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
How one grad could make a career out of both science and law
Right up until attending a biochemistry class, one recent graduate was faced with the possibility that she would have to give up one of her major interests in favour of ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 17 May 2021
Top 10: The major news updates young lawyers won’t want to miss
From an upcoming careers fair, a new Christian Porter defamation update and the consequences of a magistrate accused of sexual harassment, there has been a lot happening ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 17 May 2021
