The feuding northern beaches neighbours and the morning yoga session

The feuding northern beaches neighbours and the morning yoga session

Chloe found a clever solution to take the heat out of a noise dispute. But other Sydneysiders might not be so lucky.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn

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Brisbane divorce lawyer reprimanded over ‘offensive’ DV comments

Brisbane divorce lawyer reprimanded over ‘offensive’ DV comments

Among the language in his emails were descriptions of another lawyer’s client as “postnatally depressed”,along with a suggestion she was “wandering the earth” with his client’s daughter.

  • bySean Parnell
Sydney law firm hit with $185,000 penalty over workplace breaches

Sydney law firm hit with $185,000 penalty over workplace breaches

A former manager at Atanaskovic Hartnell took her employer to court over unpaid entitlements and a failure to provide a safe workplace.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Sharni was in hospital recovering from a miscarriage. She was told to keep working

Sharni was in hospital recovering from a miscarriage. She was told to keep working

Sharni Sinclair was phoned multiple times as she mourned the loss of her unborn child and struggled with medical complications.

  • byAmber Schultz
Magistrate who mimicked interpreter’s accent to have sensitivity counselling
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Magistrate who mimicked interpreter’s accent to have sensitivity counselling

A watchdog has ruled a Victorian magistrate portrayed a culturally insensitive stereotype and his conduct lacked professionalism and respect.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Barrister arrested on drug charges granted bail over fears for his safety in prison

Barrister arrested on drug charges granted bail over fears for his safety in prison

A former prosecutor accused of drug trafficking has been granted bail after a court agreed his safety was at risk in custody and that remand had been ‘personally humiliating’.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
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A wink and a nudge:How Nicola Gobbo learnt gangland figures would be murdered

A wink and a nudge:How Nicola Gobbo learnt gangland figures would be murdered

It is only the third time the criminal barrister-turned-police informer has spoken publicly since being exposed as a supergrass in 2019.

  • byChris Vedelago
Labor folds on Lawyer X bill,supports $1 million damages cap over ban

Labor folds on Lawyer X bill,supports $1 million damages cap over ban

The Victorian government had originally tried to ban people from pursuing civil claims connected to barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo but did not have the support.

  • byBroede Carmody
Lehrmann judge’s six ideas to fix court secrecy

Lehrmann judge’s six ideas to fix court secrecy

Justice Michael Lee told a lawyers’ conference that despite laws aimed at increasing transparency,courts were moving in the opposite direction.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Coalition reforms have fixed the family court system. Labor should leave it be

Coalition reforms have fixed the family court system. Labor should leave it be

The results of the streamlined new arrangement speak for themselves. But Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced a review.

  • byGeorge Brandis
Former OPP solicitor denied bail as fresh drug dealing allegations aired in court

Former OPP solicitor denied bail as fresh drug dealing allegations aired in court

Melbourne barrister Anthony Grant is being investigated over allegations he sold drugs at Crown Casino days before his arrest last month.

  • byErin Pearson