Western Australia

WA joins Legal Profession Uniform Law

Following the passage of enabling legislation through its State Parliament, Western Australia is set to join NSW and...

05 April 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Piper Alderman a ‘natural fit’ for clients out west

Almost a year on from its launch in Western Australia, national law firm Piper Alderman spoke with Lawyers Weekly about...

05 April 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

KWM adds 4 partners from Ashurst

As part of its “vision for connecting Western Australia to Asia”, global law firm King & Wood Mallesons has...

25 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Hamilton Locke opens in WA with partners from HWL Ebsworth

Rapidly expanding national law firm Hamilton Locke has launched an office in Perth with four foundation partners, three...

01 February 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

AFLS calls for dedicated commissioner for Aboriginal children

The community legal sector has called for a dedicated commissioner for Aboriginal children in Western Australia in a...

31 January 2022

By Lauren Croft

Kott Gunning closes its doors, partners jump to BigLaw firms

After over 100 years of practising law in Western Australia, Perth-based firm Kott Gunning has shut its doors as its...

08 December 2021

By Lauren Croft

‘No other state disadvantages its community to this extent’

Over 30 years ago, legislative change was promised to Western Australians – but the Western Australian Law Society...

07 December 2021

By Lauren Croft

Free wills clinics offered to remote communities

Remote communities in Western Australia have been afforded access to free wills clinics as part of a broader project to...

16 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

First-of-its-kind battery to be built in WA

Energy giant Synergy, under the advisement of HSF, has procured a new battery energy storage system to be constructed...

16 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

Relationship between judge and barrister ‘particularly troubling’ 

In awarding an appeal, the High Court of Australia found it “particularly troubling” that the controversial...

11 October 2021

By Naomi Neilson