Penalty to come for Victorian solicitor guilty of professional misconduct
A Victorian sole practitioner is to be penalised for misconduct ranging from trust money breaches and fabrication of documents to having acted in conflict for a matter ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 28 Aug 2025
Perth solicitor to face strike-off for ‘gross neglect’
The Supreme Court will decide whether to strike off a practitioner who strung his client along for two years with lies he was attending hearings and by filing material ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Court orders firm owner to retain Australian lawyer
The founder of a Kazakhstan-based law firm was ordered to retain an Australian lawyer within one week if he wants to continue Federal Court proceedings against a former ...
SME LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Greenwashing litigation piles up as coal and gas fight dirty
Threatened by renewables, the coal and gas sectors have promoted false and misleading claims to get consumers and investors back onside. Instead, they have got the ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Dated laws, tricky defence point against Higgins in Reynolds defamation action
In defending herself against defamation proceedings heard in a jurisdiction that relied on “old law” – and armed with a complex and problematic defence – Brittany Higgins ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
‘Rude’ emails have no place in family law, tribunal says
In defending himself against an allegation he sent an inappropriate and rude email to an opposing solicitor, a Queensland lawyer said it was not discourteous to respond ...
SME LAW • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
The Wiggles CEO sues company, general counsel for workplace breaches
The Wiggles’ former CEO accused the group leader and general counsel of several sensational workplace contraventions, including an alleged failure to pay his full bonus ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Child sex offender allowed to work in firms, for barristers
An NSW law graduate convicted of online sexual offences against 10 children has been given approval to work with solicitors and barristers.
BIG LAW • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
High Court asked to hear Qatar strip-search case
Qatar Airways has turned to the High Court to overturn a finding it was liable for invasive searches at Doha five years ago.
BIG LAW • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
