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Victorian barristers reprimanded for homophobic letter
Two veteran barristers were reprimanded and will donate $5,000 each to charity for writing and posting a homophobic...
29 April 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Strike off recommended for lawyer who threatened barrister with violence
A Victorian solicitor who threatened a barrister with violence has become one step closer to having his name scrubbed...
21 January 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
Victorian barrister bids to reopen practising certificate fight
Amid a battle over her practising certificate, a Victorian barrister accused a solicitor from a major firm of making a...
18 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Small firm dragged to court by vexatious litigant
A Melbourne family law firm fought against allegations it was negligent by not advising a client against filing...
03 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister accused of negligence protected by immunity
A Victorian barrister accused of allegedly damaging his client’s parenting dispute has been protected from a...
10 September 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Legal director reprimanded for blunder with CCTV company
A legal director failed to inform 20 clients she had a personal and financial stake in a security company before making...
09 September 2024
By Naomi Neilson
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
‘C u in 15’: Solicitor threatens barrister, witness with violence
Angered by a former barrister’s decision to give evidence against him in a fight over allegedly unpaid legal fees, a...
12 August 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Lawyer’s demand for recusal of tribunal member refused
A Victorian lawyer once accused of posting the number of a junior solicitor in a sex work advertisement alleged the...
09 August 2024
By Naomi Neilson
‘Leading’ lawyer told to refund client for flawed cost disclosures
A self-proclaimed “leading practitioner” in child support law was ordered to refund $4,400 to a client after a...
02 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Barrister fails to appeal disciplinary action for fraud allegations
A Victorian barrister failed to overturn a reprimand for accusing an opposing counsel of relying on a “fraudulent or...
01 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Criminal lawyer facing financial probe loses fight to recover practising certificate
A criminal lawyer facing an anti-money laundering investigation failed to convince a court he should continue...
20 June 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Local lawyer gets kicked out of profession for 2 years after ‘serious’ misconduct
A regional lawyer was barred from practising for two years after a series of blunders in one matter, including...
28 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Victorian lawyer lodges wrongful caveat on feuding neighbour
A Victorian lawyer who assisted a client’s fence line feud with a neighbour has faced disciplinary...
20 February 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Victorian solicitor pursues ‘fishing expedition’ to snare Legal Services Commissioner
A Victorian solicitor was accused of “fishing” for evidence to support a sensational allegation that the state’s...
12 January 2024
By Naomi Neilson
20 new VCAT members appointed
Twenty new members have been appointed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), in a move which will...
04 December 2023
By Lauren Croft
Managing principal banned for 4 years for covering up ‘inexcusable’ mistake
A Melbourne managing principal who was barred from practising until mid-2027 has told a tribunal she is “incredibly...
22 September 2023
By Naomi Neilson
Melbourne firm hands over refund after client’s bill shock
A Melbourne law firm has had to reimburse a client who received an invoice that was more than double the amount he was...
11 May 2023
By Naomi Neilson
Victorian lawyer takes LSB to tribunal over non-renewal of practising certificate
After the Victorian Legal Services Board declined to renew his practising certificate, a Victorian lawyer took the...
18 November 2022
By Lauren Croft
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