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Big Law 21 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonFormer Law Society president should be ‘in prison’, lawyer claims

A former lawyer has made a sensational claim that a former president of the ACT Law Society should “be in prison”...

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Big Law 14 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonAn ACT solicitor with over two decades of experience will be struck...

An ACT solicitor with over two decades of experience will be struck from the roll for a number of “extremely...

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Big Law 14 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonA former solicitor who has relentlessly pursued the ACT Law Society...

A former solicitor who has relentlessly pursued the ACT Law Society over dismissed racial discrimination allegations has...

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Big Law 13 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonSolicitor hit with fresh charges of ‘offensive’ conduct

Further allegations of offensive and abusive conduct have been levelled against a solicitor who will soon face...

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SME Law 13 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonFirm founder called out for ‘disrespectful’ language amid fight...

A law firm’s long and tortured history of litigation against its former director and shareholder ended with persistent...

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Big Law 11 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonInside a former HR manager’s lawsuit against Slaters

In addition to grappling with the fallout from a “disparaging” firm-wide email, one of Australia’s leading...

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Big Law 07 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer gets 8 years’ jail for fatal hit-run crash

An Adelaide lawyer who hit and killed a 70-year-old man while driving under the influence of alcohol has been jailed for...

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Big Law 06 March 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonSolicitor ‘deliberately’ breached Harman undertaking

A solicitor with a South Australian boutique firm was found to have deliberately breached the Harman undertaking by...

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Big Law 05 March 2025 ByNaomi Neilson‘Doomed to fail’: Solicitor pushes ahead with futile claims...

Apparently not dissuaded from being shut down and criticised by multiple courts and the Fair Work Commission, a...

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Big Law 28 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer hits out at ex-wife with 50-plus complaints to Legal Practice...

A legal practitioner in the midst of a parenting dispute with his ex-wife, also a lawyer, has been criticised for the...

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