A West Australian counsel who had a “close personal relationship” with the judge presiding over her client’s matter has been fined and suspended from practising for nine months.

Court Services Victoria (CSV), the body responsible for Victoria’s court system, was sentenced and fined $379,157 for the rampant misconduct within the Coroners Court.

Economic pressures are mounting, yet Australian GCs are embracing strategic resourcing, AI integration, and business alignment to create legal departments that thrive amid uncertainty.

A judge has suggested a merge of the Optus data breach class action with proceedings launched by the communications regulator.

National law firm Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) has appointed a new safety partner, who joins from BigLaw rival Clyde & Co.

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 ...

Numerous BigLaw firms have worked on one of the largest private capital M&A deals in Australian history.

Global cloud-based legal practice management software provider Dye & Durham has appointed a new vice-president of sales for its Australian operations.

Dentons has added two lawyers to the partnership and promoted 17 senior lawyers across its Australia and Port Moresby offices.

Despite being reassured time and again that his matter “was in hand”, an Adelaide business owner’s matter was left to crash and burn before a court because of the “incompetence” of his lawyer.

Charles Waterstreet, a barrister who was recently found to have sexually harassed three legal practitioners, asked a tribunal to remove a non-publication order protecting two of their names.

CommBank has updated its mortgage discharge process to be fully digital, currently available to customers who are selling their properties^. This update allows customers to submit discharges online ...