Sydney-based law firm Swaab has appointed planning and environment lawyer and former Royal Australian Navy member Suzy Whitty as a special counsel in its property, planning, and projects team.

With effect from 10 June 2025, family law now expressly recognises the economic effects of family violence in property settlements, write Hayley Dodson and Conrad Liveris.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has welcomed leveraged finance and restructuring partner Rachel Jones to its finance and restructuring practice in Sydney.

An NSW barrister who admitted to lying under oath during family law proceedings will spend the rest of his career restrained to the Mental Health Review Tribunal.