Where to draw the line under ‘Mr Big’

The sting operation known as Mr Big may be responsible for high-profile murder convictions, but it is also to blame for unreliable or false confessions and miscarriages ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Challenging impostor syndrome begins at the top, High Court judge says

To overcome the taboo around impostor syndrome, Justice Jacqueline Gleeson says, the leaders of the legal profession should be the first to expose their vulnerabilities ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 22 Sep 2024

No winners in Qantas, union’s costs fight

After a failed dispute over which pilots should be assigned to a lucrative aircraft, Qantas and the union for long-haul pilots had their costs applications knocked back ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 22 Sep 2024

Reprimand for lawyer who dodged 9 tax returns

A solicitor convicted over his failure to complete yearly income tax returns was reprimanded and barred from practising until 2026.

BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Sep 2024

Super Retail Group puts up fight over suppression orders

Super Retail Group – the company in a dispute with its former chief legal counsel – may appear before a full court bench to appeal against a decision to have its ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Sep 2024

‘Inappropriate’: Solicitors disappear, ignore power of attorney role

Of the two solicitors appointed enduring power of attorney, one disappeared after he was suspended from practising and the other sent a “remarkable and entirely ...

SME LAW • Wed, 18 Sep 2024

ASIC allegations of misconduct by REST Super tossed out

A court has thrown out ASIC’s allegation that superannuation trustee REST made false or misleading statements about the ability of its members to roll over funds to ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 18 Sep 2024

Deeming grilled over divisive transgender comments

On the second day of her defamation proceedings, Moira Deeming was questioned about her opinions on transgender and gender-diverse people and the supposed links she made ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 17 Sep 2024

Qld lawyer reprimanded over undertaking breach

A Queensland legal director who failed to attend appointments with a registered psychologist has been publicly reprimanded and banned from practising until next September

BIG LAW • Mon, 16 Sep 2024