An associate at an international law firm who faked a cancer diagnosis and submitted forged medical evidence to his employer has been struck off by a disciplinary tribunal.
Through the expansion of its Solicitor Wellbeing Service, the Law Society of NSW is now offering solicitors in the state free access to couples counselling.
Looking ahead to a decade where technology will define success, Zahn Nel has highlighted the essential steps law firms must take to position themselves for growth and maintain a competitive edge.
Specialist family law firm Watts McCray has marked 40 years in practice, a milestone one of its directors described as a tribute to “the people who have shaped this firm” over the decades.
Disappointed with the outcome of its disciplinary application, the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia turned to the Supreme Court seeking stronger findings against a solicitor who misled Legal Aid.
East coast-based firm McCullough Robertson is celebrating 100 years in operation.
Mid-tier firm Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt and Holman Webb Lawyers have elevated four to senior associate and six to associate.
A Sydney-based criminal barrister has been charged with possessing child abuse material, with police alleging he possessed images of child pornography and engaged in “very disturbing” conversations involving minors.
Australia’s current debate about hate speech feels both urgent and strangely familiar. Urgent because violence motivated by hatred has again spilled into public space. Familiar because, for many of us, hatred was never something abstract, theoretical, or confined to the internet, writes Andrew Boe.
The federal government has passed sweeping hate crime reforms in response to the Bondi Beach terror attack, but legal experts have raised concerns about the scope, precision, and constitutional implications of the new offences.
