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The art of leading hundreds of Legal Aid lawyers
After years at the helm of the civil law division of NSW Legal Aid, the outgoing chief reflects on the realities of...
08 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Credibility on trial in MacInnes v Wilson
At the heart of the defamation battle between Charlotte MacInnes and Rebel Wilson lies a formidable question: who will...
06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Contracts, conduct, and controversy behind The Kyle & Jackie O Show
Kyle Sandilands and Jacqueline Henderson’s fallout with ARN Media is as much about contracts as it is about conduct....
06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Inside the legacy of Legal Aid NSW’s civil law chief
Ahead of her retirement, the executive director of NSW Legal Aid’s civil law division reflected on 15 years of...
22 April 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Success cannot be reduced to statistics, senior judges say
Justice Dina Yehia, Justice Louise Taylor, and Magistrate Rose Falla – each the driving force behind solution-focused...
25 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Justice the Koori way: The court inspiring culture-led justice across Australia
Victoria’s Koori Court has become a model for culturally informed justice across Australia. As similar programs...
11 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Where Baker McKenzie’s Aussie head sees opportunities for 2026
In the face of voluminous change in the legal services marketplace, Baker McKenzie’s managing partner in Australia,...
14 January 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Judges told to draw on unique position to stabilise public confidence
Safeguarding public trust in the courts demands active leadership from the judiciary, chief justices and legal leaders...
26 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
4 in 10 disciplined lawyers struck off, exclusive data reveals
Exclusive Lawyers Weekly data revealed that around 40 per cent of lawyers facing disciplinary action have been struck...
08 October 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Greenwashing litigation piles up as coal and gas fight dirty
Threatened by renewables, the coal and gas sectors have promoted false and misleading claims to get consumers and...
28 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
AI regulation and innovation go ‘hand in hand’, Attorney-General says
In a keynote delivered at the inaugural Australian Law Forum 2025, Commonwealth Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said...
22 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Sperm donation popularity soars amid legislation crisis
A complete lack of legislation for informal sperm donations has left women vulnerable to coercion, health scares, and...
13 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Kennedys’ Aussie head on the firm’s push to be a ‘growing force’ in Australia’s insurance market
Insurance practices face numerous challenges this year, and the Australian managing partner for global firm Kennedys is...
19 January 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
BigLaw redundancies now extending to fee earners
Following reports just over a month ago about cuts to the back offices of some of the nation’s largest legal...
11 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
BigLaw firms starting to make back-office cuts
At least two BigLaw firms have been making redundancies to roles in the back office of their businesses — and, given...
22 June 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Former Bar Association presidents call shadow A-G’s Voice comments ‘wrong’, ‘not correct’
In an interview with News Corp earlier this week, Senator Michaelia Cash said that the proposed Voice to Parliament...
11 May 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Aussie solicitors are now ‘younger, more female and more diverse’
The sixth National Profile of Solicitors report has been published, revealing that four years after female lawyers...
05 May 2023
By Lauren Croft
Prioritise purpose over profit, says BigLaw managing partner
Hamilton Locke managing partner Nick Humphrey is uninterested in what he calls the “very short-term perspective” of...
11 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Slaters CEO: Proposed takeover not about turnaround or restructure, but ‘investment for growth’
Speaking to Lawyers Weekly shortly after the listed firm’s confirmation of a proposed private equity takeover, Slater...
24 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Top 25 Attraction Firms 2022–23 (by gender)
Where do men and women want to work? Last week, Lawyers Weekly and Momentum Intelligence revealed the law firms deemed...
22 February 2023
By Lawyers Weekly