By Anna Patty A group of Uber drivers from Sydney and Melbourne have launched legal action in the Federal Court to determine whether they and thousands of other gig economy drivers are entitled to minimum rates of pay and other…
By BBC News Angelina Jolie has clinched a victory in her legal battle with Brad Pitt after a judge they hired was disqualified from their divorce case. The actors have been locked in court fight for custody of their children…
By ABC News A Perth man who had tradespeople visit his home when he was meant to be quarantining has been sentenced to seven months in jail for breaching COVID rules. The 53-year-old arrived at Perth Airport from Brisbane on June…
By Aishah Hussain Law Society cautions ‘practical barriers’ around qualifications Junior lawyers in the UK may soon be able to practise in Australia without having to requalify following the news this week of a post-Brexit trade agreement with Australia. The development…
By ABC News An Adelaide man has been acquitted of trafficking drugs because police secretly replaced cocaine hidden in a hollowed-out novel with icing sugar before the accused collected the item. Nathan John Ralph was charged after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers…
By Evelyn Manfield Urgent legislation is being introduced into the WA Parliament today after police accessed QR code check-in information from the SafeWA app as part of a murder investigation. Attorney-General John Quigley said police had legally issued two notices for businesses…
By ABC News A Lamborghini sports car with just 1,000 km on the clock will be auctioned off by police as its owner sits in a jail cell serving a four-year sentence for a string of driving offences. The purple 2019…
By Cecile O'Connor A West Australian driver has beaten a charge of driving through a stop sign after successfully arguing that the sign itself was missing. Former doctor Sanjulal Sukumaran was acquitted in Geraldton Magistrate's Court last week after the…
Steven Donziger has been detained at home since August 2019, the result of a Kafkaesque legal battle stemming from his crusade on behalf of Indigenous Amazonians By Oliver Milman Many of us will have felt the grip of claustrophobic isolation…
Carlton Tavern reopens six years after planning ruling that campaigners hope will prevent developers demolishing other sites Standing next to the rubble of the Carlton Tavern, its patrons thought that this was just another brazen example of developers skirting the…