Legal profession
Slater & Gordon reports ex-employee to Victoria Police over email scandal
The law firm has called in Victoria Police to investigate a former employee it believes may have sent a “series of identical malicious emails” to more than 900 current and former staff.
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Suspended gangland lawyer wins fight to keep Tony Mokbel as a client
Sarah Tricarico will be allowed to continue to represent Mokbel as she vows to fight the suspension of her practising certificate after being charged following a police sting.
- Erin Pearson
Gangland lawyer no longer has law licence, regulator says
Solicitor Sarah Tricarico, who has acted for Tony Mokbel in his fight to have his convictions quashed, is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
- Chris Vedelago and Erin Pearson
Corruption campaigner never backed down from a fight
Roger Gyles conducted several royal commissions into industrial malfeasance: “You have to keep the pressure on.”
- Malcolm Brown
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‘I buy my clothes at the op shop’: On the front line of a lawyer exodus over pay
Parts of NSW in dire need of legal help are facing a lawyer drought. Low rates of pay are to blame.
- Michaela Whitbourn
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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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’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
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
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
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