Naomi Neilson

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Naomi Neilson is a senior journalist with a focus on court reporting for Lawyers Weekly, as well as other titles under the Momentum Media umbrella. She regularly writes about matters before the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Courts, the Civil and Administrative Tribunals, and the Fair Work Commission. Naomi has also published investigative pieces about the legal profession, including sexual harassment and bullying, wage disputes, and staff exoduses. You can email Naomi at: [email protected].

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‘Not a hired gun’: Silks cautioned about ethics by Federal Court judge

A Federal Court judge encouraged barristers to question their client’s instructions and push back if it comes close to breaching their ethics.

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Feb 2026

Qld sets new legal precedents for workplace psychological health

A number of recent employment cases in Queensland have demonstrated that psychological health is being treated the same as physical safety, a workplace relations partner ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Feb 2026

Sparke Helmore adds special counsel, partner

National firm Sparke Helmore Lawyers has added a partner to its projects and government commercial team, as well as a special counsel who specialises in contract law and ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Feb 2026

National firm accused of contractual, fiduciary breaches

A major BigLaw firm has gone head-to-head with a former client who alleged it provided negligent advice more than a decade ago, leaving him on the hook for significant ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Wed, 11 Feb 2026

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AI legal platform Harvey rolled out across Corrs

Independent Australian firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has rolled out Harvey, an artificial intelligence legal platform, firmwide.

BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Feb 2026

Empathy is not optional for employment lawyers

Distraught over my mother’s diagnosis, what I needed most was some compassion – what I got instead was a rude and confrontational employment lawyer, writes Naomi Neilson

BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Feb 2026

Strike-off for lawyer who tricked fired employee with fake emails

After terminating his legal assistant, a West Australian lawyer created false emails – complete with compliments of himself – that purported to show his attempts to find ...

SME LAW • Tue, 10 Feb 2026

Cowell Clarke adds banking and finance director

Commercial law firm Cowell Clarke has appointed a new director to its corporate and commercial team, where he will head up the firm’s banking and finance capabilities

BIG LAW • Tue, 10 Feb 2026

Fake lawyer allegedly paid $1.4m by ‘number of firms’

Firms across Victoria employed and paid a woman $1.4 million despite her allegedly not holding a practising certificate.

BIG LAW • Mon, 09 Feb 2026

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