New South Wales

Planet Fitness successfully lands in Australia

Macpherson Kelley and Hall & Wilcox helps establish Planet Fitness’ presence in Australia.

21 November 2019

By Naomi Neilson

ALS expresses sympathy over another death in custody

Aboriginal Legal Service has offered its condolences for a 20-year-old Indigenous man who died while being escorted...

15 November 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Implementing recommendations for personal drug use ‘will save lives’

Criminal and law enforcement responses to the use of illicit drugs have not worked, and a revamp of the system – in...

12 November 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Strip searching laws ‘should be clearer’, says NSW Deputy Coroner

The inquest into six deaths at NSW-based music festivals has found that there should be limitations on strip searching,...

11 November 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Migrant Employment Legal Service launched in Sydney

A new $1.6 million statewide project will provide free legal assistance to help thousands of short-term migrants...

08 November 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Mills Oakley hires partner from Holman Webb

National firm Mills Oakley has moved to strengthen its workplace relations team by nabbing a partner from Holman Webb...

05 November 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firm zooms in on upskilling GCs

An Australian law firm will work to support the increasingly challenging role of general counsel by launching what it...

31 October 2019

By Emma Musgrave

NSW trumpets ‘record’ number of female magistrates

Women now make up 47 per cent of magistrates in NSW, marking a 7 per cent increase from one decade ago, according to...

28 October 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Indefinite disqualification handed down for man holding himself out as lay associate

A man who purported to be a solicitor employed by Western Sydney-based boutique firm Sun Legal has been indefinitely...

14 October 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

How 5 class actions have become 1 for AMP

Multiple class actions launched against embattled wealth giant AMP have confused the legal process, as law firms...

10 October 2019

By James Mitchell