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Maurice Blackburn is locked in a dispute with its staff over pay and conditions.

Top law firm to ‘lock out’ lawyers in ugly dispute

The lawyers in a prominent pro-union law firm are poised to participate in an Australian-first ban.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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Chief Justice Andrew Bell in his chambers in Sydney.

NSW’s top judge ups the ante in battle over legal training

Chief Justice Andrew Bell has raised concerns about a major not-for-profit college making millions of dollars from graduate lawyers.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell, pictured in the ceremonial Banco Court in Sydney during the Supreme Court’s 200th anniversary celebrations last year, has taken aim at the College of Law.

NSW’s top judge launches blistering attack on legal college

Chief Justice Andrew Bell is on the warpath over millions of dollars raked in from aspiring lawyers.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
A quiet revolution has taken place involving Australia’s prosecution of criminal offences under the Corporations and ASIC acts.

It’s the vibe: Federal Court’s new powers to hear criminal cases raise eyebrows

In the refined and polished corridors of the Federal Court, a quiet change has occurred that could flip financial crime prosecutions on their head.

  • Sarah Danckert
Peter Dutton is receiving assistance from Melbourne commercial law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler.

Dutton’s mysterious free legal advice from prominent Melbourne firm

The opposition leader is receiving “ongoing legal assistance” from a firm that opposed him on the Voice to parliament.

  • Patrick Begley
The new DPC general Counsel will be one of the state’s best paid public servants.

The WA premier’s new go-to lawyer will be paid more than him

The Department of Premier and Cabinet’s new in-house lawyer will be one of the highest-paid public servants in the state, eclipsing the salary of the premier himself.

  • Hamish Hastie
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Financial abuse by a partner or ex-partner can have prolonged impact.

It’s the domestic abuser’s hidden weapon. But if you wield it, your time’s up

Financial abuse is a form of intimate-partner violence, but now perpetrators and their facilitators are on notice: with unanimous support from a parliamentary committee, reform is coming.

  • Deborah O'Neill
Tom Hughes KC photographed in 2005.

Legendary Australian barrister and politician Tom Hughes dies aged 101

The former federal attorney-general and top silk appeared in a series of high-profile defamation cases.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
The noise dispute involved neighbours on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

The feuding northern beaches neighbours and the morning yoga session

Chloe found a clever solution to take the heat out of a noise dispute. But other Sydneysiders might not be so lucky.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Brisbane divorce lawyer Mills John Kirin in a promotional video on his website.

Brisbane divorce lawyer reprimanded over ‘offensive’ DV comments

Among the language in his emails were descriptions of another lawyer’s client as “postnatally depressed”, along with a suggestion she was “wandering the earth” with his client’s daughter.

  • Sean Parnell

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