A Public Trustee lawyer has agreed to never again practise after he engaged in eight counts of professional misconduct, including lying about progressing a claim and failing to provide updates about significant developments.
Despite significant protests from key legal bodies and experts, the Victorian government’s controversial “adult time for violent crime” legislation has become law.
Demands have been made of the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia to explain why it has such huge financial reserves and how its expense reimbursements doubled to almost $1 million in the space of a year.
As Australian law firms approach a technological tipping point, NetDocuments’ chief product officer has unveiled a new suite of platforms packed with cutting-edge tools – arming firms to meet tomorrow’s challenges head-on and maintain a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving legal landscape.
The Albanese government has confirmed the reappointment of 11 general members to the Administrative Review Tribunal.
This past week, several practitioners were referred to regulators for relying on material prepared by AI, and a solicitor sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment was struck off. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
A lawyer who allegedly stole confidential information from his former workplace and set out to establish a rival firm has failed in his bid to add to his defence, including a claim that a supposed “side agreement” tainted the employment agreement “with illegality”.
The Board says services are continuing to come back online, but the risk of further data leakage remains low following takedown efforts.
A special counsel with an extensive background in workplace law, workplace relations and commercial litigation has joined Emplawyer.
An NSW tunneller who developed silicosis after years of working on major infrastructure projects has won at least $2.4 million in damages, in what lawyers describe as a precedent-setting victory for the nation’s tunnelling industry.
