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Naomi Neilson is a senior journalist with a focus on court reporting for Lawyers Weekly. You can email Naomi at: [email protected]
Qld Bar decides against amendments for sexual harassment
The Bar Association of Queensland will not be amending rule 12 of its barristers’ rules to expressly prohibit sexual harassment, having deemed it sufficient enough as it ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020
Judge Michael Murray immortalised with law library
“Resolute advocate and champion of legal education”, the Honourable Michael Murray QC AM has been immortalised with the naming of a university library in the hopes that ...
WA makes ‘significant’ progress in reforming Aboriginal heritage laws
The Western Australian government has made “significant progress” for historic reform of outdated heritage laws that would place Aboriginal people at the centre of ...
‘We would not accept it in any other setting’: Lawyers call for more transparency in aged care centres
Although welcoming the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety report into performative issues in centres, the Australian Lawyers Alliance has requested that ...
Berejiklian vows to revert changes to controversial koala bill
In a bill that has proved to be very controversial to the NSW Parliament, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has vowed to overturn a vote that blocked farmers from clearing more ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 22 Nov 2020
Domestic violence reforms protect victim-survivors from traumatic trials
Victims of domestic and family violence in NSW may now give evidence in closed court and will be excused from personal cross-examinations from self-represented accused.
BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Nov 2020
Advocates and lawyers at odds over consent law reform recommendations
The Law Reform Commission has put forward 44 recommendations to improve NSW’s consent laws and although advocates have expressed disappointment with the lack of one major ...
George Pell media contempt ruling to be handed down soon
The Victorian Supreme Court is weighing up whether media companies and journalists have a contempt case to answer to due to their initial reports on Cardinal George ...
Solicitor defrauds $800k from elderly man
A solicitor and a carer have been charged after allegedly defrauding an elderly man of more than $800,000 while he was being cared for on the NSW South Coast.
BIG LAW • Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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