Naomi Neilson

Protégé top 10: What is affecting law students today

In the search for the top 10 stories, Protégé delivers a fortnight’s worth of vital updates that law students should know today.

NEWLAW • Mon, 02 Nov 2020

Law students take home $10k prize from BigLaw firm

A team of law students from the University of Queensland has won $10,000 with their innovative proposal that would fill a major gap in pro bono legal practice.

NEWLAW • Mon, 02 Nov 2020

Victorian curfew challenge ruled unsuccessful

The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled that a challenge brought by a restaurant owner and aspiring Liberal Party MP over the lockdown restrictions was unsuccessful.

BIG LAW • Mon, 02 Nov 2020

Second person freed over Lawyer X scandal

A gangland figure, who spent almost a decade behind bars, has become the second person to be acquitted over the Lawyer X scandal after a Court of Appeal judge found that ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 01 Nov 2020

Legal services win action against funeral insurer Youpla

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Financial Rights Legal Centre received a win from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority which found that an ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 01 Nov 2020

SA Law Society clears up abortion bill confusion

While the South Australian government debates whether to decriminalise abortion with a new bill, misinformation has been quick to spread. To address the confusion and the ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 01 Nov 2020

IBAC returns positive results ahead of potential Lawyer X investigation

Victoria’s independent anti-corruption commission has published the details around its many 2020 achievements during a “challenging year” ahead of a possible ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 29 Oct 2020

Meet Australia’s new High Court judges

Justice Simon Steward and Justice Jacqueline Gleeson will take their new, pre-eminent positions on the High Court of Australia bench but who are they and how can the ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 29 Oct 2020

Australian Law Reform Commission welcomes special counsel

A regulation expert has joined the Australian Law Reform Commission’s ranks as new special counsel to lend his expertise in the review of the legislative framework for ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 29 Oct 2020