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Twelve companies associated with an ousted solicitor and accountant will be investigated by provisional liquidators after the NSW Supreme Court found it likely ASIC would win its bid to have them wound up.

The College of Law has appointed a highly awarded executive and law firm co-founder as the executive director of the Queensland part of the school of professional practice.

On the heels of a major legal win, Alex Greenwich tried to have Mark Latham tried in the Supreme Court for contempt over posts that suggested the tribunal “should be embarrassed and ashamed” and the decision was a “disgrace to the concept of evidence and justice”.

The NSW Parliament’s inquiry into potential competition reforms for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance deserves close attention from the profession, writes Angelique Nesbitt.

The Victorian Bar and Law Institute of Victoria have delivered a forceful response to a proposal to split the Court of Appeal.

The relationship between the Federal Court and unrepresented litigants will be tested as part of a strategic partnership with UNSW.

A proposed shake-up of Victoria’s prison laws has sparked a backlash, with the government urged to scrap changes that would remove prisoners’ legislated right to daily outdoor access.

Richard Scruby SC has been appointed to the Supreme Court of NSW by Attorney-General Michael Daley.

A notice of appeal prepared for a penalised doctor contained a deficiency that has been criticised time and again, including in a nine-year-old decision that featured the same law firm and counsel.

The Australian Lawyers Alliance’s new president has big plans for the next 12 months, including continuing its crucial advocacy on small business insurance, promoting information sharing across the country, and setting the 30-year-old organisation up for future success.