2 Local Court magistrates to join NSW District Court

Two magistrates, who have a combined 24 years of experience on the Local Court bench, are set to be appointed as judges...

04 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

District Court judge joins WA Supreme Court bench

Judge Terence Palmer, who spent 15 years as a barrister before joining the judiciary, has been elevated to the bench of...

24 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

2 barristers appointed as judges of the District Court of Western Australia

Two new judges have been appointed to the District Court of Western Australia, bringing strong legal expertise in both...

30 December 2024

By Lauren Croft

Adelaide lawyer guilty of fatal hit-and-run

A claim by an Adelaide lawyer that she did not see the 70-year-old victim of a hit-and-run was rejected by a District...

09 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

New judge appointed to WA District Court

A new judge has been appointed to the District Court of Western Australia, bringing with him two decades of legal...

11 November 2024

By Lauren Croft

3 barristers join NSW District Court

Last week, three barristers were appointed to the District Court of NSW, bringing a combined seven decades of legal...

04 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Kentucky judge shot and killed in chambers, sheriff charged with murder

A county sheriff in the US state of Kentucky has been charged with one count of murder following the fatal shooting of...

20 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

District Court judge elevated to NSW Supreme Court

Judge Andrew Coleman SC, who was appointed to the NSW District Court three years ago, is set to join the state’s...

16 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Sydney-based silk appointed to NSW District Court

Barrister John Catsanos SC has been appointed a judge of the District Court of...

07 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Sydney firm overcomes ‘deficiencies’ in $300k fee fight

A Sydney boutique firm that spent years chasing a client over $300,000 in unpaid fees has won yet another court battle...

15 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

New Chief Magistrate of NSW Local Court named

Major changes have been made in NSW’s courts, including the appointment of a new Chief Magistrate of the Local...

20 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

WA silk named as District Court judge, 5 new State Administrative Tribunal members appointed

West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a senior counsel as the newest judge on the state’s...

23 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Magistrate, silk both appointed as judges of NSW District Court

Magistrate Ross Hudson and Sydney barrister Rashelle Seiden SC have both been appointed as judges of the District Court...

16 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

First woman appointed as Chief Judge of District Court of NSW

Supreme Court Justice Sarah Huggett, who was the Director of Public Prosecutions’ sole instructing solicitor in the...

15 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

WA appoints new deputy SAT president, District Court judge

West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a new deputy president of the State Administrative...

12 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Master of the Supreme Court, District Court judge appointed in WA

For the first time, a woman has been appointed as Master of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, with a senior...

04 December 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

New Supreme Court, District Court judges appointed in NSW

NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has elevated a District Court judge to the state’s Supreme Court and appointed a...

29 November 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

NSW A-G appoints 2 new District Court judges, new Chief Judge at common law

Earlier this month, NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley named two barristers as judges for the state’s District Court...

20 November 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Verdict in for Qantas’ unlawful termination of health and safety rep

The NSW District Court handed down a verdict in the first criminal prosecution brought against Qantas for standing down...

17 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Magistrate named as new District Court judge in WA

An experienced magistrate, Felicity Zempilas, has been appointed as a new judge of the District Court of Western...

03 October 2023

By Nathanielle