Suspension of practising certificate ‘unreasonable’, court finds

A solicitor facing a charge of perverting the course of justice has convinced a court to quash the suspension of her...

14 May 2025

By Naomi Neilson

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

Costs climb for expelled lawyer, colleagues behind controversial firm

An ousted solicitor and his colleagues had another $20,000 added to the bill for their lengthy vendetta against a legal...

20 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Colleagues of restrained lawyer hit with costs orders

Two of the three people involved in the controversial Erudite Legal debacle have been hit with costs orders for conduct...

11 November 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Supreme Court puts end to lawyer, notorious law firm

A Victorian lawyer has claimed a “conspiracy” against himself, his colleagues, and their controversial law firm was...

06 November 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

Victorian A-G falls behind in sexual harassment prevention plan

The Victorian Attorney-General’s Department has so far failed to fulfil its part of a plan to prevent sexual...

05 September 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

Victorian solicitor cannot avoid disciplinary hearing for long, judge rules

Armed with a colleague’s “dysfunctional” medical condition and an application that contradicted itself, a banned...

08 August 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

Ousted solicitor and fake lawyer team up to fight injunction orders

A legal services board has asked a court to permanently restrain a former solicitor and a man who allegedly masqueraded...

07 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Young lawyers are still going through hell

The legal profession must rise from the ashes of its own toxic culture, particularly as it pertains to young lawyers,...

13 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Melbourne lawyer’s ‘concerning’ financial activity investigated

A Melbourne criminal lawyer suspected of breaching anti-money laundering laws failed to have his practising certificate...

08 December 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Female lawyers now make up majority of profession in Vic

New data from the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner has shown that female lawyers are still growing in...

04 December 2023

By Lauren Croft

Melbourne sole practitioner reprimanded for failure to honour undertaking

A Melbourne sole practitioner has been condemned by a tribunal for failing to honour an undertaking on behalf of his...

21 September 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Melbourne lawyer avoids criminal charge for contempt of court

A Melbourne director and principal who was found to have committed two counts of contempt of court has avoided facing...

20 September 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Man allegedly masquerading as lawyer fails to shut down Victorian Legal Services Board

A man accused of masquerading as a lawyer to threaten customers of his removalist business has confronted the Victorian...

06 September 2023

By Naomi Neilson

75% of new lawyers in Victoria are women, according to new report

The VLSB+C annual report for 2021–22 has been tabled in Parliament, with 2022 also marking 25 years of independent...

05 January 2023

By Lauren Croft

Landmark whistleblower project to receive share in $4.8m

The Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner (VLSB+C) will provide $4.8 million in funding to improve access to...

05 December 2022

By Lauren Croft

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