SME Law

SME Law

Qld lawyer with criminal conviction for signature failure faces strike-off

A recommendation has been made to remove the name of a Queensland lawyer from the roll after he was convicted and...

18 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson

SME Law

Abuse firm to pay former client $260k for negligence

A Victorian law firm that specialises in institutional childhood sexual abuse was ordered to pay a former client over...

18 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson

SME Law

RCR Lawyers adds 2 partners to lead criminal law practice

SME firm Rostron Carlyle Rojas Lawyers (RCR Lawyers) has strengthened its criminal law expertise with the addition of...

17 June 2025

By Lauren Croft

SME Law

Strike-off recommended for lawyer who drunkenly bribed cops

A tribunal said it needed “little persuasion” to recommend the name of a Rockhampton lawyer be removed from the...

17 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson

SME Law

Aitken Partners expands into Brisbane

Melbourne-based law firm Aitken Partners has broadened its operations into Queensland with the opening of a new office...

17 June 2025

By Grace Robbie

SME Law

Undertaking breach warrants ‘public rebuke’, tribunal orders

A solicitor who breached an undertaking was unable to escape a public reprimand because the conduct justified “public...

16 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson

SME Law

Lawyer sues for damages over car accident she was not involved in

A principal lawyer tried to claim damages for the “nervous shock” she suffered after her family were involved in a...

13 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson

SME Law

2 climb to senior levels in IDP Lawyers promotion round

In addition to one new partner, specialist defendant personal injury firm IDP Lawyers has promoted one lawyer to senior...

13 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson

SME Law

Media Arts Lawyers partner launches boutique firm

After nearly 15 years with Media Arts Lawyers, its first female partner has launched her own boutique legal practice....

12 June 2025

By Grace Robbie

SME Law

Managing director reprimanded over barrister fee mishap

A Perth lawyer agreed to a public reprimand and a fine for his failure to get written confirmation that a barrister...

12 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson