Self-reporting solicitor reprimanded for affidavit bungle

A Victorian solicitor who self-reported an affidavit mishap to the legal disciplinary board has been...

02 May 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Reprimands, suspensions for 6 NSW lawyers

Since the start of March, the Council of the Law Society and the Bar Association has handed out four reprimands and two...

24 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor punished for trying to trade settlement for silence on rape claim

A solicitor has been reprimanded for telling a woman the settlement of her matrimonial dispute was contingent on her...

30 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qld sole practitioner reprimanded over disclosure blunder

The sole practitioner of a Queensland law firm was reprimanded over his failure to make “full and frank...

24 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qld lawyer reprimanded over undertaking breach

A Queensland legal director who failed to attend appointments with a registered psychologist has been publicly...

17 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

WA lawyer cops reprimand for threatening, inaccurate letters

A West Australian lawyer was publicly reprimanded and handed a hefty fine for a number of offences, including sending a...

02 August 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Disciplinary register: Suspension, reprimands handed to lawyers in June and July

In the last two months, several lawyers were added to legal disciplinary registers and handed a range of penalties,...

31 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer reprimanded, fined for leaving client files in shambles

An NSW lawyer was reprimanded and banned from working as a principal for five years for a number of offences, including...

29 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Qld lawyer reprimanded for revealing party in domestic violence matter

A Queensland lawyer has been penalised for identifying a man and his children as a party in domestic violence...

11 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Boxing champion and lawyer reprimanded for ‘oversight’ of court orders

A lawyer who made a name for himself as a boxing champion failed to convince a tribunal to overturn a decision by a...

31 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Headline appointments keep coming: What’s hot in law this week (1-6 Apr)

A lot has happened in the first week of the second quarter of 2023. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest news...

08 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Disrespectful, highly offensive and embarrassing’ conduct sees lawyer reprimanded

A Western Australia-based lawyer has been found to have engaged in professional misconduct and will not be granted a...

04 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy