Wollongong’s longest-serving solicitor honoured

After nearly seven decades of dedicated service in the legal field, Harold Hanson AM has been honoured with a...

08 May 2025

By Grace Robbie

‘Repugnant’: Lawyer forced into sharing bed, ‘bizarre’ movie watch

A rookie solicitor endured marathon shifts, was forced to share a bed with her director, and was made to sit through an...

08 May 2025

By Kace O'Neill

Lawyer makes Stalin-inspired threat to shoot profession’s ‘gatekeepers’

Angered by a disciplinary complaint, a Victorian solicitor threatened to throw his elderly client’s ashes into the...

14 August 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Sydney solicitor hit with $1m penalty for misleading creditor scheme

A Sydney solicitor who promoted a “false and misleading” asset protection scheme was handed a $1 million penalty,...

19 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Swaab’s 4 new appointments come at ‘pivotal’ time

Swaab named four new appointments, including two to senior associates, at a time of “pivotal growth” for the...

19 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Woman fails to sue lawyers after settlement remorse

A court has thrown out a woman’s attempts to blame her lawyers for a costs order that was triple the sum of a...

09 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitors can take cut of class action settlement, Full Court rules

The use of a solicitor’s common fund order in class action matters has been approved by the Full Court, allowing...

05 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Environmental Defenders Office should give Santos material on ‘flawed’ expert evidence, court told

Santos demanded the Environmental Defenders Office hand over material that may reveal its role in presenting evidence...

13 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Conned clients and key appointments: What’s hot in law this week (1–5 April)

This week in the legal profession, lawyers conned their clients, a major case was reignited with new allegations, and a...

06 April 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Maddocks adds Victorian state government solicitor as new partner

National law firm Maddocks has moved to bolster its commercial practice in Melbourne with the appointment of a senior...

22 August 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

WA solicitor fails to overturn historic legal representation rule

A West Australian solicitor who sought to appear for his own company failed to overturn a decades-old requirement that...

14 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Party involved in High Court scandal unsuccessfully complains about lawyers

One of the parties involved in a High Court scandal involving a relationship between a judge and a barrister has...

07 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Supreme Court examines NSW solicitor’s alleged ‘incompetence’

A Supreme Court waived legal professional privilege on the communications between a client and her former solicitor due...

04 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Barrister clashes with solicitor in Supreme Court dispute

A barrister and a solicitor, both with considerable experience in the profession, have clashed in a Supreme Court...

03 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Queensland solicitor’s ‘extraordinary’ error criticised by judge

A Queensland judge criticised a solicitor for making an “extraordinary and regrettable” error in his client’s...

02 August 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Federal Court judge’s cutting attack on colleague and solicitor

The Federal Court has condemned a judge for her “unwillingness” to deliver a judgment for almost three years and...

25 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Retired NSW solicitor fails in attempt to recoup income

A retired NSW solicitor unsuccessfully challenged the amount he was paid under a partnership and retirement...

18 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson

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

SA-based Andersons Solicitors names new equity partner

Andersons Solicitors, a mid-sized firm in South Australia, has elevated one of its partners to equity...

14 July 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

ACT solicitor accuses Supreme Court judge of ‘enforcing’ racism

A solicitor who alleged the ACT Law Society was racist has accused a Supreme Court judge of promoting the “hatred”...

10 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson