Soldier ‘stuck to guns’ despite credit attack by Roberts-Smith’s lawyers, court told

A soldier who witnessed Ben Roberts-Smith giving a direction to shoot an unarmed man had his credit vigorously and...

16 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

What it took to win Australia’s biggest defamation trial

Reflecting on 50 years of experience in defamation law, the lawyer behind the media’s success against Ben...

20 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson

DLA Piper partners with community legal centre to aid refugees

DLA Piper has partnered with a community legal centre specialising in refugee and immigration law, policy and...

01 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

‘Australia must act now’: Emergency humanitarian visas needed for Afghanistan

A year on from the Taliban takeover, the Action for Afghanistan campaign has reiterated its call for the federal...

12 August 2022

By Jess Feyder

Is Australia doing enough to help Afghanistan?

The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for Australia has released Australia’s engagement in...

13 April 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

Budget 2022: What it means for war crimes in Afghanistan and refugees

The federal budget, as announced by Lawyers Weekly on Tuesday (29 March), provides the Office of the Special...

01 April 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

Afghan family launches legal action against federal government

The Morrison government’s “broken family migration system” will be tested in a new legal challenge brought by an...

22 March 2022

By Naomi Neilson

Legal profession requests intake increases, humanitarian visas for those fleeing from Afghanistan

Now that the two decades of “intervention and broken promises” have come to an end in Afghanistan, a human rights...

02 September 2021

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyers urge PM to take action for Afghanistan

A number of community legal services across the country have called for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to take action...

30 August 2021

By Lauren Croft