Strike off recommended for lawyer who ‘opted out’ of professional responsibilities
For ignoring notices related to complaints made by four separate clients, a Queensland lawyer was hit with a recommendation that his name be removed from the roll of ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 01 Feb 2026
WRP Legal promotes 1 senior associate, 3 associates
Four lawyers were elevated at WRP Legal, including one senior associate.
SME LAW • Sun, 01 Feb 2026
Law’s uncomfortable truth: Women are bullying women
Diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing have fast become the legal profession’s favourite buzzwords, but underneath the new policies, speeches, and social media advocacy is ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 30 Jan 2026
In-house lawyer suspended for lying to cover family member’s offence
A Queensland legal practitioner has been reprimanded and suspended for swearing a false declaration in an attempt to claim a family member’s traffic infringement as his ...
SME LAW • Thu, 29 Jan 2026
Discipline for solicitor involved in ‘bitter’ costs dispute with client
A Victorian family lawyer accepted a reprimand for using a former client’s financial statements in a “bitterly contested costs dispute”.
SME LAW • Wed, 28 Jan 2026
NZ law firm investigates cyber attack amid client data leak
A New Zealand firm is investigating a cyber incident that has impacted confidential client data.
SME LAW • Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Clayton Utz takes 2 equity capital markets partners from Allens
Two specialist equity capital markets lawyers have joined Clayton Utz’s partnership in Perth.
BIG LAW • Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Accused ‘shadow director’ of failed legal, accounting firms to fight ASIC over ban
Five legal practices and a solicitor were ordered to hand over material to a man accused of acting as the “shadow director” of several law and accounting firms that all ...
SME LAW • Tue, 27 Jan 2026
Tribunal criticised for blistering ‘tirade’ against law firm
The Federal Court overturned a visa decision due to the “scathing and hostile” criticisms a senior tribunal member levelled at a law firm.
SME LAW • Mon, 26 Jan 2026
