New South Wales

Legal bodies condemn new anti-protest law

A number of defence lawyers and legal bodies have criticised a new anti-protest law passed in NSW Parliament on Friday...

06 April 2022

By Lauren Croft

Colonial First State settles MySuper class action for $56.3m

Super fund members who alleged that Colonial failed to transfer $3.2 billion of accrued funds to a MySuper product in a...

05 April 2022

By Jon Bragg

SME firm renews scholarship program at WSU

Brydens Lawyers has renewed its scholarship program at Western Sydney University, in a move the firm said is part of...

04 April 2022

By Lauren Croft

Newcastle-based firm appoints new partner

Newcastle-based firm Baker Love has appointed a new partner and a new family law specialist, in a move the firm said...

04 April 2022

By Lauren Croft

Revised COVID-19 protocols pave way for return to in-person hearings

Chief Justice Andrew Bell has set out new COVID-19 protocols for the NSW Supreme Court. Starting from Monday, 4 April,...

31 March 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

Bill before lower house to improve how Indigenous children experience NSW child protection system

The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Family is Culture Review) Bill 2022 is due to go...

30 March 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

‘There remain areas where more can be done’ in the Australian court system

A more just legal system requires the courts to be independent and impartial, according to the former NSW chief...

29 March 2022

By Lauren Croft

Cash injections on the horizons for SME firms

Boutiques and SME firms are due to benefit from the 2022-23 budget, as the Morrison government takes “decisive...

24 March 2022

By Lauren Croft

‘Brazen’ killing of lawyer sees 2 men jailed

Two men will be imprisoned for more than two decades for the murder of a Sydney-based criminal lawyer.

01 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Law Society farewells Supreme Court Chief Justice

After first announcing his retirement in October last year, the Honourable Tom Bathurst has officially retired from the...

01 March 2022

By Lauren Croft