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‘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
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