Whilst the dependents of those who die without a valid will across the country are entitled to fair statutory legacy payments, the amounts in Western Australia, as dictated by the Administration ...

Justice Paul Tottle of the Supreme Court of Western Australia awarded the sole practitioner $160,000 in damages for two emails that had “no foundation in fact” and contained allegations found to be ...

New research from market research company Fiftyfive5, on behalf of Copyright Agency, has revealed that despite 66 per cent of white-collar workers accessing published ...

As of this month, local law firms Garland Waddington Solicitors and Pacific Law have merged, taking on the latter’s namesake. The merged firm is operating out of Maroochydore’s central business ...

Last week the names of legal practitioners to be appointed senior counsel in 2017 were unveiled by the NSW Bar Association. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. If ...

Steve Patrick (pictured) has joined Hall & Wilcox as a senior commercial counsel. He most recently served as head of strategy and general counsel at DMTC and has also worked as a senior liaison ...

Effective this month, insurance lawyer Stephanie Huestis has been promoted to the Carter Newell partnership, based in Brisbane. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members.

Hawthorn Football Club, represented by Piper Alderman, has responded to a number of allegations levelled against it by former players Cyril Rioli, Carl Peterson, and Jermaine Miller-Lewis, and former ...

Anthony Grant was charged with drug and dishonesty-related offences following a raid of a Melbourne property late last week, according to the first reports in The Age and Herald Sun. This content is ...

In January, W+K took teams from two rival BigLaw firms: first, a team of six from Corrs, and second, a team of five from Minters. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium ...

President Matthew Howard SC has joined the Law Council in addressing controversial, “baseless” commentary published by Nine that the Family Court has corruption issues. While accepting that the courts ...

Einsiedels, a law firm based in Narre Warren and Pakenham, was criticised by Associate Justice Catherine Gobbo for the letter and documents it filed in the Victorian Supreme Court on behalf of its ...