By Jasmine Murphy Aspiring barristers should take note, advises Hardwicke’s Jasmine Murphy An important libel trial such as Depp v (1) News Group Newspapers Ltd (2) Wootton is a great opportunity to pick up some advocacy tips from the best in the…
By Nicola Berkovic The Family Court Chief Justice is at odds with two of his colleagues as to whether a judge and barrister who met for drinks and coffee and exchanged “numerous” text messages while a case was under way…
By Madison Snow Retail network Lotterywest has stopped one of its retailers, Kalgoorlie Newsagency, from selling golliwogs after having them on the shelf for 15 years. Some hold fond childhood memories of golliwogs, but over the past few decades the…
Advocates condemn ‘aggressive tough-on-crime approach’ to sentencing of Aboriginal children By Lorena Allam The rate of imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in the Northern Territory is 43 times the rate for non-Indigenous children and 17 times…
By Baz Ruddick When removalist John Siaki witnessed a man hitting his wife he says it shocked him so much, he decided he needed to do something about it. "I felt powerless … as if he had hit me," he…
Stylist told court she saw no injuries, despite ex-wife saying Johnny Depp had assaulted her By Ben Quinn Amber Heard asked a US stylist “Can you believe I just did that show with two black eyes?” following a television appearance…
By Daniel Ziffer A Gold Coast accountant has taken tech giant Google to court, fighting a case that pits his small business against the anonymity of the internet. Kyran Seeto is trying to get the US-based company to remove a…
A magistrate has been arrested and charged with deception over alleged traffic offences involving his car. Magistrate Robert Harrap has been charged with two counts of deception and one count of conspiracy to commit the offence of abuse of public…
By Naomi Neilson To work in law is to bear the emotional scars that come with it. From vicarious trauma to hypervigilance in everyday settings, Lawyers Weekly takes a look at the triggers of a career in law with two…
By Legal Cheek Florida’s Samuel J. Rabin Jr. takes no chances A criminal defence lawyer has rocked up to court in a full hazmat suit. Samuel J. Rabin Jr. recently attended a sentencing hearing at a federal courthouse in Miami,…