On the issue of common questions, counsel flagged it would likely be an issue that would have to be ventilated in the courtroom. For example, in relation to the issue on how employees access their ...

“Accordingly, I reject the submissions by the defendant that the plaintiff was an inherently unreliable witness,” Judge Dearden said. “On the contrary, I considered the plaintiff to be an honest and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2006, a photo of Princess Mary of Denmark and the then premier of NSW in front of a portrait of renowned heart surgeon Dr Victor Chang, created by artist Vladas Meškėnas, was published in the Woman ...

The second offer was made for $23,000, and Odlum was told she would be at risk of an adverse costs order if she did not accept. A court eventually ordered that she pay 75 per cent of her former ...

Dealmaker of the Year. Jane Garber-Rosenzweig, BDC Law Jodie Harris, Arnold Thomas and Becker Kate Koidl, MinterEllison. Sandy Mak, Corrs Chambers Westgarth ...

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Lawyer of the Year. Emma Berry, Kinrise Kristen Bovery-Spencer, Coles Group James Brown, Asahi Global Procurement Harrison Chen, Woolworths Group ...

Mark Geoffrey Streeter, of boutique firm Streeter Law, was found by the NSW District Court to have made fraudulent submissions to Insurance Australia about a pig-hunting incident that ended with his ...

ABC’s managing director, David Anderson, searched Antoinette Lattouf’s Instagram and cautioned her against controversial posts because of complaints received from a pro-Israel group – but the ABC ...

Family Law Partner of the Year. Leona Bennett, Southern Waters Legal Irene Chrisopoulidis, Chrisopoulidis & Associates Richard Crane, Australian Family Lawyers ...