Ombudsman asked to investigate pay allegations at Qld firm

Concerned over allegations a Queensland-based law firm did not pay its employees correctly, a deputy president of the...

22 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor brings fight against employer years after her termination

A solicitor terminated from her position at an immigration detention centre based in Sydney’s west has brought an...

14 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer fired over chucking sickie for AFL Gather Round weekend

A Melbourne lawyer and former Greens local government candidate was terminated after his employers discovered he had...

09 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

More court stoushes in store for boutique firm and vengeful training lawyer

In what appears to be a seemingly endless legal battle, a Parramatta boutique law firm has been dragged through yet...

26 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Indigenous legal service settles with former CEO following unlawful dismissal

Australia’s largest Indigenous legal organisation and its now-former CEO have reached a confidential settlement, over...

12 March 2025

By Grace Robbie

‘Doomed to fail’: Solicitor pushes ahead with futile claims against law firm

Apparently not dissuaded from being shut down and criticised by multiple courts and the Fair Work Commission, a...

05 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

$1.1m legal bill for Lattouf case burning a hole in ABC’s pockets

The ongoing unfair dismissal case involving the ABC and its former journalist, Antoinette Lattouf, is reportedly...

03 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Ex-parole board lawyer claims boss colluded with judge

A commissioner said he had “significant concerns” for a lawyer and former acting director of Queensland’s Parole...

28 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Prosecutor pushed out of ODPP over ‘serious’ blunders

A solicitor has fought against his termination from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over several...

27 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Qld firm fails to block paralegal’s unfair dismissal complaint

A Queensland law firm has failed for the second time to shut down a paralegal’s unfair dismissal...

25 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Lecturer sacked after telling student to ‘start an OnlyFans’, ‘collaborate in the bedroom’

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has condemned the actions of a former University of Tasmania lecturer, labelling his...

24 February 2025

By Kace O'Neill

Law lecturer says university unfairly ended employment

A law lecturer turned to the Fair Work Commission with allegations that he was pushed out of a Melbourne university...

13 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘I didn’t sign up to this’: Lattouf claims ABC left her reputation in tatters

During the back half of an emotional cross-examination, Antoinette Lattouf defended herself against an allegation she...

05 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Disgrace’: Union’s legal team chastised for abandoning member

The legal team behind a workplace union was criticised by the Fair Work Commission for leaving one of its illiterate...

24 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor persists with ‘hopeless’ vendetta against firm

A solicitor has been on a seemingly endless crusade to punish a principal lawyer who called the police to kick him out...

18 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law

A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...

11 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Tribunal overturns law firm’s sexual assault investigation

A London lawyer won an unfair dismissal case after he was terminated over an alleged sexual...

27 November 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Fired legal secretary’s ‘spiteful’ campaign against Gadens

A resentful legal secretary has pursued a lengthy, “determined and spiteful” campaign against her former law firm,...

28 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘Restricting NDAs is essential to putting victim-survivors first,’ lawyers argue

Recommendations have been made in a joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre to the...

28 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Fired lawyer who ‘sickened’ colleagues appeals Fair Work decision

An ousted solicitor who called an opposing lawyer a “c--t” and engaged in conduct that “deeply sickened” her...

23 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson