A judge has found that an immigration barrister relied on artificial intelligence tools to prepare for a tribunal hearing, resulting in the citation of fictitious and irrelevant cases.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has appointed 35 new general members to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) for various terms.
To support a “fantastical” recusal application, a former prison officer combed through a Federal Court judge’s social media, included images of his family in an affidavit, and used a GoFundMe for his brother-in-law to allege there was a “quid pro quo” with the opposing barrister.
Despite opposition from the Liberal camp, a bill to enable Australia’s first treaty between government and First Peoples passed Victoria’s lower house with strong support from Labor and the Greens.
Queensland firm Creevey Horrell Lawyers has hired a highly regarded special counsel and a wills and estates family lawyer.
A trainee property solicitor has been banned from the legal profession after being convicted of helping her brother flee overseas to avoid arrest for murder.
This past week, another major international firm established a foothold in the Australian market, and a big four firm came under the microscope for its handling of a class action settlement. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
The NSW Law Society has published its decision to refuse to grant a practising certificate to a solicitor convicted of serious offences for which he served an 18-month community corrections order.
The phrase “it depends” is often treated as the enemy of decisiveness. In truth, it is the language of care, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
An advocacy group has filed a formal complaint with the ACCC against EY for publishing potentially “misleading or deceptive” modelling on the role of gas in Australia’s net-zero transition.
