By Legal Cheek on Jun 24 2026 Pressure to bend rules Pressure from clients to act unethically is the single biggest ethical challenge facing barristers, a new survey has found. The Bar Council’s Ethics at the Bar report, published this week, found that more…
Excerpt from NSW Crown Solicitors Office on linkedin The decision in Kurraba Group Pty Ltd & Anor v Williams [2025] NSWDC 396 is the first published application of the statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, which was introduced under…
By WA state political reporter Keane Bourke ABC News In short: WA's Legal Practice Board is tasked with admitting lawyers to practice law and handling complaints about them, but five separate law groups have described their "unprecedented loss of confidence" in…
Obtaining court transcripts can cost thousands of dollars for a single day of proceedings, but the documents can contain errors, missing text, and even wrong attribution, frustrating legal practitioners who say the flaws impede justice. By the Specialist Reporting Team’s Heidi…
By:Dana DiFilippo-November 20, 2025 NEW JERSEY MONITOR In a split ruling that has far-reaching implications for child abuse cases, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday barred prosecutors from blaming shaken baby syndrome for children’s unexplained head trauma in criminal…
By Bernise Carolino | Australasian Lawyer Declaratory relief sought on Family Law Act 1975's constitutional validity Australia’s Federal Court said it could not entertain complaints regarding the operation of Australia’s federal system of family law upon determining beyond any real doubt…
By Mya Kordi ABC News In short: A man has told a Perth court he "fell in the trap" of police after stealing an e-scooter that was planted by officers outside a shopping centre in the suburb of Bentley. The…
By Nicolas Perpitch ABC News Footage posted on social media of two stolen cars hooning around a regional town in Western Australia is the sort of thing that has prompted new legislation set to be debated in state parliament this…
By Soofia Tariq AAP AAP FactCheck - Legal experts have dismissed as "nonsense" a string of wild claims made on social media that a magistrate's order is illegal and that police can't legally enter a home without the resident's consent or…
By Rachel Jackson AAP An underworld figure desperate for release from prison has wagered a multi-million-dollar cemetery as collateral, taking a judge by surprise. Omar Haouchar, 32, was arrested in January over an alleged conspiracy to murder a rival gang…