Victoria

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

Allan’s proposed WFH guarantee ‘unusually crude’, lawyers warn

In response to the Victorian government’s plan to legislate working from home as a legal right, leading lawyers...

07 August 2025

By Grace Robbie

Minority shareholder oppression: Lessons from Slea and Skytraders

The decisions in Slea and Skytraders demonstrate the careful balancing act courts must perform when determining whether...

16 July 2025

By Lais Almeida

Post and boast laws ‘will not make the community safer’, LIV argues

Following the Victorian government’s announcement that individuals who boast about their criminal offences will face...

24 June 2025

By Grace Robbie

Justitia celebrates 20th anniversary

Melbourne-based, full-service employment, industrial relations and governance law firm Justitia recently celebrated...

19 June 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy