Naomi Neilson

Court fed up with lawyers filing ‘last-minute’ extension applications

While dealing with a potential claim against an institutional abuse law firm, a judicial registrar was left frustrated by the “apparent assumption” by some legal ...

SME LAW • Mon, 31 Mar 2025

Perth firm dodges bullying order pursued by former employee

Despite her application having already been thrown out, a former employee of a Perth law firm tried to convince the Fair Work Commission to issue a stop-bullying order to ...

SME LAW • Sun, 30 Mar 2025

$160k awarded for defamation over sickening paedophilia accusations

A child recovery agent who once vowed he would not pay “one cent” to a family dispute resolution practitioner he repeatedly defamed with vile and untrue accusations has ...

SME LAW • Thu, 27 Mar 2025

Not-for-profits left to pick up government’s slack on domestic violence, lawyer says

The government has dumped the responsibility and immense pressure of addressing the scourge of domestic and family violence on not-for-profits but has left them with ...

SME LAW • Thu, 27 Mar 2025

Pig-hunting lawyer commits insurance fraud, court told

In the face of “concrete evidence”, a principal lawyer lied to his insurance company about an incident that involved pig hunting, a broken Can-Am vehicle, and a former ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 26 Mar 2025

Seven to face defamation proceedings over alleged Lehrmann comments

A former producer who sensationally claimed Seven fronted the costs of Bruce Lehrmann’s “cocaine and prostitutes” in exchange for a tell-all interview has sued the ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 26 Mar 2025

More court stoushes in store for boutique firm and vengeful training lawyer

In what appears to be a seemingly endless legal battle, a Parramatta boutique law firm has been dragged through yet another hearing with a man it provided supervised ...

SME LAW • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

Counsel for airport strip-search victims grilled by full court

Australian women strip-searched at a Doha airport have fought to access a never-before-seen contract between an airport operations company and Qatar Civil Aviation ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

‘Hope you die’: Lawyer allegedly threatened former client

In his desperation to recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars he loaned to his former client, an NSW lawyer allegedly told her he hoped she would die and claimed the ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 24 Mar 2025