Justices Mark Leeming, Anna Mitchelmore and Stephen Free of the NSW Court of Appeal gave Michael Wilson two weeks to show cause as to why his conduct should not be referred to the state’s Legal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patricia Cope, Meredith Dickson QC, Catherine Symons and Jonathan Forbes have been appointed as judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (FCC). This content is available exclusively to Lawyers ...

John Francis Thomas Mahony, founder of Mahony Law in Baulkham Hills, was found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct, according to the NSW Office of the Legal Services Commissioner’s ...

The Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association (AUTWA) has filed an application in the Federal Court to compel Kmart to produce documents demonstrating what it knows about two suppliers listed ...

Barrister Peter Van Eps, sole director and 95 per cent shareholder in Stockingham, was unable to overturn a costs assessment that saw his $37,840 claim for counsel fees downgraded to “$0.00” in ...

In this case (see Peek v Wheatley [2025] NSWSC 554), the deceased, left a digital note on his iPhone (titled “the last will of Colin L Peek”), setting out how his estate should be divided, which was ...

Alan Walter Sandbach admitted to unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct with respect to his work on a brief and agreed to a penalty of a reprimand and a prohibition on ...

Every now and then, LinkedIn news feeds of Australian legal professionals are drawn to posts from female lawyers recalling receipt of correspondence from an opposing party, or external provider, that ...

King & Wood Mallesons Australia (KWM) has rolled out Harvey, an advanced generative artificial intelligence tool designed specifically for law firms, across six offices in Australia and Singapore.

Global law firm Dentons said it was “inevitable” that a number of its staff would be made redundant after it lost ING Australia’s mortgaging business to MSA National, a firm specialising in the ...