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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]
Q&A with 2020’s Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year
A Melbourne-based environmental lawyer has just been recognised as one of 2020’s best young lawyers. Lawyers Weekly reached out to learn about his career achievements, ...
NEWLAW • Mon, 20 Apr 2020
How legal education fails to match up to the shifting legal profession
Due to the ever-changing landscape of the legal profession, law students are now more than ever needing to adapt to the skills required to work in the present and in the ...
What the future of a soon-to-be graduate now looks like
What was supposed to be a booming industry for law graduates to enter into is now filled with career uncertainty, so where does that leave soon-to-be lawyers?
Emergency COVID-19 powers should remove legal barriers to abortion
A woman’s right to access a safe abortion should be upheld urgently by new powers given to the South Australian COVID-19 emergency coordinator, human rights lawyers said
BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Apr 2020
Supreme Court orders elderly couple out of home amid COVID-19 fears
The NSW Supreme Court has acknowledged an elderly couple is at risk of death if they contract the virus and has considered orders to uphold the order for them to vacate
WA trial judge overruled for failing to properly direct the jury
Jury trials and their credibility in high-profile cases have come under the knife lately – but what happens when the unconscious bias is driven in part by the trial ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 16 Apr 2020
Pell decision to leave ‘trail of devastation’ but will not hinder future cases
It is “legally wrong” to assume that the merit of future cases brought in the criminal or civil jurisdictions for assault by a priest is weakened by the George Pell ...
‘Predatory’ payday lender hit with class action investigation
A compensation law firm is investigating a class action against a short-term loan facilitator after it was revealed the payday lenders led vulnerable Australians to drown ...
Decades-long legal battle against 4 firms and a judge ends
The Federal Court has put an end to a long legal dispute that saw the operator of a Hobart nursing home slam four law firms and a lawyer-turned-Supreme Court judge for ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 15 Apr 2020
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