Naomi Neilson

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Naomi Neilson is a senior journalist with a focus on court reporting for Lawyers Weekly, as well as other titles under the Momentum Media umbrella. She regularly writes about matters before the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Courts, the Civil and Administrative Tribunals, and the Fair Work Commission. Naomi has also published investigative pieces about the legal profession, including sexual harassment and bullying, wage disputes, and staff exoduses. You can email Naomi at: [email protected].

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Barrister calls out performative sisterhood

Intense bullying from the profession’s “mean girls” has upended a barrister’s once-idealistic belief in sisterhood.

BIG LAW • Thu, 05 Mar 2026

LawConnect acquires lawyer marketplace Finchly

Legal artificial intelligence platform LawConnect has acquired Finchly to accelerate its development of a unified, global legal services marketplace and offer further ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 04 Mar 2026

LHD Lawyers acquires 120-year-old firm Taylor & Scott Lawyers

LHD Lawyers has strengthened its workers’ compensation, personal injury, and industrial law capability with the acquisition of Taylor & Scott Lawyers, a firm with ...

SME LAW • Wed, 04 Mar 2026

Senior lawyers must answer for their own mistakes, court says

A Supreme Court judge emphatically rejected any suggestion that junior lawyers should shoulder the blame for the mistakes of their superiors.

BIG LAW • Tue, 03 Mar 2026

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2 senior lawyers join MinterEllison’s private capital team

MinterEllison’s private capital capability has been strengthened with the appointment of two special counsel.

BIG LAW • Tue, 03 Mar 2026

Gender pay gap persists as top firms slide backwards

New gender pay gap data reveals an uneven pace of reform across the legal profession, with several of the worst-performing firms sliding further backwards within just 12 ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 02 Mar 2026

Lander & Rogers takes 2 partners from HSF Kramer

HSF Kramer has lost a commercial disputes partner and a workplace relations partner to Lander & Rogers.

BIG LAW • Mon, 02 Mar 2026

Boutique firms clash over client file transfer

A dispute between two Sydney firms over client files spilled over into the Supreme Court and carried on for longer than the evidence justified.

SME LAW • Sun, 01 Mar 2026

Increased enforcement, litigation risks for workplaces that ignore psychosocial hazards

Victorian and Queensland workplaces must consider their employees’ psychological health as an enforceable safety risk or face regulatory penalties and increased ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Sun, 01 Mar 2026

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