Naomi Neilson

Gold Coast firm’s contentious legal fees questioned

A Queensland court investigated a local firm’s “obscure” costs agreement to determine whether there was a “natural break” between two contentious invoices for legal ...

SME LAW • Wed, 17 Jan 2024

Government considers laws for ‘high-risk’ AI

The Albanese government is considering AI-specific laws to act as a “mandatory guardrail” against the use of the high-risk technology.

BIG LAW • Wed, 17 Jan 2024

Controversial animosity clause in Tasmanian sex offender reforms cut

The Tasmanian government responded to the controversy around its plan to criminalise the incitement of animosity towards registered sex offenders by scrapping a key ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 16 Jan 2024

Solicitor removed from roll for accusing Chief Justice of corruption

A Victorian solicitor who made a number of “scandalous” and unfounded allegations about the Chief Justice and other judicial officers of the Supreme Court has been ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024

Federal Court removes injunction on Santos’ Timor Sea project

A pipeline project in the Timor Sea will resume after the Federal Court rejected an argument the construction would damage sea country and cause “spiritual injury” to ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024

COVID policies exposed flaw in human rights laws, HRLC says

If a Charter of Human Rights existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of concerning decisions and policies could have been avoided, the Human Rights Law Centre ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024

ACT lawyer makes ‘nonsense’ claims to remain on roll

An ACT solicitor found guilty of 18 counts of misconduct made a number of strange and baseless claims in an attempt to overturn the decision that his name be removed from ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Jan 2024

Victorian solicitor pursues ‘fishing expedition’ to snare Legal Services Commissioner

A Victorian solicitor was accused of “fishing” for evidence to support a sensational allegation that the state’s legal disciplinary body had tampered with documents and ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Jan 2024

New Collaery court documents further evidence of flawed laws, solicitor says

Newly released court judgments that criticised the Commonwealth’s attempts to keep its pursuit of a former attorney-general behind closed doors is yet another example of ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 10 Jan 2024