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Big Law 28 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonEx-parole board lawyer claims boss colluded with judge

A commissioner said he had “significant concerns” for a lawyer and former acting director of Queensland’s Parole...

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Big Law 27 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonProsecutor pushed out of ODPP over ‘serious’ blunders

A solicitor has fought against his termination from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over several...

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SME Law 25 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonQld firm fails to block paralegal’s unfair dismissal complaint

A Queensland law firm has failed for the second time to shut down a paralegal’s unfair dismissal application.

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Big Law 24 February 2025 ByKace O'NeillThe Fair Work Commission (FWC) has condemned the actions of a former...

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has condemned the actions of a former University of Tasmania lecturer, labelling his...

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Big Law 13 February 2025 ByNaomi NeilsonLaw lecturer says university unfairly ended employment

A law lecturer turned to the Fair Work Commission with allegations that he was pushed out of a Melbourne university amid...

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Big Law 05 February 2025 ByNaomi Neilson and Kace O'Neill‘I didn’t sign up to this’: Lattouf claims ABC left her...

During the back half of an emotional cross-examination, Antoinette Lattouf defended herself against an allegation she...

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Big Law 24 January 2025 ByNaomi Neilson‘Disgrace’: Union’s legal team chastised for abandoning member

The legal team behind a workplace union was criticised by the Fair Work Commission for leaving one of its illiterate...

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Big Law 18 December 2024 ByNaomi NeilsonSolicitor persists with ‘hopeless’ vendetta against firm

A solicitor has been on a seemingly endless crusade to punish a principal lawyer who called the police to kick him out...

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The Bar 11 December 2024 ByKace O'NeillHigh Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric...

A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...

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Big Law 27 November 2024 ByKace O'NeillTribunal overturns law firm’s sexual assault investigation

A London lawyer won an unfair dismissal case after he was terminated over an alleged sexual assault.

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