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Credibility on trial in MacInnes v Wilson

At the heart of the defamation battle between Charlotte MacInnes and Rebel Wilson lies a formidable question: who will the court believe? An expert unpacks the critical role of credibility, how cross-examination played a part, and the evidence poised to define the case’s outcome.

06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Contracts, conduct, and controversy behind The Kyle & Jackie O Show

Kyle Sandilands and Jacqueline Henderson’s fallout with ARN Media is as much about contracts as it is about conduct. In this interview, an employment lawyer breaks down where personality-driven broadcasting ends and where contractual obligations begin.

06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Insurance law and ‘war risk’ now inextricably linked

The idea that insurance law needs to be “geopolitics-aware” is not new, but the flow-on consequences of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz mean that such thinking “no longer sits at the margins”.

06 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Are lawyers still in a favourable position to buy property?

Amid high inflation, another interest rate hike, and a Middle East conflict that shows no signs of abating, legal practitioners nationwide will be wondering whether their elevated standing to purchase property still holds.

06 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why firms can no longer treat cross-border payments as business as usual

A routine feature of global legal practice is about to become far more complex, as incoming AML reforms force law firms facilitating international payments to tighten controls and rethink how transactions are managed.

06 May 2026
By Grace Robbie
Qld firm fails to block claim-farming probe

A Townsville firm was given a notice to produce documents relating to an investigation into its alleged claim farming, including material that could potentially link it to a deregistered law firm.

06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Jailed barrister behind fatal car crash cleared to return to law

A barrister who was jailed and suspended from practising law after causing the death of a pensioner in a dangerous driving incident has been granted permission to return to legal practice.

06 May 2026
By Grace Robbie
Law group warns government against siding with insurers on law reform proposal

The Australian Lawyers Alliance has urged the federal government to take the “commonsense approach” to compensation rights rather than bowing to pressure from the insurance industry.

06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
When the battlefield enters the courtroom: The Roberts-Smith prosecution

Australia is again confronting a question that sits uncomfortably at the intersection of military conduct and legal accountability, writes Tony F Taouk.

06 May 2026
By Tony F Taouk
Clifford Chance names 28 new partners, 2 in Australia

Global law firm Clifford Chance has expanded its partnership ranks with the promotion of 28 lawyers to partner, two of whom are based in Australia.

06 May 2026
By Grace Robbie