New South Wales

Principal fined $7,500 for professional misconduct

A Sydney-based boutique principal has been reprimanded, fined and ordered to undertake a legal ethics course after...

28 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

NRF promotes 4 to partnership

Norton Rose Fulbright has promoted four of its lawyers to its Australian partnership.

26 June 2019

By Emma Musgrave

‘Record-breaking’ commercial property sale reaches completion

Allens has advised a private fund managed by BlackRock and Centuria Property Funds Limited on a “record-breaking”...

25 June 2019

By Emma Musgrave

NSW lawyer loses appeal against finding of professional misconduct

A New South Wales-based solicitor, who was also a registered migration agent, has had her appeal against a finding of...

21 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

NSW barristers fed up with ‘unsustainable legal aid work’

The New South Wales Bar Association has hit out at the state government over its “failure” to provide sufficient...

21 June 2019

By Emma Musgrave

Legal Services Commissioner vows to be ‘real instigator’ for changing sex harassment culture

With 33,000 practising solicitors in New South Wales, regulation alone cannot police sexual harassment — change must...

20 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Court facilities funding welcomed in NSW budget

Further funding for upgrades to regional courts, intended to better help meet the needs of the community, is a welcome...

20 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Conveyancing lawyer fined $5,000 for 8 grounds of professional misconduct

A New South Wales-based sole practitioner has been found guilty of eight grounds of professional misconduct,...

13 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Legal framework for public interest disclosures ‘inadequate’, says NSW Bar

Reflecting on the recent AFP raids on a journalist’s home and the national broadcaster, the New South Wales Bar...

13 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Solicitor to be refused practising certificate pending compliance with Notice

A New South Wales-based practitioner has been found guilty of professional misconduct, was reprimanded and is to be...

12 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy