Legal industry
Opinion
Opinion
‘Nation’s great shame’: most vulnerable turned away from neglected legal aid
Transformational change is required now to give vital free legal services the stability and certainty they need, and to ensure that access to justice is facilitated for all.
- by Greg McIntyre
Latest
‘Bulls--t virtue signalling’: Former chief prosecutor condemned for welcome to Country post
The OPP has condemned the comments of its former chief Crown prosecutor who said Indigenous people should be grateful they weren’t settled by the French.
- by Erin Pearson
Lawyers accused of doctoring medical certificate to help their client
Two Melbourne lawyers charged with perverting the course of justice have failed to have reporting of their names suppressed from the public.
- by Erin Pearson
Growing up, he didn’t know what a lawyer was. Now he’s celebrating 50 years as a partner
Peter Bartlett has notched up a milestone unlikely to be surpassed.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Real estate agents, lawyers in spotlight for money laundering crackdown
This masthead has reported on an alleged Chinese-Australian money laundering organisation that moved an estimated $10 billion while amassing a portfolio comprising Sydney mansions.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opposition wary of WA government splashing cash on in-house lawyers
The Department of Premier and Cabinet will spend $6 million over the next four years to establish a four-person in-house legal team.
- by Hamish Hastie
Analysis
Courts
The thinking behind Erin Patterson’s unexpected legal tactic
Courts are often accused of being out of touch with the community, so there’s an argument for Erin Patterson facing justice on her home patch. But her case has a long way to go.
- by Erin Pearson
Charles Waterstreet sexually harassed trio of women, tribunal finds
A NSW tribunal found the former barrister showed a law student a sex toy during a job interview and played a pornographic film in front of a researcher.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Toorak lawyer fights forgery conviction over $1.5m Greek seaside resort
John Velos, who is a former mayor of the City of Prahran, is appealing a forgery conviction in Athens after a family legal dispute over the control of a resort on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea.
- by Chris Vedelago
What drives James MacKenzie, cancer survivor?
Slater and Gordon chair James MacKenzie has beaten cancer twice. Has it resulted in him treating life differently?
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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