AAL unveils 2025 First Nations Scholarship recipient

A 22-year-old law student from North Queensland has been awarded the Australian Academy of Law’s First Nations...

26 May 2025

By Grace Robbie

Queensland Health accused of racial discrimination in class action

A class action has been filed against the state of Queensland on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

21 May 2025

By Lauren Croft

TSP adds new personal injury special counsel

Queensland compensation law firm Travis Schultz & Partners (TSP) has added a new special counsel, who joins from...

07 May 2025

By Lauren Croft

Sparke Helmore merges with Qld boutique, adds 2 partners and 20 staff to its ranks

National law firm Sparke Helmore’s Queensland operations are expanding, with two senior partners and their team from...

04 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Adult Crime, Adult Time adds 20 new offences

The Crisafulli government in Queensland has introduced amendments to its Adult Crimes, Adult Time legislation, which...

03 April 2025

By Grace Robbie

Challenging convention: The role of unconscious or confirmation bias in decision making

Years of convention and unconscious or confirmation biases can influence our decision-making process as lawyers, writes...

02 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qld makes new Court of Appeal and Supreme Court appointments

The Crisafulli government has made its first judicial appointments, with a Supreme Court judge elevated to the...

01 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Chamberlains acquires Brisbane firm, expands into the Qld capital

National law firm Chamberlains has acquired a boutique law firm as it moves to bolster its presence within the Brisbane...

31 March 2025

By Grace Robbie

Travis Schultz & Partners adds new associate in Cairns

Queensland compensation law firm Travis Schultz & Partners (TSP) has expanded its team in Cairns with the addition...

18 March 2025

By Lauren Croft

Thynne + Macartney adds 3 partners, expands into Toowoomba

Brisbane’s oldest law firm, Thynne + Macartney, is expanding its footprint in Queensland, having appointed three new...

28 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lawganised names 3 new directors

Legal management consultancy Lawganised has elevated three client managers to director...

21 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Barrister has fees wiped over connection with client

After coming out on top in a dispute over investment funds, a barrister had a claim for over $37,000 in counsel fees...

20 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Counsel hits out at Qld in heated debate over pleadings

The lawyers behind a “modern stolen generation” class action have delivered a scathing criticism of the state of...

10 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

What makes this ex-QLS president ‘angry’ about the criminal law discourse

In a recent conversation with Lawyers Weekly, a former Queensland Law Society president and firm partner recently...

05 February 2025

By Kace O'Neill

The rise of knife crime and the reasonable foreseeability of employers

Recent horrific attacks have raised questions about whether an employer can be liable for random acts of violence,...

23 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qld A-G seeks to overturn ‘inadequate’ sentences

Appeals have been filed in two high-profile Queensland crimes after the Attorney-General found the sentences...

10 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Can AI really predict case outcomes?

If historical outcomes are perhaps the best indicator of the likely success of a particular case, then why not simply...

07 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Rose Litigation promotes internally

Queensland-based boutique Rose Litigation Lawyers has internally promoted one of its valued team members to the...

03 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

New Qld law ‘an international embarrassment’ for Australia, says children’s commissioner

According to the National Children’s Commissioner, the Sunshine State’s controversial Making Queensland Safer Bill...

12 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Maurice Blackburn opens new Qld office

National plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn has opened its 14th office in Queensland, offering a range of personal...

08 November 2024

By Grace Robbie