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The Victorian Bar has weighed in on footage of a Ballarat woman’s arrest in her home, cautioning the Minister for Police against disproportionate action.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the game for all those seeking to be admitted to the legal profession in NSW and not in a good way, writes Stefanie Costi.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has declared its 10 action areas to improve representation, support and experience for its Black, First Nations, Asian and minority ethnic colleagues.

A commercial law firm has filed class action proceedings in the Federal Court on behalf of individuals affected by the “serial misconduct” of a Commonwealth Bank subsidiary.

For many lawyers, COVID-19 has presented numerous professional and financial challenges. Avinash Singh, however, saw an opportunity to purchase a legal practice.

The commission investigating criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo has found three criminal offences may have been committed by Victoria Police members and has firmly pointed the finger at former top cop Simon Overland for his part in the Lawyer X scandal.

The controversial principal of G&B Lawyers has been served a complaint by NSW Law Society after controversial statements and actions made during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The imputations of a series of emojis have been called into question by the NSW District Court in an Australian first as two solicitors argue over the meaning behind the images.

A route towards revolutionising the use of technology in corporate regulation has been flagged in an interim report, opening up avenues for a post-COVID legal landscape.

A federal judge’s “rude” conduct towards a Queen’s counsel and a solicitor “amounted to an abuse of power” which forced a retrial amid concerns that not doing so would be allowing the integrity of the justice system to be undermined.