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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]
Queensland barrister reprimanded for alleging serious criminality
In the course of conducting a costs order for property proceedings, a barrister alleged serious criminality against the opposing client with a “scant basis” for doing so
BIG LAW • Sun, 28 Jun 2020
SME firm elevates 13 to senior positions
A national firm has promoted 13 practitioners to senior positions, including four special counsel, two senior associates and seven associates.
SME LAW • Sun, 28 Jun 2020
The law of employee free speech: How do we strike the right balance?
It is truism that there is nothing new under the sun. Certainly, the dilemma of employees speaking freely – and employers taking issue with it – is not novel, writes ...
‘Scourge of sexual harassment must be stamped out’, SA says
The Australian legal profession has responded with disappointment and shame that a former High Court justice sexually harassed six women. Now, the South Australia Law ...
Behavioural ethics to uphold expert bias in courts
Despite codes of conduct and with very little rigorous management of expert witnesses in Australian courts, expert bias is going largely unchecked. In a new paper, ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 24 Jun 2020
Profession to address the problem of sexual harassment in law
Following the findings of sexual harassment at Australia’s highest court, the rest of the country has committed to implementing the recommendations for policies and ...
NSW solicitor guilty of failing to attain CDP points
An NSW solicitor has been reprimanded and ordered to pay a fine for failing to comply with an undertaking by attaining three continuing professional development points.
‘We must do more’: Legal profession responds to Dyson Heydon findings
In response to a High Court independent inquiry that found Justice Dyson Heydon had sexually harassed six women, the legal profession has responded with congratulations ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Jun 2020
Lawyer X inquiry finalises suppression order fight
The royal commission investigating criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo’s double-crossing with Victoria Police has sought to make variations to over 60 suppression orders in ...
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