Western Australia

WA solicitor guilty of ‘obvious and blatant’ conflict of interest

A Western Australian legal director has been found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional...

10 June 2020

By Naomi Neilson

Global firm opens new Perth office

A global firm has opened a new Perth office in the heart of the CBD.

27 May 2020

By Tony Zhang

Supreme Court fast tracks historic sexual abuse case

With just two months to live, a sexual abuse survivor has won a historic judgement in the first-of-its-kind case before...

27 May 2020

By Naomi Neilson

BigLaw Perth offices getting back to business

Australia’s BigLaw firms are welcoming staff back into their West Australian offices, albeit in staggered and...

19 May 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy

WA solicitor removed from roll for stealing elderly client’s life savings

A solicitor based in Perth has been struck from the roll, over a year after being sentenced to seven years behind bars...

15 May 2020

By Naomi Neilson

Silk appointed as a WA District Court judge

A senior barrister has been selected to fill a vacancy caused by the replacement of the Chief Judge of the District...

11 May 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy

The impact of COVID-19 on WA courts

In Western Australia the practice is to not typically conduct judge-alone trials in substation for vacated jury trials,...

29 April 2020

By Naomi Neilson

Issues and lessons for WA GCs from COVID-19

While coronavirus is impacting upon all corners of the Australian economy and professional landscape, there are unique...

21 April 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy

WA legal community to play crucial role during COVD-19

With the legal profession taking major impacts across the country from COVID-19, the Western Australia legal community...

17 April 2020

By Tony Zhang

New special counsel to join ‘revolutionary’ WA firm

After a successful launch to combat the “broken” traditional model a new special counsel has joined the new Western...

15 April 2020

By Tony Zhang