Marque Lawyers adds commercial litigation and IP lawyer to partnership

Sydney-based firm Marque Lawyers has named its 11th partner, who has been with the firm since...

19 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Women can’t sue Qatar Airways for 2020 strip searches, judge rules

Five Australian women subjected to invasive searches at Doha Airport in 2020 are not able to sue Qatar Airways for...

15 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

The role of lawyers in ‘mitigating the chilling effect of laws’

Following the recent Voice to Parliament referendum, lawyers can play a massive role in education around the Australian...

01 November 2023

By Lauren Croft

The electoral law system is ‘incredibly fragile’ in age of social media

New social media platforms can result in “unregulated communication”, something this lawyer said can be dangerous...

24 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation action against Crikey

Just days after Fox settled with Dominion for $1.2 billion over its promotion of falsehoods about the 2020 US...

21 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Who is liable for life-altering injuries incurred by professional athletes?

In light of a looming class action set to be brought by former players against the AFL, the question is being raised:...

13 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Many aspects of sexual assault law are ‘broken and wrong’

In conversation with Grace Tame, Sydney lawyer Michael Bradley recently discussed the sexual assault legislative reform...

24 October 2022

By Jess Feyder

‘David and Goliath battle’: Passengers sue Qatari airline and authority over unlawful bodily searches

Five women, who were passengers on an October 2020 Qatar Airways flight, and some of whom were subjected to invasive,...

21 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

What law reform is needed to strengthen Australia’s elections?

The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) and Marque Lawyers have advocated for reforms aimed at making elections fairer and...

20 October 2022

By Jess Feyder

Is regulatory data law reform needed following the Optus breach?

Following the Optus customer data breach, which left potentially millions of customers’ information in the hands of...

30 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

‘Just the beginning of our legal journey to tangible climate action’

Whilst the new climate change legislation is a positive step forward for the climate crisis, there are a number of...

01 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Teal independent pushes for judicial inquiry into media concentration

Following the filing of a defamation suit against Australian media outlet Crikey by Lachlan Murdoch, independent MP Zoe...

26 August 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

The role of lawyers in ‘defending the rule of law and how democracy works’

Whilst working in government law can be fairly intense, it can also be extremely rewarding to help enact change, said...

18 July 2022

By Lauren Croft

‘I can see the impact of the work that we've done’ in the federal election

Whilst electoral legal work can come with a myriad of challenges, it can also be incredibly rewarding, said this...

11 July 2022

By Lauren Croft

What we learned from the Dutton defamation case

Last week, the Full Court of the Federal Court overturned the finding that a refugee activist had defamed Peter Dutton...

23 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy