In Oamra & Williams [2021] FamCAFC 117 (13 July 2021), the Full Court (Strickland, Watts & Sutherland JJ) dismissed with costs an appeal from a decision of...
Two solicitors have been disciplined for failing to pay their employees’ superannuation entitlements. The recent decisions of The Council of the Law Society of New South...
Self-taught artist Michael Bain is in the running to win the 2021 Brisbane Portrait Prize competition for his portrait of doctor, lawyer and lecturer Dinesh Palipana....
A former Brisbane solicitor has been struck off for professional misconduct involving the alleged misappropriation of money, including money from a deceased estate, for her personal...
A University of the Sunshine Coast graduate has been appointed as President of the Sunshine Coast Law Association (SCLA). Pippa Colman & Associates solicitor Jessica Popple...
In Adamson v Enever [2021] QSC 221, the Supreme Court of Queensland considered its supervisory jurisdiction over legal practitioners who may be considered to charge excessive...
*Content warning: domestic and family violence* Queensland Law Society recently responded to the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce Discussion Paper 1 on options for legislating against...
Barry Ian Dillon was a prudent man who took the time to ensure that he had arranged for the disposal of his assets when he passed....
Enforcement of arbitration award – discretion of court to down judgment notwithstanding the parties’ settlement In Hub Street Equipment Pty Ltd v Energy City Qatar Holding...
Linda Cho, Asian Australian Lawyers Association committee member, addresses the continued importance of diversity within the legal profession, ahead of the upcoming ‘Why Diversity?’ panel discussion....