Legal Services Commission

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

Fake lawyer prosecuted for giving unqualified legal services

Another unlicensed operator has been prosecuted for using Airtasker to provide “legal advice and other legal...

22 January 2025

By Grace Robbie

NSW man claims counsel ‘bribed’ him with golf membership

A disgruntled man with a decades-long vendetta against members of the legal profession has accused his former barrister...

25 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Best practice for lawyers amid new state cyber standards

As the regulatory landscape evolves in response to the escalating threat of cyber attacks, a cyber lawyer has...

30 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Reprimand for lawyer who dodged 9 tax returns

A solicitor convicted over his failure to complete yearly income tax returns was reprimanded and barred from practising...

20 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Why the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill should not pass

While this bill presents an opportunity to modernise the regulation of legal services and improve consumer protections,...

18 July 2024

By Nicholas Collier

Lawyer’s silence during investigation costs him legal career

A Queensland solicitor will be struck off for barely acknowledging an investigation into his alleged...

09 April 2024

By Naomi Neilson

SA Legal Services Commission appoints new chief counsel, legal information and advice manager

South Australia’s largest legal assistance organisation has appointed a new chief counsel, as well as a new manager...

12 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

NSW solicitor cannot shake caution for fiery emails with client

An NSW solicitor who exchanged heated emails and texts with a client failed to have a caution about his conduct...

05 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Legal aid services deliver $600m benefit annually, PwC report says

For every dollar invested by the federal government, there is a benefit of $2.25 delivered in avoided costs, a new...

29 March 2023

By Jess Feyder

Allens solicitor to avoid disciplinary proceedings despite ‘substantiated’ sexual harassment allegations

Although it agreed there was “sufficient evidence” that a senior associate at global law firm Allens sexually...

15 June 2022

By Naomi Neilson

SA legal aid firm appoints chief legal officer

A new chief legal officer has been appointed to the Legal Services Commission in Adelaide, bringing with her extensive...

11 May 2022

By Lauren Croft

JWS founder appointed to government role

The South Australian government has appointed a prominent commercial lawyer as the newest chair of the state’s legal...

08 February 2022

By Lauren Croft