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NSW solicitor, accountant hit with 10-year ASIC ban
A solicitor and accountant who advised clients to invest in his own companies was barred from providing financial...
18 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Expelled migration agent twice rejected from legal profession
Two years on from his failed bid to join the legal profession, a disgraced migration agent made yet another...
17 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Qld lawyer jailed for child exploitation material to be struck off
A Queensland law lecturer who was caught with dozens of explicit images of victims he secretly filmed, including an...
16 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Court refers NSW solicitor to disciplinary body
Rather than deterring the Court of Appeal from making a referral to the NSW Legal Services Commissioner, a...
12 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
SA solicitor loses judicial review into alleged practising certificate failures
A South Australian practitioner’s judicial review application into a disciplinary decision relating to fee conditions...
11 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyer cannot shake vexatious litigant order
Emmanuel Ezekiel-Hart, a lawyer who has brought dozens of proceedings against the ACT Law Society, was unable to...
11 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘Dangerous, improper’: ACT Law Society criticised for dishonesty accusations
The ACT Law Society was slated for its handling of a disciplinary matter, with a tribunal finding some of its conduct...
10 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Trainee lawyer bankrupts following dust-up with former workplace
A lawyer’s efforts to derail bankruptcy proceedings brought by his former workplace have fallen apart, including an...
09 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
$88k in salaries, office expenses stolen by firm’s bookkeeper
A bookkeeper has been permanently restrained from working in law firms after she was found guilty of stealing more than...
08 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Law firm restrains former employee’s new lawyers
A boutique practice convinced a court to restrain the solicitors who were acting for one of its former employees on a...
02 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Qld lawyer may be struck-off for visa blows
A Queensland tribunal recommended the name of a solicitor be removed from the roll for his failures to deliver...
01 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Penalty to come for Victorian solicitor guilty of professional misconduct
A Victorian sole practitioner is to be penalised for misconduct ranging from trust money breaches and fabrication of...
29 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Perth solicitor to face strike-off for ‘gross neglect’
The Supreme Court will decide whether to strike off a practitioner who strung his client along for two years with lies...
28 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘Rude’ emails have no place in family law, tribunal says
In defending himself against an allegation he sent an inappropriate and rude email to an opposing solicitor, a...
27 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Child sex offender allowed to work in firms, for barristers
An NSW law graduate convicted of online sexual offences against 10 children has been given approval to work with...
26 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Disciplined solicitor says misconduct was ‘commendable’
A Queensland solicitor punished for representing a man just moments before she appeared as the defendant in her own...
25 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Claims of ‘improper’ conduct by BigLaw firm dismissed
The Federal Court has dismissed a claim that BigLaw firm MinterEllison improperly contacted a woman linked to a sexual...
22 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
‘Legal principles are not slogans’: AI fumble leads to disciplinary referral for WA lawyer
A federal court judge came down hard on a West Australian lawyer for not “fully comprehending” what was required of...
21 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Reprimand for NSW solicitor who borrowed funds from client
A reprimand and $10,000 fine have been handed to a Baulkham Hills solicitor who borrowed funds from a client.
20 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister will face strike-off for preparation blunders
A recommendation has been made to remove a barrister whose conduct during a District Court matter was so egregious that...
15 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson