Naomi Neilson

‘Virtual actions have real world consequences’: The lesson behind #Lawyercat

The judge who inadvertently created the #Lawyercat phenomenon has warned law students and graduates to be cautious of social media, no matter how much they try to keep ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 24 Jan 2022

Law students help ‘connect the dots’ on ESG findings

Law students with a Canberra university were instrumental in creating the “most extensive open data set” that analyses the environmental, social and governance disclosure ...

NEWLAW • Mon, 24 Jan 2022

‘Significant costs, significant delays’: Religious Discrimination Bill will ‘clog’ court system and deny access to justice

Several controversial provisions within the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill will not only “drastically undermine and throw into chaos” access to justice but will ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 23 Jan 2022

‘We need to do everything we can to keep them’: LCA addresses mental health concerns in resigning lawyers

As mental health issues continue to escalate and more lawyers leave the workplace, the new Law Council president has addressed why the profession should be refining its ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 23 Jan 2022

Law graduate refused admission following lengthy litigation history

An aspiring lawyer who graduated and completed legal practical training was refused admission over a failure to appropriately disclose her litigation history, which ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Jan 2022

Access to justice slammed as ‘Djoke’ in wake of visa saga

Regardless of where Australians stand on the Novak Djokovic visa issue, the remarkable speed in which his matter was brought before a full bench of the Federal Court ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 20 Jan 2022

The venture capital trends expected in 2022

Herbert Smith Freehills’ co-heads of capital venture have shared their predictions for this deal space in 2022, including the “seriously overdue” flow to female-founded ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 19 Jan 2022

Christian Porter ordered to pay $430k in legal costs

The Federal Court has ordered Christian Porter and his former defamation barrister to pay more than $430,000 in legal costs.

BIG LAW • Wed, 19 Jan 2022

LCA harmonisation of family violence definitions first step in National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children

To support the rollout of a nationally consistent classification of family violence, the Law Council of Australia has released a model definition that lists the types of ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 18 Jan 2022