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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]
Victoria courts to refresh youth charges
Under a proposed suite of changes, the Sentencing Advisory Council has advised that all courts go easier on youth offenders and expand the funding into regional areas of ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 03 Jun 2020
Nursing home that tried suing 4 firms now arguing costs
The Federal Court of Australia has referred the issue of costs to a registrar, after a nursing home attempted to sue four law firms and a judge for professional ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 02 Jun 2020
Victoria greenlights first judge-alone criminal trial
In a landmark ruling, Victoria has greenlit the first judge-alone criminal trial. The decision brings one case forward by almost 10 months amid the coronavirus delays.
New appointments to Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
Victoria’s government has welcomed three new appointments to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
Law Council welcomes new domestic violence inquiry
The Law Council has welcomed the Morrison government’s inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence after the failure of the Senate inquiry.
BIG LAW • Mon, 01 Jun 2020
Australia concerned about Hong Kong national security laws
The Australian law council has expressed concerns about China’s national security laws, which contain “deeply troubling and problematic features”.
Courts not ready for post-COVID world
Despite an advance in assistive technologies, new research has indicated that the world’s courts and legal systems are not equipped to handle post-COVID ways of working
SME LAW • Mon, 01 Jun 2020
Law students transition to digital summit amid COVID-19 crisis
A team of law students will proceed with an inaugural Australian Crisis Simulation Summit despite the coronavirus pandemic – this time, with more technologies to support ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 01 Jun 2020
‘Fight hard, fight fair’: A criminologist on preparing for a future in criminal law
With an innumerable amount of miscarriages of justice across the court system, students should be better prepared than the prior generation to right the wrongs of the ...
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