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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]
Chronic delays in Family Court matters used as ‘tool for abuse’
Submitting to an inquiry into family violence, leading legal bodies have addressed how chronic delays, inadequate resourcing and underfunding have exacerbated the ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 14 Sep 2020
Victoria’s lockdown renews calls for national human rights charter
Victoria’s human rights charter raises “serious” and justified concerns about the curfew restrictions and has renewed calls for a national charter, a human rights body ...
Shakespeare’s creativity a lesson to surviving pandemic, Chief Justice says
There are lessons to be found in Macbeth, King Lear and even the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet to bring comfort to the profession’s newest lawyers during the global ...
What post-COVID looks like for government lawyers
Government lawyers in the post-COVID legal landscape will have a suite of challenges to consider as the law and their clients adjust to the new normal.
BIG LAW • Sun, 13 Sep 2020
2 legal reviews to hit ALRC desk on behalf of the federal government
The federal government has requested a review into judicial impartiality and legislative frameworks governing corporations and financial services regulation.
Government lawyers should discourage clients from political gain
While navigating the complexities of public interest immunity claims, lawyers for public servants and ministers should beware of their client’s enthusiasm to use the ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 09 Sep 2020
New laws to force priests to report child sexual abuse
Queensland lawyers have welcomed legislation that would see priests jailed for failure to report child sexual abuse made known to them through confessionals.
Guilty solicitor given until June 2021 to practice
A Victorian solicitor has been granted until June 2021 to practice before he must cease completely after a tribunal found he had engaged in professional misconduct.
BIG LAW • Tue, 08 Sep 2020
Lawyer X: The cases, charges and consequences of Nicola Gobbo
With the justice system likely to edict hundreds of appeals, overturned convictions and possible criminal charges as a result of Nicola Gobbo’s human informant role, ...
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