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
Serious warning issued to lawyers engaging in claim farming
In the wake of reports into lawyers intentionally targeting vulnerable members of the community, the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner has issued new ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Jun 2025
Police close investigation into ‘premeditated’ attack at Slater & Gordon
Police have closed their investigation into who was behind the scandalous email leak at Slater & Gordon, which exposed the salaries and performance ratings of ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Jun 2025
Lawyer sues for damages over car accident she was not involved in
A principal lawyer tried to claim damages for the “nervous shock” she suffered after her family were involved in a minor car accident, despite her not being at the scene ...
SME LAW • Thu, 12 Jun 2025
2 climb to senior levels in IDP Lawyers promotion round
In addition to one new partner, specialist defendant personal injury firm IDP Lawyers has promoted one lawyer to senior associate and two others to associate.
SME LAW • Thu, 12 Jun 2025
