Western Australia

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

Legal aid to be increased in WA amid COVID-19 crisis

Western Australians who are experiencing legal problems because of COVID-19 now have greater access to legal support,...

02 April 2020

By Tony Zhang

New firm launches to combat ‘broken’ traditional model

A new player has emerged in Western Australia with a stated intention to “make the legal profession a better place”...

01 April 2020

By Jerome Doraisamy

Former HWL partner heads to boutique

A former partner within HWL Ebsworth Lawyers corporate practice has joined a boutique law firm.

16 March 2020

By Emma Musgrave