Australia’s first Treaty Bill passes Victoria’s lower house
Despite opposition from the Liberal camp, a bill to enable Australia’s first treaty between government and First Peoples passed Victoria’s lower house with strong support ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Oct 2025
Creevey Horrell adds special counsel, wills and estates lawyer
Queensland firm Creevey Horrell Lawyers has hired a highly regarded special counsel and a wills and estates family lawyer.
SME LAW • Sun, 19 Oct 2025
Practising certificate refused for lawyer convicted of serious offences
The NSW Law Society has published its decision to refuse to grant a practising certificate to a solicitor convicted of serious offences for which he served an 18-month ...
SME LAW • Thu, 16 Oct 2025
Bartier Perry adds superannuation, financial services partner
An experienced superannuation and financial services specialist has joined Bartier Perry as a partner.
BIG LAW • Thu, 16 Oct 2025
WA lawyer’s case against 2 other practitioners falls apart
A court has freed an independent children’s lawyer and counsel from proceedings brought by another lawyer, who sought an order that they both explain why they should ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Oct 2025
Deloitte grilled over handling of class action settlement
The Federal Court’s Chief Justice questioned how Deloitte could say it was “surprised” with the information it was receiving from group members of the Northern Territory ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Oct 2025
Criminal lawyer’s email outburst leads to reprimand
A West Australian criminal lawyer was publicly reprimanded and fined for writing off his client’s instructions as “bulls--t” and “self-serving nonsense” in emails to ...
SME LAW • Tue, 14 Oct 2025
Case tossed over ‘threatening, nonsensical’ statements to solicitor
Proceedings in the Fair Work Commission were dismissed because a man sent hundreds of lengthy, inappropriate and threatening emails to his former employer, the staff, and ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 14 Oct 2025
MinterEllison fee fight on pause for bias complaints
The taxation of legal fees allegedly owed to major firm MinterEllison was stalled by a number of complaints, including an objection to a judicial officer whose wife used ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 13 Oct 2025
