitioner of the need to exercise judgment and professional skill in reviewing the final product to be provided to the court”.   https://lnkd.in/gPCqV9FD Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) Sophie Richardson #ai #generativeai #aitools #legal #law #bantongroup

Banton Group is expanding their team in 2024 and is on the lookout for hardworking and ambitious senior lawyers with a passion for complex litigation, class action and dispute resolution matters. Know anyone who might be interested? Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) #hiring #seniorlawyers #litigation #classaction #disputeresolution #recruiting #bantongroup

Banton Group is pleased to announce that Elliott Smith, and Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) have been named as finalists in this year’s Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards in the Class Action Division.    This is a wonderful achievement in what has been another great year for Banton Group. Congratulations to all the finalists! #lawyersweekly #finalists #partneroftheyear #classaction #partners #legal #lawfirm #bantongroup Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley)

We are delighted to announce that Paul Smith has been promoted to Of Counsel. Paul recently joined the firm on his return to Australia. Paul specialises in class actions, commercial litigation and insolvency disputes. In his short time to date with Banton Group he has contributed to achieving excellent results for our clients across several cases. Congratulations to Paul – we are thrilled to have him as part of our innovative and results-driven team! Amanda Banton Elliott Smith Ross Garland Melissa Morgan (nee Crowley) #promotion #newposition #congratulations #ofcounsel #lawfirm #legal #bantongroup