Queensland boutique Cornford-Scott Lawyers has added a new senior associate to its ranks, who brings more than eight years of experience to the firm.

Australian BigLaw firms set a new benchmark for pro bono legal services in 2024, recording the highest total number of pro bono hours ever, according to a new survey.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The director of a West Perth firm has been suspended while he waits for the Supreme Court to decide if his name should be struck from the roll.

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.

A court has thrown out a woman’s attempts to blame her lawyers for a costs order that was triple the sum of a settlement order.

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.

A Supreme Court judge has hit out at an interstate law firm for failing to understand or review its procedural rules.

A regional lawyer who said she was forced to quit because she was sleeping in her law firm’s office has appealed a Fair Work decision.