Advertisement

News

default image
Lawyer X to front royal commission today

Barrister-turned-police-informer Nicola Gobbo will appear before the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants today. Lawyers Weekly will be in attendance during her evidence—learn how to follow along with our updates as they happen.

04 February 2020
By Naomi Neilson
default image
2020 Corporate Counsel Awards finalists unveiled

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with LOD, is thrilled to announce the finalists for this year’s Corporate Counsel Awards.

04 February 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
default image
Religious Discrimination Bill cannot prioritise religion ‘over other protected attributes’

The first exposure draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill went too far in privileging religious belief and activity, and the second such draft contains the same problems, argues a group of legal experts.

04 February 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
default image
Election reform needed to ensure fairness, argue human rights lawyers

New data outlining the extent of political donations highlights the need for reform to ensure fair elections, says the Human Rights Law Centre.

04 February 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
default image
Entrenched firm cultures can no longer be ignored

Law firms have been put on notice about their treatment of junior lawyers and graduates. It was a long time coming and it is great to see people finally speaking up, writes The [Pre] Lawyer in Black.

04 February 2020
By The [Pre] Lawyer in Black
default image
National law firm launches new visa initiative

A new visa platform has been launched in the legal profession that can help simplify the Australian visa process.

04 February 2020
By Tony Zhang
default image
National firm hits Aussie property group with $12m matter

A national law firm will go head-to-head with an Australian property management company after filing three separate proceedings against it in the Supreme Court of Victoria.

03 February 2020
By Emma Musgrave
default image
Should lawyers make compromises for the Red Mass?

Should lawyers and the judiciary be allowed to continue their century-long tradition or do lawyers need to compromise under the weight of intense scrutiny? Lawyers Weekly reflects on comments from the Victorian Bar Association. 

03 February 2020
By Tony Zhang
default image
Committals are essential to our justice system

The public must understand the important role that committal proceedings play in our justice system, argues the chair of the Criminal Bar Association of Victoria.

03 February 2020
By Daniel Gurvich QC
default image
Lawyer X takes the stand: What Nicola Gobbo has already said and what to expect

Following months of evidence and statements stacked against the barrister-turned-police snitch, Nicola Gobbo is finally due to front the royal commission and explain her own side of events that saw her informing on her own clients to Victoria Police officers. Before she does, Lawyers Weekly looks back on what she has already said and predicts what’s next.

03 February 2020
By Naomi Neilson