Mr Leather, BlackBay said in a statement, has more than three decades of experience in corporate and commercial law, including areas like complex litigation and international law, while Mr Carroll has ...

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 ...

Aleisa Crepin (pictured) has joined JWS following nearly nine years at Bakers as a partner. Prior to that, she was a senior associate at Norton Rose Fulbright. This content is available exclusively to ...

BigLaw firm Hamilton Locke has added five new partners – Damien Bourke, Kath Booth, Andrew Vincent, Amelia Prokuda, and Elena Stojcevski – for its Melbourne and Brisbane offices. This content is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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In determining whether a woman was entitled to compensation from Allianz Australia for a motor vehicle accident, District Court Judge Ian Dearden accepted her evidence that a vital piece of missing ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former client of NSW solicitor Stephen Friend and barrister Andrew Paterson unsuccessfully alleged they were negligent, misleading and deceptive when giving her advice about two settlement offers ...

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 ...