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Big Law 10 October 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonNumber of complaints against NSW barristers soars by 43%

In the last 12 months, the Office of the Legal Services Commission referred over 100 complaints against barristers to...

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Big Law 04 October 2024 ByNaomi Neilson26 NSW barristers appointed senior counsel

The NSW Bar Association appointed 26 barristers as senior counsel.

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Big Law 14 August 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonA barrister found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory...

A barrister found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct crafted an “elaborate...

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Big Law 10 July 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonWATCH: A-G, Law Society warmly welcomes Industrial Court president

The new president to head up the latest chapter of the NSW Industrial Court was praised during his welcome ceremony for...

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Big Law 23 April 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonBarrister to be struck from roll for engaging in legal practice

A barrister’s name will be removed from the roll of practitioners for ignoring several orders not to engage in legal...

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Politics 25 March 2024 ByLauren Croft‘Counterintuitive’ NSW bail laws continue to receive widespread...

Barristers, bar associations, and other legal bodies have continued their criticism of the new NSW bail laws, which...

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Big Law 29 February 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonLawyer asks entire bench to recuse itself from disciplinary hearing

A lawyer tried to have an entire Court of Appeal bench recused from hearing an application to have his name struck...

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The Bar 16 May 2023 ByLawyers Weekly‘Giant of the Australian Bar’ mourned

Tributes are flowing for “consummate barrister” David Jackson AM KC, who was — the NSW Chief Justice opined — a...

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Big Law 14 April 2023 ByJess Feyder‘Close the gap in our Constitution,’ says NSW Bar

The nation’s oldest independent bar association has expressed support for the wording in the amendments proposed for...

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Big Law 07 March 2023 ByJess FeyderLegal bodies push for revised regulation for minor drug offences

Peak bodies representing the NSW legal profession have called on both major parties to commit to introducing a diversion...

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