disciplinary

Principal solicitor faces disciplinary action over supervision denials
In an “extraordinary” and contradictory email, the principal solicitor of a Brisbane firm made a false claim about...
11 June 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Jurisdictional roadblock in the way of solicitor recovering practising certificate
A solicitor convicted of serious criminal offences ran into a jurisdictional issue when he attempted to overturn a...
09 June 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Court shuts down resentful lawyer’s racism claims against Law Society
The Federal Court sent a strong message to a lawyer who has spent the last 17 years relentlessly pursuing the ACT Law...
06 June 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister leaves profession following disciplinary action on broken promises
A barrister was reprimanded and barred from working in the profession for a year after he failed to carry out a brief...
05 June 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Strike-off for lawyer caught drug dealing, laundering proceeds of crime
A Queensland lawyer convicted of drug dealing and money laundering offences will be struck off the roll of...
04 June 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Fake solicitor, firm defrauds clients out of $450k
For about four years, an NSW man pretended to be a solicitor so he could defraud his clients out of more than...
30 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Penalised lawyer should have faced bigger investigation, client says
A client who says his lawyer wronged him has complained that the legal disciplinary committee only referred one part of...
27 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Firm unsuccessfully sued for $300k over ‘loss of enjoyment’
After losing a Federal Circuit Court hearing, a woman attempted to sue a Melbourne boutique firm for $1,250,000, part...
27 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Court slates lawyer’s ‘scandalous, outrageous’ allegations
A former partner of a major law firm was criticised for the “objectively scandalous and outrageous” submissions he...
26 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Judge steps away from case involving controversial Victorian firm
A Federal Court judge has recused herself from a matter brought by the three people behind the controversial firm...
23 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Woman accused of forgery drops attempt to join legal profession
A woman’s admission into the legal profession was strongly objected to by a law society that considered her alleged...
22 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Solicitor penalised for sending threatening letter to minor
A regional solicitor was reprimanded and fined for sending a threatening letter to a minor to commence...
19 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Disciplined lawyers will team up against legal board, court told
During oral submissions into an alleged duty judge conspiracy, the man behind the controversial Erudite Legal firm...
16 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘Badly mistaken’: Sanction to follow lawyer’s undertaking breach
Although a solicitor’s breach of an undertaking was chalked up to a misunderstanding, a tribunal has made determined...
15 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Suspension of practising certificate ‘unreasonable’, court finds
A solicitor facing a charge of perverting the course of justice has convinced a court to quash the suspension of her...
14 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyer reprimanded for telling mourning widow his wife was negligent
A reprimand was handed to a solicitor who made an unfounded allegation to a widower that his late wife, also a lawyer,...
12 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
AF Legal settles claim involving senior lawyer
AF Legal has settled claims involving a senior lawyer and has confirmed its support of another practitioner who is...
09 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Strike-off recommended for lawyer who sent false emails to himself
A sole practitioner will be removed from the roll for sending false emails to himself that purported to be sent by...
08 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Sex addiction behind $10k theft from client, lawyer claims
A Queensland solicitor who claimed a $10,000 theft from a law firm was partly due to his sex addiction has avoided a...
07 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Client let off the hook for indemnity costs despite ‘serious’ misconduct accusations
A client who levelled serious and unfounded accusations against his former lawyers was hit with a costs order, but a...
07 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson