New South Wales
Roberts Crosbie Mortensen Lawyers promotes internally
NSW-based firm Roberts Crosbie Mortensen Lawyers has promoted a lawyer, who works across two of its practice teams, to...
21 August 2025
By Grace Robbie
NSW workers’ compensation bill should go back to ‘the design stage’, legal bodies stress
The decision by the Minns government in NSW to reform the state’s workers’ compensation legislation has sparked...
11 August 2025
By Grace Robbie
Coutts adds litigator to partnership
NSW-based firm Coutts Lawyers & Conveyancers has elevated one of its senior lawyers to partner, with the firm...
21 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
Law firm principal slams ‘archaic’ $100k compensation cap for workplace bullying, sexual harassment
As part of the NSW government’s recently passed compensation reforms, a cap has been placed on damages sought for...
14 July 2025
By Kace O'Neill
3 new court dogs begin duty in NSW
Justice gets a new best friend as three new specially trained facility dogs join the National Court Dog Program.
11 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
Firm awarded only half of costs sought in debt recovery
An NSW law firm that commenced proceedings against a former client to recover unpaid legal fees was awarded only...
10 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
NSW’s largest courthouse to remain closed for months
The Downing Centre courthouse in Sydney is expected to remain closed until at least late 2025 following significant...
10 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
Conditsis Lawyers acquires Brazel Moore Lawyers
NSW-based firm Conditsis Lawyers has acquired Brazel Moore Lawyers, based on the state’s Central Coast, together with...
19 June 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Bell CJ stands firm on bail decisions amid increasing bail rates
Chief Justice Andrew Bell has responded to increasing concerns and media scrutiny regarding the bail decision made by...
02 June 2025
By Grace Robbie
Workers’ compensation in NSW – where to in 2026?
The NSW workers’ compensation scheme will look very different in 2026, but exactly how remains unclear, writes Danny...
29 May 2025
By Grace Robbie
Sydney solicitor shot after ‘targeted attack’ in Granville
A Sydney lawyer and a man with alleged links to organised crime have both been shot in Parramatta, with one currently...
26 May 2025
By Lauren Croft
Hicksons, Hunt & Hunt NSW to merge
Hicksons Lawyers (nearly 300 partners and staff) and Hunt & Hunt NSW (almost 90 partners and staff) have agreed to...
11 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
NSW Department of Communities and Justice workers rallying against Minns’ WFH directive
NSW Premier Chris Minns’ Workplace Presence policy is facing further pushback, this time from public sector workers...
10 April 2025
By Kace O'Neill
‘Highly respected’ barrister appointed to NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal
Stephen Free SC is set to join the bench as a Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of NSW.
07 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Further litigation likely for psychosocial risks in workplaces, despite withdrawn SafeWork prosecution
Issues pertaining to psychosocial injury and harm will “no doubt” result in future prosecutions despite SafeWork...
04 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
NSW workers’ compensation reform robs workers on their knees
The NSW government’s recently floated workers’ compensation reforms do not support injured workers and, instead,...
03 April 2025
By Sarah Hunt
Thousands of court files accessed in ‘significant’ data breach
NSW Police is currently investigating a data breach at a government department, after which 9,000 “sensitive court...
27 March 2025
By David Hollingworth
Brydens Lawyers secures injunction following cyber incident
Sydney firm Brydens Lawyers has obtained a court order banning “dissemination of the impacted confidential...
26 March 2025
By David Hollingworth
NSW lawyers welcome A-G’s openness to Human Rights Act
In light of the A-G of NSW indicating that the government is “open” to enacting a Human Rights Act, law agencies...
24 March 2025
By Grace Robbie
NSW moves to prohibit ‘predatory and exploitative’ claim farming
A new bill seeks to prohibit so-called “claim farming” in Australia’s most populous state.
19 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy