By Errol Parker “I’m so going to get you to defend me if I get done for DUI or something, how funny would that be?” That’s the fourth time Alice Munro has been told that since she posed with her…
By Tammy Mills and Adam Cooper Cleaver Greene, the fictional cocaine-snorting, alcohol-swilling, lovable larrikin lawyer from TV’s Rake is hardly a conventional poster boy for Victoria’s courts. Nevertheless, Richard Roxburgh – who played Greene, the walking scandal of a criminal defence barrister,…
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 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 Paul Sakkal and Michael Fowler Victorians who committed minor criminal offences will no longer face barriers getting a job or renting a home under new laws passed by the Andrews government on Thursday. In passing the Spent Convictions Bill,…
By Freya Noble • Senior Producer Watch the video here... A high-profile Sydney lawyer and his controversial Lamborghini number plates have ended up in court again.Peter Lavac claims the plates on his $500,000 bright yellow Lamborghini are meant to be…
By Naomi Neilson Proceedings have been launched in the Victorian Supreme Court to remove gangland criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo from the roll of practitioners. Just months before an explosive report is due that details the Lawyer X human source saga,…
By Associated Press in Galveston Donald Neely says officers’ conduct ‘extreme and outrageous’Lawsuit accuses Galveston and city’s police force of negligence Watch the police bodycam footage here... A Black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on…
By Dirk Libbey The ongoing legal battles between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are going to continue to be ongoing for the foreseeable future. This is because the second civil trial involving the two, this one a case of defamation brought by…
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…