Legal Services Commission
Firm founder faces referral to disciplinary board
A law firm founder and solicitor, who pressed ahead with a “baseless” recusal case against an NSW judge, was...
17 July 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
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 misconduct.
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