Naomi Neilson

Lawyers, sexual empowerment panel team up to embrace sex, intimacy and body confidence

The Connecting Lawyer Mums founder has teamed up with a psychologist, a sexual medical expert and a woman's sensual empowerment advocate to empower lawyers to embrace ...

SME LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2025

Lawyer’s lies to regulator upgrades suspension to strike-off

A West Australian practitioner who acted for both the employee and employer in a termination dispute could have avoided being struck off, but his “cover-up was worse than ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Jan 2025

AAT member criticised for ‘significant’ cut and paste in immigration matter

A tribunal member was caught out for the “significant” copying and pasting in a decision to toss an international student’s visa.

BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Jan 2025

Struck-off lawyer holds fast to sensational corruption allegations

A former lawyer doubled down on the “scandalous and vexatious” allegations about the Chief Justice and other Supreme Court judges that saw him kicked out of the ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 14 Jan 2025

Suicide prevention wrongly used to legalise assisted suicide

The Honourable Sir John Vincent Barry’s attempts to prevent suicide were wrongly used to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia, writes David Foletta.

SME LAW • Tue, 14 Jan 2025

Lawyer loses practising certificate for moves against mother’s hospital

A qualified lawyer without a practising certificate landed in hot water when he attempted to bring a habeas corpus application against a Melbourne hospital that had been ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 13 Jan 2025

UN decision on Australia’s human rights breaches a decade in the making

A legal centre’s decade-long fight to secure justice for children detained on Nauru has paid off with a landmark United Nations decision.

BIG LAW • Mon, 13 Jan 2025

Counsel referred to disciplinary body for ‘woeful’ conduct

A Federal Court referred a barrister to the Legal Services Commissioner for his “woeful preparation” in parenting proceedings, including his ironic failure to review ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 12 Jan 2025

AAT member stereotypes Indians in concerning comments

A member with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had his visa decision tossed out after he made several concerning statements, including a stereotypical claim about ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 12 Jan 2025