Naomi Neilson is a senior journalist with a focus on court reporting for Lawyers Weekly. You can email Naomi at: [email protected]
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
Court unfairly ‘shut out’ Qatar Airways strip-search case, lawyer argues
Counsel for the Australian women who experienced a “traumatising” ordeal at Doha airport has said the Federal Court should be “troubled” by the fact the original case was ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Costs order for alleged ‘sex pest’ barrister who fought to hide identity
The alleged “sex pest” barrister who was accused of making uninvited advances towards a junior solicitor in his chambers will shoulder the costs of a failed application ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 24 Mar 2025
‘Sketchy affidavit’ cause for referring solicitor to Law Society
The Law Society will review whether an NSW solicitor should be disciplined for asking his daughter to prepare an affidavit for his wife.
BIG LAW • Sun, 23 Mar 2025
ATO coming for lawyers over tax failures
About 85 per cent of lawyers could be at risk of disciplinary action for failing to lodge tax returns, the Australian Taxation Office has revealed.
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Mar 2025
Former Law Society president should be ‘in prison’, lawyer claims
A former lawyer has made a sensational claim that a former president of the ACT Law Society should “be in prison” for allegedly lying to the court about his fitness to ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Mar 2025