Former GC joins Hall & Wilcox as defence legal practice head

National law firm Hall & Wilcox has strengthened its Commonwealth government practice with the appointment of a...

14 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Why Bird & Bird is eyeing Adelaide as part of its growth strategy

While global businesses may see the biggest capital cities as the natural locations for expansion, BigLaw player Bird...

06 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Grey zone warfare, state competition investigated in Australian-first podcast

Contested Ground, a new podcast investigating the complex and murky world of grey zone warfare as nations compete on...

04 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Confronting results expected from Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

A national plaintiff firm is anticipating confronting results from the Royal Commission into Defence and Suicide of...

03 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

How the justice system can step up and support our veterans

Suicide, homelessness, unemployment, mental illness – for most Australians, this is the stuff of worst nightmares....

19 July 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

New defamation defence a response to landmark High Court decision

A new defence may give the media more powers to protect themselves from defamatory material posted by social media...

01 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘Certainly feels’ like we’re in a Cold War with China, says Morrison

In a new podcast episode with Lawyers Weekly’s sister brand, Defence Connect, former prime minister Scott Morrison...

10 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

The Boutique Lawyer Show: Complexities in cross-border estates

For Lucy McPherson, practising in estates provides tremendous scope to support people on personal and sensitive matters...

11 October 2023

By Robyn Tongol

Media cautioned for defence in Lehrmann defamation case

A Federal Court judge has cautioned the media defendants in former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation...

28 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Significance and potential issues of defence law reforms

A military law expert at ANU’s College of Law spoke to Lawyers Weekly about the government’s plan to reform defence...

12 May 2023

By Jess Feyder

DPP directs police chief to keep officers away from defence team

ACT’s Director of Public Prosecutions made “exceptionally serious allegations” that minister Linda Reynolds and...

11 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Whistleblower defence dismissal ‘major blow for Australian democracy’

The Attorney-General has been urged to discontinue the prosecution of Tax Office whistleblower Richard Boyle and fix...

28 March 2023

By Lauren Croft

Wotton + Kearney builds ‘dual expertise’ class action defence offering

International law firm Wotton + Kearney has continued to bolster its litigation ranks, following the poaching of a team...

03 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Set-off is dead in the water as a defence to a preference claim’ following High Court ruling

A recent judgment handed down by the High Court has confirmed that a set-off cannot be used by a creditor as a defence...

15 February 2023

By Jess Feyder

What’s concerning criminal defence lawyers right now

With the new year (almost) in full swing, Lawyers Weekly spoke with numerous criminal defence lawyers to understand...

19 January 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Why in-house counsel must don many hats

In-house counsel is required to apply a holistic lens to the business while considering the broader economy and...

13 December 2022

By Malavika Santhebennur

Former GC assumes CEO, MD roles at listed defence company

Integrated services company Downer Group has elevated its COO, who was formerly the company’s group general counsel,...

06 December 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Protections for criminal defence lawyers to be enacted

Criminal defence lawyers will have the same criminal law protections as public justice officials against injury,...

18 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Life as a defence industry lawyer

With a number of exciting defence projects happening across the country, this lawyer said that for those looking to...

01 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

Prosecution of lawyer-turned-whistleblower ‘unjust and anti-democratic’

David McBride will soon face his defence hearing regarding his whistleblowing on war crimes allegedly committed by...

27 October 2022

By Jess Feyder