Top-tier team loses senior solicitors to boutique
A team of one principal solicitor, two special counsel and a senior associate has moved from a top-tier team and into a boutique practice.
BIG LAW • Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Controversial firm asks for $1m to fund High Court challenge
Are Australians so fed up with restrictions that they are willing to pay $1 million in costs to see it before the High Court? One small, controversial Sydney firm wants ...
SME LAW • Thu, 30 Jul 2020
UNSW Law appoints new acting dean
One of Australia’s top legal schools has appointed a new acting dean.
SME LAW • Thu, 30 Jul 2020
BigLaw celebrates revenue increase amid COVID-19 concerns
A major global law firm has released its figures for the last financial year, reflecting on a year of revenue growth amid the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
BIG LAW • Thu, 30 Jul 2020
Lawyer X: Tomato tin drug trafficker appeals conviction
A drug trafficker jailed over his involvement in one of the world’s largest ecstasy hauls has appealed his 11-year sentence over concerns his trial was tainted by ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 29 Jul 2020
Fraudulent CEO ordered to repay $430k to firm investor
The former CEO of a collapsed law firm has been ordered to repay $430,000 worth of shares for fraudulently misleading an investor about the firm’s success.
SME LAW • Tue, 28 Jul 2020
NSW A-G leads defamation reforms to govern free speech
The Law Society of NSW has congratulated Attorney-General Mark Speakman on the commitment to overhauling Australia’s stale defamation laws.
BIG LAW • Tue, 28 Jul 2020
NSW reports dissatisfaction in criminal justice system
New data has revealed NSW residents are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the justice system and have “mistaken beliefs” about the rate of crimes in the state.
SME LAW • Tue, 28 Jul 2020
Federal Court judge slams principal for ‘relentless’ sexual harassment
A principal solicitor, labelled a “lonely” and “despicable” man by the Federal Court, has been slammed for sexually harassing his employee over a long period of time
BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Jul 2020
