AI legal platform Harvey rolled out across Corrs
Independent Australian firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has rolled out Harvey, an artificial intelligence legal platform, firmwide.
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Feb 2026
Empathy is not optional for employment lawyers
Distraught over my mother’s diagnosis, what I needed most was some compassion – what I got instead was a rude and confrontational employment lawyer, writes Naomi Neilson
BIG LAW • Wed, 11 Feb 2026
Strike-off for lawyer who tricked fired employee with fake emails
After terminating his legal assistant, a West Australian lawyer created false emails – complete with compliments of himself – that purported to show his attempts to find ...
SME LAW • Tue, 10 Feb 2026
Cowell Clarke adds banking and finance director
Commercial law firm Cowell Clarke has appointed a new director to its corporate and commercial team, where he will head up the firm’s banking and finance capabilities
BIG LAW • Tue, 10 Feb 2026
Fake lawyer allegedly paid $1.4m by ‘number of firms’
Firms across Victoria employed and paid a woman $1.4 million despite her allegedly not holding a practising certificate.
BIG LAW • Mon, 09 Feb 2026
Victorian lawyer to be disciplined for using client money in wages dispute
In the middle of a clash with her former law firm over allegedly unpaid wages and consultancy fees, a Victorian lawyer appropriated a client’s legal bill and tried to use ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 09 Feb 2026
Commissioner in hot water over defence ties
National Anti-Corruption Commissioner Paul Brereton has been questioned over his failure to explain his ties with the Australian Defence Force.
BIG LAW • Mon, 09 Feb 2026
WA Legal Practice Board inquiry a game changer, alleged unfit lawyer says
A Perth lawyer facing removal from the roll referred to the inquiry into the Legal Practice Board in an adjournment application, citing the outcome may have a ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 08 Feb 2026
Carter Newell promotes special counsel, senior associates
Five lawyers, including a special counsel, have been promoted across Carter Newell’s Sydney and Brisbane offices.
BIG LAW • Sun, 08 Feb 2026
