Naomi Neilson

‘Disgrace’: Union’s legal team chastised for abandoning member

The legal team behind a workplace union was criticised by the Fair Work Commission for leaving one of its illiterate members “high and dry” just one business day before ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Jan 2025

‘Bewildering’: Prosecutor turns to Fair Work for $1 raise

The Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions was criticised for its “baffling and frustrating” lack of progression guidelines, which forced a highly skilled prosecutor to ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 22 Jan 2025

National firm not liable in employee’s alleged rape

A law firm fought against compensating an employee who alleged she was raped while attending a work event.

BIG LAW • Tue, 21 Jan 2025

Thousands flock to Facebook page for free legal advice

A non-profit family law firm spent the last four years providing free legal advice to thousands of people via an online community.

SME LAW • Tue, 21 Jan 2025

Lawyer awarded $160k for former clients’ defamatory emails

A sole practitioner has been awarded $160,000 in damages from former clients who made “grossly defamatory” statements in emails to several high-profile members of the ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 20 Jan 2025

Strike off recommended for lawyer who threatened barrister with violence

A Victorian solicitor who threatened a barrister with violence has become one step closer to having his name scrubbed from the roll.

BIG LAW • Mon, 20 Jan 2025

1-year penalty for barrister who sexually harassed young lawyers

Although recent concerning behaviour showed he has a “considerable way to go”, a high-profile barrister who sexually harassed three young lawyers can apply to return to ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Jan 2025

Victorian Bar president says criminal law background a ‘benefit’

For the first time in almost four decades, a criminal law barrister will sit at the helm of the Victorian Bar. In a discussion with Lawyers Weekly, Justin Hannebery KC ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Jan 2025

‘Rude, belligerent’ grad lawyer flings insults at supervisors

A graduate lawyer who applied for an order to stop bullying in his workplace gave evidence that he did not care whether one of his supervisors was “dead or alive” and ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2025