Victoria

Why legal experts say Victoria’s youth sentencing reform is doomed to fail

Victoria’s youth justice plan has drawn unanimous condemnation across the legal profession. For this feature, Lawyers...

03 December 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Baker McKenzie appoints new head of project finance in Melbourne

BigLaw firm Baker McKenzie has welcomed a new head of project finance and partner, Miles Wadley, to its banking and...

01 December 2025

By Carlos Tse

Reprimand for principal lawyer for using AI in estate litigation

The principal of a Victorian boutique firm was reprimanded for breaching the Supreme Court’s guidance on the use of...

27 November 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Disappointing, disrespectful’: Governments ignore advice to improve legal assistance sector

The author of an independent review into the National Legal Assistance Partnership has voiced his frustrations that key...

19 November 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Locking up children is not the answer, barristers say

Victoria’s proposed “Adult Time for Violent Crime” legislation flies in the face of evidence that rehabilitation...

14 November 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Victorian Bar names new president for 2025–26 term

A highly experienced trial and appellate barrister has been appointed president of the Victorian Bar for the 2025-26...

07 November 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Firm calls on remaining states to address Bird v DP gap

States and territories across Australia have been urged to follow in the footsteps of the Victorian government by...

31 October 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Bikie-linked lawyer gets 3 years in jail for financial deception

A lawyer and pre-insolvency adviser with links to Melbourne’s criminal underworld has been sentenced to three years...

24 September 2025

By Emma Partis

Victoria tables treaty legislation

The Statewide Treaty Bill, which was introduced to State Parliament yesterday (8 September), proposes to make the First...

10 September 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

First-ever Aussie lawyer sanctioned for AI use

A Victorian lawyer has made Australian legal history – for all the wrong reasons – becoming the first practitioner...

05 September 2025

By Grace Robbie