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

Women’s rally link to Nazis is ‘nonsensical’, Deeming’s barrister says

In the latest major defamation battle, counsel for ousted Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming said it was “incomprehensible” for John Pesutto, party leader and lawyer, to ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 16 Sep 2024

Costs of anti-money laundering proposal may harm small firms

The proposal to crack down on money laundering and to counter terrorism to bring Australia in line with international standards will add billions of dollars in expenses ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Sep 2024

Judge’s Fair Work penalty ‘inadequate’, union says

A construction union accused a federal judge of imposing too light a sentence on a Canberra painting business that was found to have underpaid a former employee around ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 15 Sep 2024

Privacy Act reforms crack down on data breaches

In the wake of “large-scale” data breaches, reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 have introduced new penalties and criminal offences.

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Sep 2024

Monster Energy wins $520k in costs from infringement matter

Monster Energy walked away from an infringement proceeding that was full of legal blunders with $520,000 in costs.

BIG LAW • Thu, 12 Sep 2024

Reprimanded solicitor’s hopeless appeal criticised by tribunal

An ACT tribunal said it was “incongruous” for a solicitor to appeal a 12-month suspension for altering documentation because he should have considered himself lucky he ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024

‘Inconceivable’: Judge slams tardiness in Super Retail Group dispute

Justice Michael Lee came down hard on the lawyers behind a chief legal officer for missing a deadline that he said should have taken a barrister and paralegal a half ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024

Latham’s sexually explicit tweet defamed Greenwich, court rules

A court found Mark Latham defamed political rival Alexander Greenwich in an offensive and sexually explicit tweet.

BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Sep 2024