The Legal Services Commission recently secured an important conviction against an unqualified lawyer who had engaged in legal practice. Surenda Raghoobar was convicted of engaging in...
After practising law for 50 years, one can be excused for going over the set speech time – and that’s what two Gold Coast lawyers did...
While marking the significance of the Edmund Sheppard Building in Queensland’s legal history, a recent ceremonial sitting in Townsville heard it was time to look to...
A former Deputy Police Commissioner has been appointed interim Victims Commissioner, Youth Justice and Victim Support Minister Laura Gerber announced this week. Bob Gee has experience...
A former winner of Queensland’s sole practitioner award knows going out on your own can be a “shock”. Director of Take Control Legal Anna Morgan, who...
North Queensland firm McKays Solicitors is reviving the long-standing Criminal Law Moot Competition for Legal Studies Students this year. The event was previously hosted by the...
While the Queensland Law Society is supportive of the State Government’s crackdown on illegal tobacco and vape trading, it has concerns about the impact new legislation...
AUSTRAC has released long-awaited new reforms guidance on the scope of ‘designated services’ in the AML legislation, a key foundational concept for legal practitioners grappling with...
Brittany Engeman has been promoted to Senior Associate at Cowen Schwarz Marschke Lawyers. Brittany joined the firm almost six years ago with the firm announcing she...
There is no doubt that the introduction of the ‘Torrens’ system into the Queensland property market in 1861 ushered in an era of strong economic and...