Women in Law Awards 2024 finalist Chelsea Baker has commenced a new role as a senior associate at Queensland-based firm Cornford-Scott Lawyers. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly ...

This aligns with the record-breaking volume of pro bono work undertaken by Australian lawyers, where there has been an 11.5 per cent increase in pro bono hours, rising from 700,910 in the 2022–23 ...

A Melbourne-based barrister has been found guilty on two counts of unsatisfactory professional conduct and two counts of professional conduct for, among other things, a non-appearance at a County ...

Shine has promoted 12 to special counsel, 16 to senior associate, and 19 to associate. All promotions were effective at the start of this week (13 January). This content is available exclusively to ...

A proposed law in Queensland, which has sparked heated debate, would grant residents the right to use lethal force to protect their homes. However, this measure has drawn strong criticism from lawyers ...

While the first of the six would not justify a suspension of his practising certificate on its own, the Legal Services and Complaints Committee told the tribunal the penalty should be imposed because ...

Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel ...

Around November 2020, the owner of an Adelaide roofing company met with his lawyer, John Mark Fitzpatrick, and was told “not to worry” about a contractual claim out of alleged defective work because ...

The Supreme Court found in favour of the legal practitioners last May, but the client, Judith Odlum, appealed on the grounds Justice Richard Cavanagh failed to find the advice was negligent and caused ...

In an unsuccessful application to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), Waterstreet said the non-publication orders for the two women should be lifted because the “prospect of reputational ...

“Where there are disputed questions of fact, which might be capable of resolution on an application such as this, the absence of persuasive affidavit material from a person on the plaintiff’s side ...

Yolande Dubow, a solicitor who claims to have 40 years of experience, has failed to appeal a Fair Work decision to not hear her complaint that she was forced out of East Coast Law after sleeping in ...