Naomi Neilson

More recusals plague Federal Court action against Erudite Legal

The three directors of the notorious law firm Erudite Legal made their third recusal application, less than a month after successfully convincing the first Federal Court ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Police lawyer’s misconduct a risk to investigation, tribunal says

A police legal officer and ethics lecturer failed to overturn a finding that she was “careless and incompetent” when she permitted an unqualified person to witness an ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 18 Jun 2025

Renewable energy sector to grow, lawyers to thrive under Labor government

The renewable energy sector is expected to flourish during the Labor government’s second term, and experts have predicted lawyers in this space will be very busy with ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Wed, 18 Jun 2025

Qld lawyer with criminal conviction for signature failure faces strike-off

A recommendation has been made to remove the name of a Queensland lawyer from the roll after he was convicted and received a suspended jail sentence for making false ...

SME LAW • Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Abuse firm to pay former client $260k for negligence

A Victorian law firm that specialises in institutional childhood sexual abuse was ordered to pay a former client over $260,000 after the Supreme Court found its advice to ...

SME LAW • Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Strike-off recommended for lawyer who drunkenly bribed cops

A tribunal said it needed “little persuasion” to recommend the name of a Rockhampton lawyer be removed from the roll after he tried to bribe the police officers who ...

SME LAW • Mon, 16 Jun 2025

Gobbo loses lawsuit for alleged negligence behind Lawyer X scandal

Nicola Gobbo, the barrister behind the Lawyer X scandal, failed to win damages for the negligence she claimed she suffered when Victoria Police registered her as an ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 16 Jun 2025

Sovereign citizens here to stay, law expert warns

The invasion of “sovereign citizens” in the courtroom has disrupted trials, increased costs, and put unnecessary pressure on the legal system, but they are likely here to ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 16 Jun 2025

Undertaking breach warrants ‘public rebuke’, tribunal orders

A solicitor who breached an undertaking was unable to escape a public reprimand because the conduct justified “public rebuke”, but his long and unblemished legal career ...

SME LAW • Sun, 15 Jun 2025