NSW barristers in need granted access to counselling service
As more legal practitioners seek out mental healthcare, an NSW barrister association asked a court whether its funding rules allowed it to cover its members’ use of a ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Jun 2025
Reprimand for speeding solicitor who made false declarations
A solicitor was reprimanded over his failure to disclose a number of traffic violations to the Queensland Law Society, with a tribunal finding the conduct “goes to the ...
SME LAW • Sun, 22 Jun 2025
Pacific nations lawyers train alongside Victorian barristers
Senior legal professionals from the Pacific region have worked closely with Victorian barristers to improve their advocacy skills, which they will then pass on to junior ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 22 Jun 2025
More recusals plague Federal Court action against Erudite Legal
The three directors of the notorious law firm Erudite Legal made their third recusal application, less than a month after successfully convincing the first Federal Court ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Thu, 19 Jun 2025
Police lawyer’s misconduct a risk to investigation, tribunal says
A police legal officer and ethics lecturer failed to overturn a finding that she was “careless and incompetent” when she permitted an unqualified person to witness an ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 18 Jun 2025
Renewable energy sector to grow, lawyers to thrive under Labor government
The renewable energy sector is expected to flourish during the Labor government’s second term, and experts have predicted lawyers in this space will be very busy with ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Wed, 18 Jun 2025
Qld lawyer with criminal conviction for signature failure faces strike-off
A recommendation has been made to remove the name of a Queensland lawyer from the roll after he was convicted and received a suspended jail sentence for making false ...
SME LAW • Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Abuse firm to pay former client $260k for negligence
A Victorian law firm that specialises in institutional childhood sexual abuse was ordered to pay a former client over $260,000 after the Supreme Court found its advice to ...
SME LAW • Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Strike-off recommended for lawyer who drunkenly bribed cops
A tribunal said it needed “little persuasion” to recommend the name of a Rockhampton lawyer be removed from the roll after he tried to bribe the police officers who ...
SME LAW • Mon, 16 Jun 2025
