disciplinary

ASIC swoops on 12 companies as solicitor shut out of practice

A solicitor already barred from providing financial advice has been denied a practising certificate as ASIC targets 12...

16 April 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Legal body to pay up for ‘factually incorrect’ disciplinary action

Queensland’s legal watchdog was ordered to pay costs for pursuing disciplinary action based on allegations that...

14 April 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Serious threats and compliance failures lead to strike-off for WA lawyer

A West Australian practitioner’s threatening and discourteous letters were “very serious”, but it was his failure...

13 April 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Regulator reveals complaint hotspots and top risks for lawyers

Victoria’s legal regulatory body has identified the profession’s biggest trouble spots, including motor vehicle...

09 April 2026

By Naomi Neilson

WA lawyer threatens prison ‘bashing’ over unpaid fees

In shocking text messages, a criminal lawyer told his client’s parents he would have prisoners “bash” him if they...

08 April 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Accountant who drafts a will to avoid lawyer fees triggers material legal costs

In a post-AI world, the ability to generate legal documentation has arguably never been easier. Similarly, however,...

08 April 2026

By Matthew Burgess

Sting for solicitor who lured clients to new practice

A family lawyer must pay compensation or damages after poaching a client and a would-be client from her former firm.

07 April 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Multimillion-dollar costs order stings firm, principal lawyer for overcharging council

A boutique firm and its principal are on the hook for at least $2.5 million in costs orders for overcharging its...

01 April 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer struck off for smuggling contraband to murderer she later married seeks second chance

A former lawyer, struck off for smuggling contraband into prison for a Christchurch killer she later married, is...

30 March 2026

By Grace Robbie

Perth lawyer pocketed $25k through bogus reimbursements

A relatively junior lawyer siphoned more than $25,000 from his employer with a string of false reimbursement claims.

27 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer’s ‘outrageous’ suggestions draw ire of senior judge, Chief Justice

Claims by a legal practitioner that a judge should show cause as to why they should not be disciplined were dismissed...

25 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

WA lawyer tries to stall disciplinary case for making criminal claims against other solicitors

A West Australian solicitor who accused his ex-wife’s lawyer and an independent children’s lawyer of criminal...

20 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Discipline for lawyer’s ‘embarrassing’ court order breach

A solicitor disciplined for contravening a District Court order admitted it was “embarrassing given the nature of the...

19 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer v real estate agent: Dishonesty claims, public reviews and a reprimand

A Queensland lawyer was reprimanded for making a public allegation that his real estate agent engaged in dishonest...

12 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Disciplinary referral for lawyer caught using AI

A Queensland solicitor ignored requests from a senior judge to explain the fake case citation in her client’s written...

11 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Struck-off lawyer claims admission board denied him procedural fairness

A former solicitor whose name was scrubbed from the roll in late 2015 for “lazy” disclosure failures about his...

10 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Veteran solicitor struck off over supervision blunders

Due to delegation and practice management failures, a Queensland solicitor with an otherwise unblemished three-decade...

09 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

‘Like to f--k you right now’: Partner suspended after harassing multiple female colleagues

A senior partner who told a junior colleague she was so “sexy” and that he would “like to f--k you right now”...

05 March 2026

By Grace Robbie

Senior lawyers must answer for their own mistakes, court says

A Supreme Court judge emphatically rejected any suggestion that junior lawyers should shoulder the blame for the...

04 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Negligence proceedings against controversial lawyer to continue after death

An alleged victim of professional negligence had to change course in her proceedings against a law firm and a principal...

27 February 2026

By Naomi Neilson