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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 Jerome Doraisamy
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
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