Western Australia

Retiring partner reprimanded, fined for professional misconduct

A partner in a Western Australia-based firm has been reprimanded, fined and ordered to pay costs after being found...

01 December 2022

By Jess Feyder

Hall & Wilcox grows WA practice

The firm has expanded its West Australian commercial practice by appointing another partner who joins from Herbert...

24 November 2022

By Emma Musgrave

Class action launched against WA Dept of Corrective Services

Following complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission about the conduct of Western Australia’s Department of...

16 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

The rule of law is being undermined in the social media age, says WA Chief Justice

Public perceptions of the judiciary are changing in the “social media age” in a way that “threatens to undermine...

14 November 2022

By Jess Feyder

WA Family Court names new magistrate

The Family Court of Western Australia (FCWA) has appointed a new

14 November 2022

By Emma Musgrave

In-house teams must be held to account on equitable briefing

Women now outnumber men on the High Court. So why aren’t equitable briefing numbers where they should be? Westpac’s...

08 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

Mirvac sells Brisbane and Perth office towers

MinterEllison has advised Mirvac on the off-market sale of two office towers in Brisbane and

07 November 2022

By Emma Musgrave

Former WA barrister wins $350k defamation payout

Lloyd Rayney, a former barrister and Crown prosecutor based in Perth, has been awarded $350,000 over remarks made by a...

03 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Nobody is above the law, including ministers of religion’

New laws have come into effect in Western Australia, making it a legal obligation for ministers of religion to report...

02 November 2022

By Jess Feyder

Section 92: A Halloween Horror

‘Tis the Halloween season when “darkness falls across the land/The midnight hour is close at hand …” (as...

31 October 2022

By Laura Dawes