‘Severe’ cost failures at Perth law firm, client alleges

A Perth law firm was ordered to scrap its legal bills and start again after a former client complained its alleged...

15 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer hits out at ex-wife with 50-plus complaints to Legal Practice Board

A legal practitioner in the midst of a parenting dispute with his ex-wife, also a lawyer, has been criticised for the...

28 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Sole practitioner struck off for taking $100k in trust money

A sole practitioner who stole more than $100,000 in trust funds and billed for work he never did has been struck off...

17 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Lawyer awarded $160k for former clients’ defamatory emails

A sole practitioner has been awarded $160,000 in damages from former clients who made “grossly defamatory”...

21 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Supreme Court criticises Sydney firm over its handling of interstate case

A Supreme Court judge has hit out at an interstate law firm for failing to understand or review its procedural...

09 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Shaky compensation claim made over solicitor’s alleged dishonesty

An unsteady claim for compensation has been made by two people concerned with the conduct of their late uncle’s...

31 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

WA solicitor removed from roll after several suspensions

Following a “lengthy period” of misconduct, which included the mismanagement of client funds, a West Australian...

04 November 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Court tosses appeal in WA solicitor, barrister misconduct case

A West Australian man who tried and failed on a number of occasions to have a barrister and solicitor disciplined over...

23 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Barrister freed from drawn-out disciplinary proceedings

A West Australian barrister accused of giving false medical evidence to the Supreme Court walked away from disciplinary...

29 August 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Legal Practice Board wrong to investigate compensation firm, court finds

A court criticised the West Australian Legal Practice Board for its decision to audit a compensation firm after it...

17 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Court spurns ‘misconceived’ complaints against 3 lawyers

A court threw out a lawyer’s “misconceived” complaints about two barristers and a principal who represented his...

26 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Unfair costs assessment tossed out by court

A costs assessment issued by a Perth law firm was set aside by a court because it was “not fair and...

21 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Perth barristers, principal go up against ‘misconceived’ accusations of deception

Two barristers and a principal have faced “misconceived and unreasonable” allegations they took on a case without...

05 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Disciplinary orders overturned due to deputy president’s relationship with barrister

A relationship between a deputy president of the Western Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and a barrister...

26 September 2023

By Naomi Neilson

‘Sorry business’: Former client of EY Law receives settlement

A former client of Ernst & Young has received a settlement following a decade-long dispute with the

04 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Former prisoner’s ‘unusual’ case against major compensation firm

A Supreme Court said it was faced with an “unusual” matter when a former prisoner attempted to bring disciplinary...

09 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson