Thousands flock to Facebook page for free legal advice
A non-profit family law firm spent the last four years providing free legal advice to thousands of people via an online community.
SME LAW • Tue, 21 Jan 2025
Lawyer awarded $160k for former clients’ defamatory emails
A sole practitioner has been awarded $160,000 in damages from former clients who made “grossly defamatory” statements in emails to several high-profile members of the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 20 Jan 2025
Strike off recommended for lawyer who threatened barrister with violence
A Victorian solicitor who threatened a barrister with violence has become one step closer to having his name scrubbed from the roll.
BIG LAW • Mon, 20 Jan 2025
1-year penalty for barrister who sexually harassed young lawyers
Although recent concerning behaviour showed he has a “considerable way to go”, a high-profile barrister who sexually harassed three young lawyers can apply to return to ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Victorian Bar president says criminal law background a ‘benefit’
For the first time in almost four decades, a criminal law barrister will sit at the helm of the Victorian Bar. In a discussion with Lawyers Weekly, Justin Hannebery KC ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Jan 2025
‘Rude, belligerent’ grad lawyer flings insults at supervisors
A graduate lawyer who applied for an order to stop bullying in his workplace gave evidence that he did not care whether one of his supervisors was “dead or alive” and ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2025
Lawyers, sexual empowerment panel team up to embrace sex, intimacy and body confidence
The Connecting Lawyer Mums founder has teamed up with a psychologist, a sexual medical expert and a woman's sensual empowerment advocate to empower lawyers to embrace ...
SME LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2025
Lawyer’s lies to regulator upgrades suspension to strike-off
A West Australian practitioner who acted for both the employee and employer in a termination dispute could have avoided being struck off, but his “cover-up was worse than ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Jan 2025
AAT member criticised for ‘significant’ cut and paste in immigration matter
A tribunal member was caught out for the “significant” copying and pasting in a decision to toss an international student’s visa.
BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Jan 2025
