Victoria

‘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
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