New South Wales

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

Legal body names new chairperson

A local legal body has elected a new chairperson, effective immediately.

11 June 2019

By Emma Musgrave

Not ‘towards zero’?

The NSW government has made amendments to road transport legislation which it says is to support its road safety policy...

11 June 2019

By John Sutton

Over 50 legal orgs sign open letter in face of rising police strip searches

Representatives from over 50 legal organisations across NSW, including prominent members of the legal profession, have...

10 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Sydney Law School welcomes outgoing BOCSAR director

The University of Sydney Law School has confirmed it has gained a new adjunct professor, who joins from the NSW Bureau...

07 June 2019

By Emma Musgrave

Solicitor reprimanded for signing letter in name of employer

A NSW-based practitioner has been found guilty of professional misconduct and reprimanded for signing his former...

05 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

NSW Governor opens HBA Legal’s new Sydney office

National firm HBA Legal has marked the opening of its Sydney office by raising money for the Arts Law Centre of...

04 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

NSW appoints first female senior public defender

Belinda Rigg SC has been elevated to the role of senior public defender, becoming the first woman to hold the role, by...

04 June 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy

Principal to pay $170,000 in damages for ‘sinister’ sexual harassment

The principal of a boutique firm in northern NSW has been ordered to pay $170,000 in damages to a former employee over...

31 May 2019

By Jerome Doraisamy