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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]
First Nations reunification class action, investigations launched across Aus
The child protection departments in all Australian states are now the subject of a class action or an investigation into the alleged failures to reunite Indigenous ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 29 Nov 2023
Qld solicitor appeals disciplinary costs order
A Queensland solicitor alleged to have delayed the finalisation of his client’s matter has successfully convinced a court he should not have to pay the entire costs of ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Roberts-Smith ordered to pay costs for failed defamation trial
Disgraced SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay the media the costs from Australia’s biggest defamation trial.
Lehrmann accused of ‘fabricating’ submarine evidence
A number of Bruce Lehrmann’s conflicting accounts have been scrutinised in court, including a claim he went to Parliament House on the night of Brittany Higgins’ alleged ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Nov 2023
Fake Airtasker lawyer has prison sentence reduced
A Queensland man who pretended to be a lawyer on a five-star Airtasker profile so he could sell legal advice for just $50 has had his prison sentence downgraded on appeal
BIG LAW • Thu, 23 Nov 2023
Lawyer may face disciplinary action over ‘baseless’ claims made against solicitor, barrister
A solicitor and her husband may face disciplinary action over several sensational fraud allegations she made against a barrister and solicitor who were retained to assist ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 22 Nov 2023
Legal aid sector on ‘brink of failure’
Rising demands and an urgent need for increased funding may lead to the collapse of Australia’s legal aid sector, a report has found.
Half of GCs not qualified to be directors
More than half of Australian general counsel, including those on boards, do not have “sufficient” knowledge, experience, or diversity to work in a director role, a survey ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 21 Nov 2023
Nuix accused of ‘losing sight’ of market during first hearing day
ASIC accused technology company Nuix of “losing sight” of the market when it published two ASX announcements in early 2021.
BIG LAW • Mon, 20 Nov 2023
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