Naomi Neilson

ACT lawyer guilty of professional misconduct for misappropriating client’s money

An ACT solicitor was found guilty of professional misconduct for misappropriating more than $11,000 from a jailed client she had developed an “overly familiar ...

SME LAW • Tue, 27 Aug 2024

Ruby Princess cruise line points finger at NSW Health for COVID outbreak

The cruise line behind the Ruby Princess COVID-19 fiasco appealed findings it breached consumer law by arguing the Federal Court unreasonably expected it to second-guess ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 27 Aug 2024

Magistrate booted from trial after clash with ‘unacceptably rude’ lawyer

An NSW magistrate was removed from a trial over “deeply sarcastic and critical” remarks he made towards a defence lawyer, but transcripts of a three-day hearing revealed ...

SME LAW • Tue, 27 Aug 2024

Fake barrister skimmed $30k off client’s settlement

A fake barrister condemned for his “web of lies and deceit” walked away with $30,000 of one client’s money and gave such incorrect advice to a second client that she and ...

SME LAW • Mon, 26 Aug 2024

Alucobond class action begins

Footage of “flaming bits of building” falling onto people was shown to a court in a class action that has demanded manufacturers cough up compensation for allegedly ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 26 Aug 2024

Consumer protections incoming for aviation industry

The federal government will introduce an Aviation Industry Ombudsman Scheme and a Charter of Customer Rights to better enforce consumer protections in the airline sector

BIG LAW • Mon, 26 Aug 2024

Ex-cop with ‘insatiable’ appetite for court on verge of becoming vexatious litigant

A former police officer kicked out after assault convictions may be declared a vexatious litigant after his latest proceedings brought a full court bench together to hear ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 26 Aug 2024

High Court decision a ‘game changer’ for corporate fraudsters

Those behind predatory business models may be held liable after a High Court’s landmark decision on corporate wrongdoing.

BIG LAW • Mon, 26 Aug 2024

Fourtree Lawyers fires pregnant paralegal in ‘inappropriate’ meeting

Facing an “obvious” power imbalance and with very little support, a pregnant paralegal was terminated by Fourtree Lawyers in a method deemed to have been “inappropriate ...

SME LAW • Sun, 25 Aug 2024