Law firm restrains former employee’s new lawyers
A boutique practice convinced a court to restrain the solicitors who were acting for one of its former employees on a confidentiality issue.
SME LAW • Mon, 01 Sep 2025
Qld lawyer may be struck-off for visa blows
A Queensland tribunal recommended the name of a solicitor be removed from the roll for his failures to deliver competent, diligent, and timely legal services to ...
SME LAW • Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Law firm, administrators get more time in stolen wages class action
In deciding whether to extend the registration deadline in the Northern Territory stolen wages class action, the Federal Court’s Chief Justice considered how much more ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Penalty to come for Victorian solicitor guilty of professional misconduct
A Victorian sole practitioner is to be penalised for misconduct ranging from trust money breaches and fabrication of documents to having acted in conflict for a matter ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 28 Aug 2025
Perth solicitor to face strike-off for ‘gross neglect’
The Supreme Court will decide whether to strike off a practitioner who strung his client along for two years with lies he was attending hearings and by filing material ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Court orders firm owner to retain Australian lawyer
The founder of a Kazakhstan-based law firm was ordered to retain an Australian lawyer within one week if he wants to continue Federal Court proceedings against a former ...
SME LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Greenwashing litigation piles up as coal and gas fight dirty
Threatened by renewables, the coal and gas sectors have promoted false and misleading claims to get consumers and investors back onside. Instead, they have got the ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Dated laws, tricky defence point against Higgins in Reynolds defamation action
In defending herself against defamation proceedings heard in a jurisdiction that relied on “old law” – and armed with a complex and problematic defence – Brittany Higgins ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
‘Rude’ emails have no place in family law, tribunal says
In defending himself against an allegation he sent an inappropriate and rude email to an opposing solicitor, a Queensland lawyer said it was not discourteous to respond ...
SME LAW • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
