Thousands of court files accessed in ‘significant’ data breach

NSW Police is currently investigating a data breach at a government department, after which 9,000 “sensitive court...

27 March 2025

By Lauren Croft

Law firm, Legal Aid office attacked by alleged arsonist

A criminal law firm was hit by an arson attack following reports of an explosion at a nearby Legal Aid

06 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

1.5k children strip-searched in 7 years, law research reveals

NSW police strip-searched the equivalent of 51 school classes in seven years, a new report from the Redfern Legal...

25 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor shot inside Sydney law firm

A family lawyer was shot and wounded inside his Sydney law

29 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

NSW strip-search class action gets green light

An attempt by the NSW government to shut down a class action into strip searches by police at festivals has...

03 January 2024

By Naomi Neilson

ALS calls for immediate action following LECC report

Urgent action is needed to mitigate a “systemic problem” of police interviewing vulnerable people against their...

18 December 2023

By Lauren Croft

Supreme Court orders NSW Police to pay $1.48m settlement

The NSW Supreme Court has ordered the NSW Police to pay a massive settlement, as a result of a lawsuit filed by a...

02 December 2022

By Lauren Croft

Strip search class action filed against state of NSW

Slater and Gordon and Redfern Legal Centre have filed proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW against the state on...

22 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

LECC urged to take action following ‘disgraceful misconduct’ by NSW police officer

Legal bodies have called on the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission to take action after a police officer touched the...

11 April 2022

By Lauren Croft

‘Ground-breaking’ class action launched against NSW Police

Festival-goers who were unlawfully searched by NSW Police could be entitled to “substantial” compensation as part...

18 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

Discretion must be exercised when issuing COVID-19 fines

Legal bodies have called on the NSW authorities to exercise caution when issuing COVID-19 fines, as they have the...

27 August 2021

By Lauren Croft

Concerns over NSW Police Commissioner telling officers they can ‘get it wrong’

The Aboriginal Legal Service has condemned a recent video wherein the NSW Police Commissioner pledges to not hold...

23 August 2021

By Lauren Croft

Sydney CLC warns against overuse of lockdown fines

Ensuring compliance with public health orders must not be done with the overuse of fines in south-western Sydney,...

12 July 2021

By Lauren Croft