An affidavit prepared by lawyer Bede Augustine Webster was released from confidentiality obligations, freeing solicitor Laura Gidley and barrister Sharna Clemmett to continue with a complaint relating ...

A spokesperson for DibbsBarker has confirmed that the long-standing mid-tier firm will not be operating beyond 30 April 2018. This coincides with this morning’s news that global heavyweight Dentons ...

In 2017, William Robert Feeney was found guilty and sentenced to three and a half years behind bars for dishonestly causing a risk of loss to the Commonwealth of $2,321,892 for withholding the amount ...

Robert Hollo SC and Peter Krisenthal were appointed judges of the District Court of NSW, starting 7 October and 13 October, respectively. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly ...

Ashurst has named 30 new partners globally, 17 of whom come from Australia. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. The new cohort of partners has been drawn from 14 ...

Following her panel at Lawyers Weekly’s inaugural Tech Innovate event, NetDocuments’ Asia-Pacific head, Jennifer Cathcart, spoke with Lawyers Weekly to address the urgent concern that AI might soon ...

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) has found the barrister – whose name and chambers have been restricted – did not make a sexually inappropriate advance but did engage in sexually ...

A Victorian lawyer has become the first practitioner in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial intelligence in a court case, after submitting a list of entirely non-existent ...

The decision of the Victorian Legal Services Board to immediately suspend Sarah Tricarico’s practising certificate was found to be unreasonable and “insufficiently cogent” because she was not given ...

Chief Justice Chris Kourakis, Justice Tim Stanley, and Justice Judy Hughes of the South Australian Supreme Court refused Ryan Raygan’s application to join the legal profession, citing his misconduct ...

Three years after a conviction for making and possessing child exploitation material, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal recommended that former University of Southern Queensland law ...