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A Stalin-inspired threat and violent text messages: What’s hot in law this week (12–16 Aug)
This week has seen some extraordinary professional misconduct matters come before the courts. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Lawyers Weekly
For the week from 12 August to 16 August, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
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Pictures of middle fingers, all-capped profanity, and bizarre threats to take things to the “nth degree” were all included in an angry solicitor’s emails with the NSW Law Society during his disciplinary proceedings.
Angered by a former barrister’s decision to give evidence against him in a fight over allegedly unpaid legal fees, a Victorian solicitor sent expletive-laden text messages that threatened violence.
The “arrogant” Kings Cross lawyer jailed for dishing out legal advice to a criminal group in an effort to recover hundreds of thousands in cash seized by police was struck from the roll of practitioners.
The name of a Sydney criminal barrister who allegedly physically and verbally abused his wife was revealed by a newspaper.
Australian mid-tier law firm HopgoodGanim is set to merge with a boutique family and estates law firm, Butlers Lawyers and Notaries, as it moves to expand its offering in the west.
A Victorian lawyer once accused of posting the number of a junior solicitor in a sex work advertisement alleged the member overseeing recent disciplinary action was biased and demanded he be recused.
Judge Salvatore Vasta, who was handed part of a $300,000 compensation bill for the wrongful imprisonment of a father, says inferior and superior judges should have the same level of immunity.
Angered by a disciplinary complaint, a Victorian solicitor threatened to throw his elderly client’s ashes into the garbage and said the legal profession’s “gatekeepers” should be shot in the “back of the head”.
A barrister found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct crafted an “elaborate scheme” with a private investigator to make his client’s mother sign a document that contradicted her complaint to the NSW Bar Association.
As the second semester of this year’s university calendar begins, finalists for the Law Student of the Year award at the Australian Law Awards share the importance of staying organised as a law student and provide effective strategies and tips to ensure this happens.
