Naomi Neilson

Making the tough transition from military service into the legal profession

From being treated like colleagues through to learning how to incorporate the details of their service into résumés and interviews, Australian Defence Force veterans are ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 26 May 2021

Porter’s defamation barrister to learn fate of legal team

The trial to determine whether Christian Porter’s leading defamation barrister could be removed from his star-studded legal team has been pushed into another day along ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 26 May 2021

Boutique firm returns to tribunal following ‘administrative errors’

A boutique Queensland law firm has continued the fight to recover fees from a client who claimed two costs agreements he never received due to “administrative errors” ...

SME LAW • Tue, 25 May 2021

REVIEW: ‘Plan B for Human Rights’: Hypocrisy, missed standards at forefront of Australia’s human rights violations

The Australian government’s responses to human rights atrocities across the world have continued to border on hypocrisy, says leading international barrister Geoffrey ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 24 May 2021

Federal Court proceedings against Porter’s barrister ‘storm in a teacup’

The legal team for star defamation barrister Sue Chrysanthou has argued that any confidential information she received from the friend of the woman who accused Christian ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 24 May 2021

Man who falsely claimed to be a legal practitioner loses appeal

A Western Australian man who dispensed “free legal advice” via a Facebook page despite not ever being registered as an Australian legal practitioner has lost his appeal ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 23 May 2021

HWL Ebsworth ordered to hand over file notes to former ANZ employee

Years after HWL Ebsworth disclosed the names of ANZ Bank employees who were meeting with the corporate regulator amid a major investigation into market manipulation, the ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 18 May 2021

Kicking goals and climbing the ladder from law to soccer

When she isn’t building her career in public sector litigation, BigLaw lawyer Lauren Hargrave spent her weekends refereeing the top division of the women’s soccer league ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 18 May 2021

Commercial firm locked in legal battle over allegations of a ‘malicious’ letter

A national commercial law firm was under fire from property company Modscape and its director who have alleged that a letter sent by a partner to the Victorian Building ...

SME LAW • Mon, 17 May 2021