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Big Law 14 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonTasmanian firm loses $22k costs order for disclosure failures

A boutique Tasmanian firm had an order for $22,000 in legal costs thrown out when a court found it failed to make...

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Big Law 06 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonPrincipal lawyer reprimanded for $300k loan to client

A Sydney principal lawyer was reprimanded for loaning $300,000 to a client in an agreement that saw him pocket an...

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Big Law 05 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonStruck-off lawyer misappropriated $4m but keeps secret identity

A principal lawyer will hold onto his anonymity despite being struck off for misappropriating $4.5 million and flouting...

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Big Law 04 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonChatGPT blunder sees lawyer referred to regulator

A lawyer has been referred to a disciplinary regulator for filing two documents that relied on “non-existent”...

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Big Law 29 January 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonFed-up judge makes order to hinder law firm

A law firm has been prevented from easily filing material in the Federal Court after a long history of receiving...

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Big Law 28 January 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonWA solicitor banned from practice for ‘grossly careless’...

A criminal solicitor who conned his client and the court out of costs has been banned from practising for seven...

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Big Law 22 January 2025 ByGrace RobbieFake lawyer prosecuted for giving unqualified legal services

Another unlicensed operator has been prosecuted for using Airtasker to provide “legal advice and other legal...

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Big Law 21 January 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonStrike off recommended for lawyer who threatened barrister with...

A Victorian solicitor who threatened a barrister with violence has become one step closer to having his name scrubbed...

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Big Law 20 January 2025 ByNaomi Neilson1-year penalty for barrister who sexually harassed young lawyers

Although recent concerning behaviour showed he has a “considerable way to go”, a high-profile barrister who sexually...

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Big Law 16 January 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer’s lies to regulator upgrades suspension to strike-off

A West Australian practitioner who acted for both the employee and employer in a termination dispute could have avoided...

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