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‘Highly respected’ barrister appointed to NSW Supreme Court, Court of Appeal
Stephen Free SC is set to join the bench as a Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of...
07 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
Court pushes for final hearing of negligence claim against law firm
Following several delays, an “irresponsible” timetabling submission, and an “unceasing stream” of allegations...
07 March 2025
By Naomi Neilson
District Court judge joins WA Supreme Court bench
Judge Terence Palmer, who spent 15 years as a barrister before joining the judiciary, has been elevated to the bench of...
24 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Barristers weigh in on NSW Supreme Court’s AI practice note
Following the Supreme Court of NSW’s issue of Practice Note SC Gen 23, three barristers have offered their...
05 December 2024
By Grace Robbie
Justice Michael Ball to join NSW Court of Appeal
Supreme Court Justice Michael Ball, who was formerly a partner at what is now Allens, is set to join the Court of...
04 November 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
District Court judge elevated to NSW Supreme Court
Judge Andrew Coleman SC, who was appointed to the NSW District Court three years ago, is set to join the state’s...
16 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Sydney silk named as judge of appeal for NSW Supreme Court
Richard McHugh SC has joined the bench, having been appointed as a judge of appeal of the Supreme Court of NSW,...
12 August 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
25 new senior counsel named in Victoria
Chief Justice Anne Ferguson of the Supreme Court of Victoria has named 25 new silks in the Garden...
08 August 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Solicitor clashes with client over Sydney property
A Sydney solicitor has been locked in a lengthy court fight to hold onto a caveat lodged on a former client’s...
21 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Sydney-based silk appointed to NSW Supreme Court
Commercial barrister Tim Faulkner SC has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of...
06 May 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Master of the Supreme Court, District Court judge appointed in WA
For the first time, a woman has been appointed as Master of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, with a senior...
04 December 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
New Supreme Court, District Court judges appointed in NSW
NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has elevated a District Court judge to the state’s Supreme Court and appointed a...
29 November 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
NSW A-G appoints 2 new District Court judges, new Chief Judge at common law
Earlier this month, NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley named two barristers as judges for the state’s District Court...
20 November 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Victoria appoints new associate justice to Supreme Court
Catherine Gobbo, a “leading barrister in insolvency law and litigation”, has been elevated to the Supreme Court of...
22 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Poachings, a rate pause and a strike-off: What’s hot in law this week (31 Jul–4 Aug)
The start of August has seen a string of team poachings across the BigLaw firms, while various court cases also caught...
05 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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
First Indigenous woman appointed to an Australian Supreme Court
ACT magistrate and Kamilaroi woman Louise Taylor is set to become the first Indigenous female Supreme Court judge in...
26 July 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Further Supreme Court application filed seeking withdrawal of COVID fines
Yet another application has been filed in the NSW Supreme Court seeking the withdrawal of invalid COVID-19 fines, which...
20 July 2023
By Lauren Croft
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