Prosecutor fights Department of Justice over employment decision
A senior legal officer with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has successfully appealed a decision not to convert his employment from a temporary contract ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 18 Sep 2025
NSW solicitor, accountant hit with 10-year ASIC ban
A solicitor and accountant who advised clients to invest in his own companies was barred from providing financial services for 10 years.
SME LAW • Wed, 17 Sep 2025
Malicious prosecution payout considers victim’s fitness to practise law
A man who spent 22 days behind bars on the back of a police officer’s false statement said he deserved greater compensation because the ordeal prevented his admission to ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 17 Sep 2025
Expelled migration agent twice rejected from legal profession
Two years on from his failed bid to join the legal profession, a disgraced migration agent made yet another unsuccessful attempt to be admitted.
BIG LAW • Tue, 16 Sep 2025
NSW magistrates get important title change
NSW’s local judicial officers will have their titles upgraded from magistrate to judge under new legislation.
BIG LAW • Tue, 16 Sep 2025
Qld lawyer jailed for child exploitation material to be struck off
A Queensland law lecturer who was caught with dozens of explicit images of victims he secretly filmed, including an underage girl, has accepted a recommendation that he ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Sep 2025
AMP superannuation class action settles for $120m
A major class action that alleged AMP’s superannuation members were overcharged due to failures of the trustees to maintain fees has settled for $120 million, pending ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Sep 2025
Mushroom trial attention a ‘very good thing’, Bar president says
The “extraordinary” amount of attention on Erin Patterson’s arrest, trial and sentencing gave the public a rare and useful window into how justice is administered, the ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Sep 2025
Court refers NSW solicitor to disciplinary body
Rather than deterring the Court of Appeal from making a referral to the NSW Legal Services Commissioner, a solicitor’s affidavit confirmed that his fitness to practise in ...
SME LAW • Thu, 11 Sep 2025
