New South Wales

Why can’t regional Australia attract the lawyers it needs?
Regional practitioners have spent years talking up the complex work, early responsibility, and lifestyle on offer...
23 September 2026
By Emma Musgrave
Gambling debts, settlement, and a novel legal question: The lessons putting lawyers on notice
A gambling dispute worth thousands has given lawyers a lesson in the limits of contractual settlements, after an NSW...
23 September 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Immediate suspension for solicitor charged with firearm offences
An Aboriginal Legal Services lawyer charged with the alleged 3D printing of a firearm had his practising certificate...
22 September 2026
By Naomi Neilson
NSW solicitors should not sit out the professional indemnity insurance inquiry
The NSW Parliament’s inquiry into potential competition reforms for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance...
25 August 2026
By Angelique Nesbitt
Litigation silk to join Supreme Court of NSW
Richard Scruby SC has been appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales by Attorney-General Michael Daley.
24 August 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
UNSW to open new $65m campus in Parramatta
One of Australia’s highest-ranked universities is set to expand its footprint by unveiling its plans to establish a...
22 June 2026
By Grace Robbie
Trust in criminal justice system collapses to historic low
Public confidence in the criminal justice system has slumped to an all-time low, with new research revealing that...
01 June 2026
By Grace Robbie
NSW solicitor threatens 15-year-old with cease and desist
A regional NSW solicitor has been reprimanded and fined after sending a threatening legal letter on behalf of her...
20 April 2026
By Grace Robbie
Lawyers’ ingrained sense of justice will serve them well in new AML/CTF regime
While sole practitioners will be understandably trepidatious about the looming AML/CTF reforms, coming into effect in...
20 February 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
What lawyers think of proposed end to ‘good character’ evidence in sentencing in NSW
As the NSW government moves to prevent convicted offenders from using “good character” as a mitigating factor in...
09 February 2026
By Grace Robbie