NSW solicitor, accountant hit with 10-year ASIC ban
A solicitor and accountant who advised clients to invest in his own companies was barred from providing financial services for 10 years.
SME LAW • Wed, 17 Sep 2025
Malicious prosecution payout considers victim’s fitness to practise law
A man who spent 22 days behind bars on the back of a police officer’s false statement said he deserved greater compensation because the ordeal prevented his admission to ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 17 Sep 2025
Expelled migration agent twice rejected from legal profession
Two years on from his failed bid to join the legal profession, a disgraced migration agent made yet another unsuccessful attempt to be admitted.
BIG LAW • Tue, 16 Sep 2025
NSW magistrates get important title change
NSW’s local judicial officers will have their titles upgraded from magistrate to judge under new legislation.
BIG LAW • Tue, 16 Sep 2025
Qld lawyer jailed for child exploitation material to be struck off
A Queensland law lecturer who was caught with dozens of explicit images of victims he secretly filmed, including an underage girl, has accepted a recommendation that he ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Sep 2025
AMP superannuation class action settles for $120m
A major class action that alleged AMP’s superannuation members were overcharged due to failures of the trustees to maintain fees has settled for $120 million, pending ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Sep 2025
Mushroom trial attention a ‘very good thing’, Bar president says
The “extraordinary” amount of attention on Erin Patterson’s arrest, trial and sentencing gave the public a rare and useful window into how justice is administered, the ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Sep 2025
Court refers NSW solicitor to disciplinary body
Rather than deterring the Court of Appeal from making a referral to the NSW Legal Services Commissioner, a solicitor’s affidavit confirmed that his fitness to practise in ...
SME LAW • Thu, 11 Sep 2025
Chief Justice not ready to scrap restrictive GenAI rule
In the seven months since the NSW Supreme Court’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) practice note came into effect, Chief Justice Andrew Bell said some of his ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Sep 2025
