Gobbo, Mokbel ‘intimate’
Lawyer X was involved with notorious crook Tony Mokbel, Royal Commission told.
Lawyer X
‘I really can’t answer’
A corrupt former cop has been unable to explain why he met with Nicola Gobbo at the height of a drug probe.
Police threaten court action
Tensions flared at the royal commission into police informants, as Victoria Police attempted to silence an ex-cop.
Lawyer X uncharted waters
The justice system is a “bystander” as it prepares to hear appeals over Nicola Gobbo saga, a judge says.
Cop denies Lawyer X sex
A Victoria Police assistant commissioner was taken off a murder case after he was accused of having sex with Nicola Gobbo.
Belle of the ball
The blurred boundaries of barrister Nicola Gobbo’s professional, secret and social lives are detailed.
‘Tell all, Lawyer X’
The inquiry is still waiting on documentation of Nicola Gobbo’s “intimate relationships with officers”.
Gobbo ‘unfit as informant’
A detective assessed Nicola Gobbo as unfit to be a police informant in July 1998.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
Lawyer X forced to appear
A murdered lawyer was among the questionable informants registered, Lawyer X to assist as the royal commission begun.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
Lawyer X commissioners named
The Andrews government has appointed Margaret McMurdo and Malcolm Hyde as Lawyer X royal commissioners.
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.
X spots the mark and dobs him in
Stories don’t get much more extraordinary than the Herald Sun’s Lawyer X expose.
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.
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.
Royal commissioners to be named
Daniel Andrews says he’s focused on finding royal commissioners with “some distance” from the Victorian criminal justice system.
courts’ double standards
It appears there is one law for taxpayers and another for criminals.
How cops tried to hide Lawyer X
The extraordinary lengths Victoria Police went to try to stop the Lawyer X scandal from becoming public can be revealed.
X marks the start of informer probe
She cruelled a promising legal career while serving up her own clients on a plate to police. The actions of Lawyer X are still being felt.
State to weigh cost of fallout from Lawyer X
Victoria is bracing for the prospect of some of its most notorious criminals walking free and claiming compensation.
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