I commend practitioners to take note of this important Practice Alert written by my esteemed Sydney colleague Dominique Hogan-Doran. It outlines the new national structure for the Federal Court of Australia, and the incoming national framework for the regulation of the market for legal services, noting that the Legal Profession Uniform Law is expected to take effect in NSW and Victoria from early 2015. I also note that last week the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner published a useful summary of the changes here.