More First Nations input is needed to improve the Australian legal and court system — which this criminal lawyer said would result in a system “less punitive and more culturally appropriate”.

A court has restrained a Melbourne solicitor from leaving the country pending an investigation into a missing $26.6 million.

Two HSF partners have highlighted the biggest headwinds they’re having to grapple, both internally and externally, and how this has altered the way in which they approach leadership.

Folklaw, with Lawyers Weekly, consulted with their followers in Facebook to find out why lawyers have such a bad reputation, why they are at the butt end of so many bad jokes and the three main ...

New research from the College of Law has shown that corporate salaries continue to be the best in the legal profession, with 38 per cent of lawyers unhappy with their current pay.

The loyalty of a Perth-based law firm was called into question by a previous client, which told a court it was troubled by the solicitors’ representation of a former director it has brought action ...

A Perth-based legal practitioner has been publicly reprimanded for conduct that fell “substantially below” a reasonable standard of competence and diligence expected.

In the wake of an inquiry report that recommended the decriminalisation of cannabis, the NSW Bar has called on the state government to refocus its attention on more pressing issues.

Hicksons Lawyers has promoted eight of its lawyers ahead of its merger with Hunt & Hunt NSW on 1 July.

A West Australian counsel who had a “close personal relationship” with the judge presiding over her client’s matter has been fined and suspended from practising for nine months.

Global firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has supported funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (Apax) in its majority acquisition of Pickles Auctions (Pickles Auctions); Ashurst advised Pickles Auctions’ ...

Patricia Cope, Meredith Dickson QC, Catherine Symons and Jonathan Forbes have been appointed as judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (FCC). This content is available exclusively to Lawyers ...