Naomi Neilson

Qld Bar decides against amendments for sexual harassment

The Bar Association of Queensland will not be amending rule 12 of its barristers’ rules to expressly prohibit sexual harassment, having deemed it sufficient enough as it ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020

WA makes ‘significant’ progress in reforming Aboriginal heritage laws

The Western Australian government has made “significant progress” for historic reform of outdated heritage laws that would place Aboriginal people at the centre of ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020

‘We would not accept it in any other setting’: Lawyers call for more transparency in aged care centres

Although welcoming the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety report into performative issues in centres, the Australian Lawyers Alliance has requested that ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020

Berejiklian vows to revert changes to controversial koala bill

In a bill that has proved to be very controversial to the NSW Parliament, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has vowed to overturn a vote that blocked farmers from clearing more ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 22 Nov 2020

Domestic violence reforms protect victim-survivors from traumatic trials

Victims of domestic and family violence in NSW may now give evidence in closed court and will be excused from personal cross-examinations from self-represented accused.

BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Nov 2020

Advocates and lawyers at odds over consent law reform recommendations

The Law Reform Commission has put forward 44 recommendations to improve NSW’s consent laws and although advocates have expressed disappointment with the lack of one major ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Nov 2020

George Pell media contempt ruling to be handed down soon

The Victorian Supreme Court is weighing up whether media companies and journalists have a contempt case to answer to due to their initial reports on Cardinal George ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Nov 2020

‘Legal profession must accept responsibility’: Witness exposes justice system for mistreatment of sexual assault victims

REVIEW: The devastating and destructive faults in the criminal justice system’s approach to sexual assault victim-survivors who must brave the courtrooms have been ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 18 Nov 2020

Solicitor defrauds $800k from elderly man

A solicitor and a carer have been charged after allegedly defrauding an elderly man of more than $800,000 while he was being cared for on the NSW South Coast.

BIG LAW • Wed, 18 Nov 2020