Naomi Neilson

Criminal lawyer accused of financial breaches receives penalty privilege

A criminal lawyer accused of breaching anti-money laundering legislation across dozens of cash transactions has convinced a tribunal to allow him to rely on penalty ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 05 May 2025

Solicitor alleges she was fired after maternity leave discussion

A former boutique law firm employee has alleged she was terminated because she was pregnant and had asked about maternity leave.

BIG LAW • Mon, 05 May 2025

Lead plaintiff asks for $110k for strip search that was ‘akin to sexual assault’

Lawyers for the NSW strip-search class action told a court the lead plaintiff was entitled to more than $100,000 in damages for being subjected to a search that was “akin ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 05 May 2025

Reporter says sensitive Roberts-Smith material ‘gossip’, not privilege

During tense cross-examination, the reporter who exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s war crimes said he did not consider the information he received about the former soldier’s ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 04 May 2025

Self-reporting solicitor reprimanded for affidavit bungle

A Victorian solicitor who self-reported an affidavit mishap to the legal disciplinary board has been reprimanded.

BIG LAW • Thu, 01 May 2025

Reporter grilled on secret Ben Roberts-Smith conversation

A Nine reporter sued over his investigation into war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith will be questioned about a secret recording in which he allegedly admitted to ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 01 May 2025

Law clerk alleges workplace sexual harassment by barrister

A barrister working out of a boutique criminal law firm in Perth has been accused of sexual harassment by a law clerk 40 years his junior.

SME LAW • Wed, 30 Apr 2025

Law professor’s anti-abortion claims causing ‘considerable distress’, MP says

Despite criticisms from legal experts, a law professor has maintained that a Greens abortion bill would force faith-based hospitals to close.

BIG LAW • Wed, 30 Apr 2025

Senior media lawyer accused of contempt of court

Alongside journalists and editors, an executive counsel was accused of contempt of court in connection with a non-disclosure application made in Antoinette Lattouf’s ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 30 Apr 2025