‘Highly respected’ barrister appointed to NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal

Stephen Free SC is set to join the bench as a Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of...

07 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qld makes new Court of Appeal and Supreme Court appointments

The Crisafulli government has made its first judicial appointments, with a Supreme Court judge elevated to the...

01 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Victorian County Court Chief Judge elevated to state’s Court of Appeal

Peter Kidd SC, the Chief Judge of the County Court and a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been appointed as...

14 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

A former FWC vice president on the need for humane, patient (and efficient) justice

A former FWC vice president has shared his view on how commissioners should approach their role in the nation’s...

17 February 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

‘Unfounded attacks’, stress and trauma continue to threaten judiciary

The various threats to judges’ mental and physical health, and subsequently “their capacity to judge well”, are...

13 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Can AI really predict case outcomes?

If historical outcomes are perhaps the best indicator of the likely success of a particular case, then why not simply...

07 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Justice Michael Ball to join NSW Court of Appeal

Supreme Court Justice Michael Ball, who was formerly a partner at what is now Allens, is set to join the Court of...

04 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

A judge’s tips on using impostor syndrome for good

Despite being rendered breathless by an early experience on the County Court bench, Judge Frank Gucciardo says that...

25 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Challenging impostor syndrome begins at the top, High Court judge says

To overcome the taboo around impostor syndrome, Justice Jacqueline Gleeson says, the leaders of the legal profession...

23 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

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 silk named as judge of appeal for NSW Supreme Court

Richard McHugh SC has joined the bench, having been appointed as a judge of appeal of the Supreme Court of NSW,...

12 August 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

‘Australia has lost its way’ on housing, says former Supreme Court judge

In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, the Honourable Kevin Bell AO KC spoke of the “housing disaster” facing...

01 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firm’s ‘fastidious’ record-keeping defence against fee dispute

A boutique law firm’s “fastidious” record keeping saved it from a legal fee dispute brought against it by a...

19 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

WATCH: A-G, Law Society warmly welcomes Industrial Court president

The new president to head up the latest chapter of the NSW Industrial Court was praised during his welcome ceremony for...

10 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

2 silks appointed to Federal Court bench, partner named as FCFCOA judge

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named two senior counsel as judges of the Federal Court of Australia, while a firm...

25 June 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

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