1-year penalty for barrister who sexually harassed young lawyers

Although recent concerning behaviour showed he has a “considerable way to go”, a high-profile barrister who sexually harassed three young lawyers can apply to return to ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Jan 2025

Victorian Bar president says criminal law background a ‘benefit’

For the first time in almost four decades, a criminal law barrister will sit at the helm of the Victorian Bar. In a discussion with Lawyers Weekly, Justin Hannebery KC ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Jan 2025

‘Rude, belligerent’ grad lawyer flings insults at supervisors

A graduate lawyer who applied for an order to stop bullying in his workplace gave evidence that he did not care whether one of his supervisors was “dead or alive” and ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2025

Lawyers, sexual empowerment panel team up to embrace sex, intimacy and body confidence

The Connecting Lawyer Mums founder has teamed up with a psychologist, a sexual medical expert and a woman's sensual empowerment advocate to empower lawyers to embrace ...

SME LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2025

Lawyer’s lies to regulator upgrades suspension to strike-off

A West Australian practitioner who acted for both the employee and employer in a termination dispute could have avoided being struck off, but his “cover-up was worse than ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Jan 2025

AAT member criticised for ‘significant’ cut and paste in immigration matter

A tribunal member was caught out for the “significant” copying and pasting in a decision to toss an international student’s visa.

BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Jan 2025

Struck-off lawyer holds fast to sensational corruption allegations

A former lawyer doubled down on the “scandalous and vexatious” allegations about the Chief Justice and other Supreme Court judges that saw him kicked out of the ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 14 Jan 2025

Suicide prevention wrongly used to legalise assisted suicide

The Honourable Sir John Vincent Barry’s attempts to prevent suicide were wrongly used to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia, writes David Foletta.

SME LAW • Tue, 14 Jan 2025

Lawyer loses practising certificate for moves against mother’s hospital

A qualified lawyer without a practising certificate landed in hot water when he attempted to bring a habeas corpus application against a Melbourne hospital that had been ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 13 Jan 2025