Law clerk alleges workplace sexual harassment by barrister

A barrister working out of a boutique criminal law firm in Perth has been accused of sexual harassment by a law clerk...

01 May 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor ‘deliberately’ breached Harman undertaking

A solicitor with a South Australian boutique firm was found to have deliberately breached the Harman undertaking by...

06 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Doomed to fail’: Solicitor pushes ahead with futile claims against law firm

Apparently not dissuaded from being shut down and criticised by multiple courts and the Fair Work Commission, a...

05 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

ChatGPT blunder sees lawyer referred to regulator

A lawyer has been referred to a disciplinary regulator for filing two documents that relied on “non-existent”...

04 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

CEO, principal registrar reappointed to FCFCOA

David Pringle PSM will serve another five years as CEO and principal registrar of divisions one and two of the Federal...

31 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

AAT member criticised for ‘significant’ cut and paste in immigration matter

A tribunal member was caught out for the “significant” copying and pasting in a decision to toss an international...

16 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Counsel referred to disciplinary body for ‘woeful’ conduct

A Federal Court referred a barrister to the Legal Services Commissioner for his “woeful preparation” in parenting...

13 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Partner wrongly accused of ‘gaslighting’ woman about Rio Tinto rape

A former employee of a mining company that operated under the Rio Tinto umbrella accused a partner from a major firm of...

18 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

New judge elected to Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

A judge praised for her “tireless” commitment to the legal profession and the field of family law has been...

17 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

2 appointed to FCFCOA

Two new judges have been appointed to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) in Sydney and...

07 October 2024

By Lauren Croft

Judge’s Fair Work penalty ‘inadequate’, union says

A construction union accused a federal judge of imposing too light a sentence on a Canberra painting business that was...

16 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Dreyfus: FCFCOA judiciary ‘plays a critical role in our legal system’

In light of new family law reforms, the Attorney-General has emphasised the importance of combating the “increasing...

26 June 2024

By Lauren Croft

Dreyfus: ‘There is a crisis of male violence in Australia’

Australia’s Attorney-General has slammed the “scourge on our society” that is male violence, in remarks earlier...

19 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Boutique firm penalised for underpaying staff

A Bankstown law firm has been hit with pecuniary penalties after it failed to pay an employee the minimum

04 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Former Law Council president appointed FCFCOA judge

Tass Liveris, who was the 2022 president of the Law Council of Australia and president of the Law Society of the...

07 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

FCFCOA appoints director of family violence and Indigenous programs

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia has appointed the former chief executive of Full Stop Australia to...

10 August 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

The importance of workplace safety plans in family law

As vicarious traumatic stress within the profession increases, family law firms have been urged to implement a...

20 July 2023

By Lauren Croft

Over 80 federal judges travel to Alice Springs for ‘rare and invaluable’ learning

Judges from the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) have travelled to Alice Springs to listen and...

22 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

FCFCOA case management pathways outlined

With family violence at an all-time high, this family lawyer outlines the case management processes of the Federal...

22 May 2023

By Lauren Croft

FCFCOA to see several new judicial appointments

Early next year will see the addition of seven new judicial appointments to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of...

20 December 2022

By Emma Musgrave