Appeal over ‘significant’ FOI delays rejected
Former senator Rex Patrick’s bid to hold the Australian information commissioner accountable for a 1,400-day delay on a freedom of information (FOI) request was knocked ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jul 2024
Sydney firm overcomes ‘deficiencies’ in $300k fee fight
A Sydney boutique firm that spent years chasing a client over $300,000 in unpaid fees has won yet another court battle despite earlier findings that its disclosures were ...
SME LAW • Sun, 14 Jul 2024
Dispute resolution partner joins Piper Alderman
National firm Piper Alderman has appointed a dispute resolution partner to its Brisbane office.
BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Jul 2024
Qantas and union both lose in ‘lucrative’ aircraft battle
Qantas and the union for long-haul pilots went head to head in court over the airline’s decision to bypass senior pilots to put junior officers into its “lucrative” ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Jul 2024
Adelaide lawyer’s ‘incompetence’ stuns disciplinary committee
Despite being reassured time and again that his matter “was in hand”, an Adelaide business owner’s matter was left to crash and burn before a court because of the ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Jul 2024
Lawyer’s removalist company faces misleading conduct claims
A legal practitioner’s NSW removalist company has faced allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct, but the accuser was ordered to pay more than $70,000 into a court ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Jul 2024
New managing partner for Tindall Gask Bentley
A firm with offices across Australia has promoted a number of senior lawyers, including one to managing partner.
SME LAW • Thu, 11 Jul 2024
WA criminal lawyer booted from roll for conspiracy to pervert course of justice
A West Australian criminal lawyer was struck from the roll of legal practitioners for conspiring to pervert the course of justice to free a former Rebels bikie from ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 10 Jul 2024
Silk resigns as ICAC commissioner over ‘damage’ to scheme
The commissioner of the South Australian Independent Commission Against Corruption resigned over frustrations that her public interest concerns were constantly falling on ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 09 Jul 2024
