Naomi Neilson

Lawyer in female genital mutilation investigation to be removed from roll

An order has been made to strike out the name of the lawyer who counselled fathers of female genital mutilation victims to lie to police, an offence that the Court of ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 22 Aug 2021

‘Dangerous’ mass surveillance bill could endanger whistleblowers, HRLC says

Without more appropriate safeguards in place, human rights lawyers are concerned that proposed amendments to surveillance legislation may leave whistleblowers and ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Aug 2021

Porter defamation: Former A-G ‘classic example’ of litigant refusing to accept risks to reputation, media outlets argue 

Returning to the Federal Court for yet another application, lawyers for major media outlets have accused Christian Porter of pre-emptively seeking orders against them as ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 18 Aug 2021

Melbourne criminal lawyer reprimanded for holding client files, failing to provide costs estimate

Clarification regarding George Defteros: The headline to an article published on 17 August 2021 by Lawyers Weekly referred to Mr Defteros as a “Melbourne Gangland Lawyer”

BIG LAW • Tue, 17 Aug 2021

Addressing the current (and flawed) tests for biases in courtrooms

The laws on judicial impartiality and bias are fundamentally flawed and, if allowed to continue in its current state, can only damage the public confidence in ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 16 Aug 2021

Why are there so few female barristers?

Unless something changes, future attorneys-general are going to find it very difficult to maintain gender balance on court benches if too few women rise to the senior ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 16 Aug 2021

Christian Porter turns legal attention to other media companies

Having succeeded in convincing the Federal Court to permanently redact three parts of the ABC’s defamation defence, lawyers for former attorney-general Christian Porter ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 16 Aug 2021

‘Ugly, shameful secret’: Rex Patrick commences action to reveal confidential documents in Bernard Collaery prosecution

Amid Bernard Collaery’s ongoing and highly secret prosecution, independent senator Rex Patrick has commenced action in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to overturn a ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 16 Aug 2021

WA looks ahead to modernised laws as ‘historic’ abortion legislation passes

In what has been praised as a “landmark achievement” by human rights lawyers, the Western Australian government has brought its legislation in line with the rest of ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Aug 2021