Lawyer X

Royal CommissionNation

‘Tell all, Lawyer X’

The inquiry is still waiting on documentation of Nicola Gobbo’s “intimate relationships with officers”.

Remy Varga

Nation

Justin Gatto leaves the County Court with barrister Nicola Gobbo.

Gobbo ‘unfit as informant’

A detective assessed Nicola Gobbo as unfit to be a police informant in July 1998.

Chip Le Grand and Remy Varga

The Nation

Lawyer X lover loses freedom bid

The jailed lover of gangland lawyer and Victoria Police informer Nicola Gobbo has lost his bid to get out of prison early.

Lawyer X namedThe Nation

Nicola Gobbo, who represented Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel, Justin Gatto and Alphonse Gangitano, is Lawyer X.

‘Super mummy’ with X factor

Nicola Gobbo ratted on crooks, slept with police and all the while rose to prominence as one of Melbourne’s go-to criminal barristers.

Chip Le Grand and Mark Schliebs

Chip Le Grand

Premier's Volunteer Champions Awards 2018 at Government House.Lawyer Nicola Gobbo receives an award at Government House. Picture : Ian Currie

the UNDERBELLY EXPOSED

It was a shemozzle of epic proportions that cleaved Victoria Police in two. And it all began with a jailhouse visit by Nicola Gobbo.

Chip Le Grand

State Politics

Royal Commission in the Management of Police Informants. Royal Commission Chair Honourable Margaret McMurdo AC Supplied by Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants.

Lawyer X: police in crosshairs

The Lawyer X royal commission has trained its sights on senior police who authorised the use of a barrister as an informant.

Chip Le Grand and Mark Schliebs

The Nation

Margaret McMurdo AC poses at Riverside in Brisbane CBD on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Mrs McMurdo AC is the former president of the Queensland Court of Appeal. (AAP Image/Claudia Baxter)

Lawyer X forced to appear

A murdered lawyer was among the questionable informants registered, Lawyer X to assist as the royal commission begun.

Chip Le Grand and Mark Schliebs

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Exterior view of Barwon Prison (jail) near Melbourne, Victoria, where gangland figure Carl Williams was found dead just after 1:30pm.

Lawyer X boyfriend given jail payback Lawyer X boyfriend’s jail attack

Lawyer X’s jailhouse boyfriend has been savagely attacked in an apparent payback for her double life as a police informant.

CHIP LE GRAND

The Nation

Mick Gatto leaves the Melbourne Magistrate court. Friday, May 20. 2016. He is facing fire arms charges after police raids on his property. (AAP Image/ David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Gatto denies Lawyer X threats

Underworld figure Mick Gatto has declared he never threatened the life of “Lawyer X”, days before a royal commission begins.

Mark Schliebs

The Nation

SA Police Commissioner Mal Hyde faces the Budget and Finance Committee at Parliament House in Adelaide.

Lawyer informant scandal is a disaster, says former judge

Former Victorian Supreme Court judge Bernard Teague says the Lawyer X scandal undermines the legal system.

Rachel Baxendale and Remy Varga

The Nation

Fire season preparedness hearings on at Parliament . Bernard Teague. Picture: Ellen Smith

Lawyer X scandal ‘a disaster’

The Lawyer X royal commission will start next week, as a former Victorian Supreme Court judge brands the scandal “a disaster”.

Remy Varga and Rachel Baxendale

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SA Police Commissioner Mal Hyde talking to media in relation to recent motorcycle bike gang related incidents.

Snitch after charges dropped

Drug charges were withdrawn against the lawyer at the centre of the Lawyer X scandal two years before becoming an informant.

Chip Le Grand and Mark Schliebs

The Nation

Blame laid for Lawyer X failing

Victoria Police have explained why they didn’t realise that Lawyer X had been a registered informant back in 1995.

Rachel Baxendale

News

Roberta Williams (right) and her daughter Dhakota arrive at the Supreme Court in Melbourne, Friday, December 14, 2018. Gangland widow Roberta Williams is set to find out if a last-ditch bid to save the family's home from auction on Saturday is successful. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

Lawyer X fails to save Roberta

Gangland widow tells of “utter disbelief, horror” as last-ditch bid to save home from forced auction amid Lawyer X scandal flops.

Tessa Akerman

The Nation

Lawyer X commissioners named

The Andrews government has appointed Margaret McMurdo and Malcolm Hyde as Lawyer X royal commissioners.

Rachel Baxendale

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X spots the mark and dobs him in

Stories don’t get much more extraordinary than the Herald Sun’s Lawyer X expose.

Will Glasgow and Christine Lacy

ExclusiveLegal Affairs

Bill Tilley is a Liberal MP who seven years ago raised concerns with then Police Minister Peter Ryan about serious corruption in Victoria Police, including the mismanagement of informants. He believes if those concerns, and particularly issues being raised by then Deputy Commissioner Ken Jones, were listened to, the Lawyer X saga could have been avoided.

Lawyer X action ‘seven years overdue’

The Lawyer X scandal could have been dealt with seven years ago had government ministers acted on allegations, an MP claims.

Chip Le Grand

The Nation

Roberta Williams (left) is seen with daughter Dhakota (right) arriving at the Supreme Court in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, December 12, 2018. (AAP Image/Daniel Pockett) NO ARCHIVING

Gangster’s widow fights ATO over Lawyer X

The widow of gangland figure Carl Williams has made a last-ditch bid to prevent the sale of her deceased father-in-law’s house.

TESSA AKERMAN

State Politics

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews (centre) speaks to the media with Police Minister Lisa Neville (left) and Attorney-General Jill Hennessy during a press conference announcing a Royal Commission in Melbourne, Monday, December 3, 2018. (AAP Image/Ellen Smith) NO ARCHIVING

Lawyer X inquiry outlook widened

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews says the Lawyer X royal commission will take a broad look at the use of informants.

Rachel Baxendale

State Politics

Royal commissioners to be named

Daniel Andrews says he’s focused on finding royal commissioners with “some distance” from the Victorian criminal justice system.

Rachel Baxendale

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