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Lawyers will probably never be universally admired. They were never meant to be. The profession exists to stand between power and the individual, between emotion and punishment, and between certainty and fairness. That role has always attracted suspicion, writes Tony Taouk.

Queensland-based Creevey Horrell Lawyers is continuing to expand its regional footprint, welcoming a new lawyer to its Roma office in the Maranoa region.

A managing principal with extensive experience across litigation, including in major class actions, has been appointed the national president of the Australian Lawyers Alliance.

A string of alleged dine-and-dash incidents at some of Hong Kong’s high-end restaurants has followed lawyer Samuel Monkivitch home, with the fallout potentially costing him his practising certificate.

A construction team of six, including two partners, have moved from HopgoodGanim Lawyers to Colin Biggers & Paisley.

So They Can is closing the gap between girls’ right to education and what happens when primary school ends, writes Ellie Knight.

Recognising the ongoing contributions of its people and its continued growth, WRP Legal has made three senior promotions.

What appears to be senior lawyers fading from the profession may have less to do with losing their edge than with a profession that continues to measure value in ways that fail to capture the contribution of experience, according to a former big four auditor and recruiter.

An NSW lawyer and former migration agent fought to recover his practising certificate by insisting he did not deserve to be shunned from the profession because there was “nothing to be sorry about”.

A community legal service is defending an unfair dismissal claim brought by a principal legal officer who acted outside of the service’s scope by representing a man charged with child-related offences.