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
Victorian Bar commits to fourth Reconciliation Action Plan
The Victorian Bar has commenced its fourth Reconciliation Action Plan with a commitment to continuing its support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lawyers and ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Sep 2025
SA solicitor loses judicial review into alleged practising certificate failures
A South Australian practitioner’s judicial review application into a disciplinary decision relating to fee conditions on his practising certificate has been tossed out by ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 10 Sep 2025
Lawyer cannot shake vexatious litigant order
Emmanuel Ezekiel-Hart, a lawyer who has brought dozens of proceedings against the ACT Law Society, was unable to convince a court to overturn an order declaring him to be ...
SME LAW • Wed, 10 Sep 2025
