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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]
Firm’s poor commercial decisions, potential breach of legal duties flagged in class action matter
The Federal Court shut down a law firm’s request for more than a third of a $300 million class action settlement after it found group members who were already left with a ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 08 Aug 2023
Party involved in High Court scandal unsuccessfully complains about lawyers
One of the parties involved in a High Court scandal involving a relationship between a judge and a barrister has unsuccessfully made numerous complaints against two ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 06 Aug 2023
Supreme Court examines NSW solicitor’s alleged ‘incompetence’
A Supreme Court waived legal professional privilege on the communications between a client and her former solicitor due to the latter’s alleged “incompetence” and failure ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 03 Aug 2023
Barrister clashes with solicitor in Supreme Court dispute
A barrister and a solicitor, both with considerable experience in the profession, have clashed in a Supreme Court during a will dispute.
BIG LAW • Wed, 02 Aug 2023
Queensland solicitor’s ‘extraordinary’ error criticised by judge
A Queensland judge criticised a solicitor for making an “extraordinary and regrettable” error in his client’s claim for compensation.
BIG LAW • Tue, 01 Aug 2023
COVID-19 discrimination claim ‘offends common sense’, judge rules
A Federal Court judge said it would “offend common sense” if he allowed a woman to bring a claim of discrimination against a Melbourne hospital for requiring her to wear ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 31 Jul 2023
Boxing champion and lawyer reprimanded for ‘oversight’ of court orders
A lawyer who made a name for himself as a boxing champion failed to convince a tribunal to overturn a decision by a Professional Conduct Committee of the Council of the ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 30 Jul 2023
Craig Kelly wins legal fight over election posters
Former MP Craig Kelly has savaged the Australian Electoral Commission for its “malicious prosecution” in the moments after a Federal Court found his election posters were ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 27 Jul 2023
The legal reforms needed to protect users of artificial intelligence
Class action solicitors with one of the biggest compensation firms have proposed a suite of reforms designed to tighten the protections and legal recourse against harms ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 26 Jul 2023
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