Top 10 in 12 days: What law students should know about the law today
Lawyers Weekly’s Protégé takes a look back at the last two weeks to round up the top 10 stories that young lawyers should know about the world of law today.
NEWLAW • Mon, 27 Jul 2020
Universities sign open letter protesting fees increase
Three law schools are signatories of an open letter calling for the fees increases to be shelved and a new policy drafted with consultation from sector experts.
NEWLAW • Mon, 27 Jul 2020
Test case in sports rorts affair lodged in Federal Court
An application has been lodged in the Federal Court seeking to overturn a decision to reject a funding application linked to the scandal-plagued sports rorts affair.
SME LAW • Sun, 26 Jul 2020
Ruby Princess passengers launch class action
The passengers embroiled in the Ruby Princess debacle have filed a class action over the mishandling of a deadly coronavirus outbreak onboard.
SME LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020
NSW solicitor struck off for disbursing trust monies, misleading records
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has struck off a solicitor who disbursed his clients’ trust monies without permission and attempted to hide the payments.
BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020
Family court bomber found guilty of 3 murders
Thirty years on from the murders of a justice, a justice’s wife and a member of church, the Supreme Court of NSW has found a former firefighter guilty.
BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020
Open letter calls for government to keep children out of prison
A collective group comprising of legal representatives, a law society and human rights organisations has penned an open letter calling on the ACT government to raise the ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Jul 2020
‘Tsunami of complaints’: What the Heydon allegations revealed about the law
One month on from “bombshell” allegations a former justice of the High Court sexually harassed female associates, four prominent legal women addressed the power-based ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 22 Jul 2020
Former magistrate walks free from prison, child sex offences quashed
A former magistrate has been granted his freedom after the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeal ruled there was reasonable doubt that he sexually assaulted a young boy.
BIG LAW • Tue, 21 Jul 2020
