Further litigation likely for psychosocial risks in workplaces, despite withdrawn SafeWork prosecution

Issues pertaining to psychosocial injury and harm will “no doubt” result in future prosecutions despite SafeWork...

04 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

ACT prosecutors changed process of sex assault trials, top cop claims

A senior police officer who investigated Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape in Parliament House told an inquiry...

25 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Lehrmann’s lawyer ‘pissed off’ with DPP’s conduct

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer told an inquiry he was “pissed off” with the ACT’s Director of Public Prosecutions for...

16 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Top prosecutor accused of ‘double standard’ in Lehrmann trial

ACT’s top prosecutor told an inquiry he did not consider stepping away from Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial after he...

10 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Finfluencer receives jail sentence for market manipulation

A finfluencer, known online as “Fibonarchery”, has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment after...

04 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lawyer jailed for 12 years for laundering $24m as part of tax fraud

Following the lifting of a non-publication order, it has been revealed that a Sydney-based lawyer was last year...

23 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Cartel prosecutions, greenwashing and other ACCC priorities

Businesses of all stripes must adjust to the evolving economic and environmental landscape, especially with the...

17 March 2023

By Robyn Tongol

‘System failure’: Lawyers respond to abandoned 2nd Lehrmann trial

The decision by the ACT DPP to drop the sexual assault charge against former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann means...

02 December 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Unconscionable’ for Cth to let prosecution of lawyer-turned-whistleblower go ahead

The case against army-lawyer-turned-whistleblower David McBride is proceeding to...

28 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Prosecution of lawyer-turned-whistleblower ‘unjust and anti-democratic’

David McBride will soon face his defence hearing regarding his whistleblowing on war crimes allegedly committed by...

27 October 2022

By Jess Feyder

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions appointed as Supreme Court judge

One of Australia’s leading criminal prosecutors, who currently serves as the director for CDPP, is set to be a judge...

05 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

G+T’s reflections on representing Bernard Collaery

Following the dropping of charges against former ACT attorney-general Bernard Collaery, Lawyers Weekly spoke with...

21 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

How prosecutors can retain top talent

The challenge facing prosecutorial employers, Aaron Guilfoyle says, is that once a prosecutor succeeds, they’re...

11 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

A-G orders dropping of charges against Bernard Collaery

Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has directed for the prosecution of former ACT attorney-general Bernard Collaery...

07 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Landmark cartel prosecution dropped

After charges were first laid in 2018, a criminal cartel prosecution against Citigroup was dropped by the Australian...

22 February 2022

By Lauren Croft

‘Whistleblowers are suffering’: Lawyers renew calls to drop Collaery prosecution

As Bernard Collaery returns to the ACT Supreme Court for revealing that the federal government spied on neighbour...

10 February 2022

By Naomi Neilson

Judgment handed down on secrecy in Bernard Collaery prosecution

The ACT Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment on the secrecy provisions that has followed the prosecution of...

06 October 2021

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer, former company officers facing combined 72 criminal charges

A solicitor and four former company officers are facing charges for alleged criminal offences relating to the collapse...

10 September 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy