Northern Territory

Law firm, administrators get more time in stolen wages class action

In deciding whether to extend the registration deadline in the Northern Territory stolen wages class action, the...

01 September 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Ciarb expands into the Top End

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australia) will now operate in the Northern Territory, to meet what it said are...

25 August 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘No place for personal attacks on judicial officers’: Legal bodies defend NT coroner

Legal member associations stand behind Coroner Elisabeth Armitage of the Northern Territory, following an...

08 August 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Roussos Legal Advisory joins Sparke Helmore’s Darwin office

National law firm Sparke Helmore has welcomed the team from Roussos Legal Advisory to its Darwin office.

03 July 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

NT passes Australia’s ‘strongest bail laws’

The Northern Territory government has passed new bail legislation during an emergency one-day recall of Parliament...

06 May 2025

By Grace Robbie

Former NT chief justice named new CDU chancellor

The former chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory has been appointed as chancellor of Charles...

11 December 2024

By Grace Robbie

Legal organisations raise alarm over new ‘retrograde’ NT laws

The Law Council of Australia and the Law Society of Northern Territory have expressed strong opposition to the recently...

29 October 2024

By Grace Robbie

Advocates express concern over proposed Legal Aid NT service cuts

Three prominent legal organisations in the Northern Territory have expressed their “collective grave concern” over...

16 October 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘It will backfire’: Lawyers warn NT government about lowering age of criminal responsibility

Legal experts have expressed deep concern regarding the newly elected Northern Territory’s Chief Minister’s plan to...

06 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Lawyers slam ‘unacceptable’ plan by incoming NT government to lower age of criminal responsibility

The newly elected Northern Territory Chief Minister’s plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10 years...

02 September 2024

By Grace Robbie