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AI certain to generate more litigation, partners say

The age of artificial intelligence, and particularly GenAI, will increase access to justice and improve operational...

10 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Job-sharing Senate candidates launch proceedings to safeguard nomination

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock, who recently spoke with Lawyers Weekly extolling the virtues of job-sharing...

13 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law

A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...

11 December 2024

By Kace O'Neill

Monster Energy wins $520k in costs from infringement matter

Monster Energy walked away from an infringement proceeding that was full of legal blunders with $520,000 in...

13 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Bankrupt solicitor’s defamation action hits wall

An NSW solicitor’s bankruptcy status threw a wrench in his defamation action over comments that suggested he...

13 August 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Judge accused of corruption by ousted solicitor, fake lawyer

The ongoing saga triggered by a fake lawyer’s alleged threats, an ousted solicitor and the law firm they operated has...

23 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

ASIC commences proceedings against Active Super for alleged greenwashing

Active Super has been hit with civil penalty proceedings from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

14 August 2023

By Lauren Croft

Criminal lawyer’s $130k security order looms over future proceedings

A high-profile criminal lawyer will have to hand over $130,000 in security to a law firm she has been fighting for over...

10 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

ASIC launches Federal Court proceedings against Vanguard following alleged greenwashing

ASIC has continued its crackdown on greenwashing, launching another case against an investment fund following alleged...

25 July 2023

By Lauren Croft

Landmark class action, unjust charges involved in ex-solicitor’s proceedings

An ex-solicitor who had his name stripped from the roll has taken on his former solicitor in proceedings involving...

17 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Sydney firm fights ‘hopeless’ fraud, obstruction of justice allegations

A law firm that advised a real estate agent on a dispute with his partner was dragged into a “hopeless and manifestly...

05 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Former prisoner’s ‘unusual’ case against major compensation firm

A Supreme Court said it was faced with an “unusual” matter when a former prisoner attempted to bring disciplinary...

09 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Law Society owed $30k after attempt to sue deceased solicitor

A man who attempted to bring proceedings against a deceased solicitor has been ordered to hand over $30,000 to the NSW...

08 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson