A Sydney-based barrister has been reprimanded for relying on his âgut feelingâ in making baseless accusations of misconduct against the principal of a law firm.
The New South Wales Bar Association has lost an appeal seeking a financial penalty and a professional reprimand against a Sydney barrister for his âpoorly judged, vulgar and inappropriateâ behaviour, with an appeals court finding damage to his reputation and a hike in his insurance premium dwarfed any punishment it could dole out.
A Western Australian lawyer will face penalties and disciplinary action in the State Administrative Tribunal after nine professional misconduct findings were made against him, including a finding that he knowingly sought to mislead the Supreme Court.
A Federal Circuit Court judge has hit back at accusations he conducted âthe grossest parody of a court hearingâ when he unlawfully imprisoned a Queensland man for contempt of court, telling a trial âhe is a human being [who] made a mistakeâ.
Spurred by the Banksia class action scandal, the federal government has implemented new regulations requiring litigation funders to manage conflicts of interest that arise when the lawyers acting on a class action have a “material financial interest” in the funder that’s running it.
Law firm Sparke Helmore acted negligently by failing to adequately advise a New South Wales property developer about extension of time notices that were needed to prevent two lucrative contracts from falling through, a judge has found.
Former Liberal power broker Marcus Bastiaan has told a court he will seek an injunction to prevent investigative journalist Nick McKenzie from âdoor-knocking and harassingâ witnesses in a defamation lawsuit over an explosive 60 Minutes report.
A Queensland lawyerâs name has been removed from the local roll after eight weeks of âdisgraceful, disturbing and dishonourableâ conduct while unlawfully acting for a friend in an estate dispute.
A Melbourne lawyer has been found guilty of 14 charges of professional misconduct for misappropriating trust funds and failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in fees to seven barristers.
MinterEllison and Crown Resort’s internal lawyers were partially at fault for misconduct unearthed in a damning Royal Commission report into the casino operator because they failed to ask whether certain actions were moral as well as legal, the commissioner has found.