Barrister reprimanded for pushing female practitioner’s head towards crotch
A barrister who pushed a female legal professional’s head towards his crotch area during an event for clerks has been reprimanded and ordered to pay costs, with the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
Religious freedom advocacy groups must come clean, Michael Kirby says
In response to a Christian group’s “lobbying blitz” and in criticising organised religion for failing to “lift their sights above sex and bedrooms”, former High Court ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
Witness K sentencing ‘dark chapter’ in Australian history
Although Witness K has been spared jail time for conspiring to reveal classified information about the alleged spying on East Timor by the Australian government, senior ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
NSW legal profession welcomes Dubbo Drug Court
A $27.9 million investment to expand the NSW Drug Court into the Dubbo region has been hailed by the state’s legal body as a “welcomed acknowledgement” that the use of ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
Qld shield laws enter consultation process
Better protections for Queensland journalists and whistleblowers may be a reality soon as the state government begins consultations on its proposed shield laws.
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
‘Justice delayed is justice denied’: WA Law Society responds to reports of crisis meeting into courtroom shortages
The Western Australian Law Society has responded to media coverage into the state of the legal profession and confirmed that the Attorney-General has called for a crisis ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
‘Botched’ Robodebt scheme enters Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Following an announcement of the $112 million class action settlement for victims of the controversial Robodebt scheme, the long-running battle to access documents from ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021
Lawyers hint Porter’s barrister could face disciplinary complaints
Lawyers for the woman who took Christian Porter’s leading barrister to the Federal Court hinted that they may make a disciplinary complaint as the court decides whether ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 20 Jun 2021
WA solicitor launched proceedings that were ‘doomed to fail’
A principal of a Western Australian commercial law practice accused of commencing action in the Supreme Court and seeking indemnity costs in a proceeding that was “doomed ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 17 Jun 2021
