When Jongebloed joined Cowell Clarke as an associate in 2008, the firm was a modest 60-person practice operating out of a single Adelaide office. Nearly 20 years later, her rise to chair has coincided ...

MinterEllison has elevated 136 staff across its Australian offices in a major promotions round spanning its legal, consulting, and business operations divisions. This content is available exclusively ...

A 16-year-old girl charged with the aggravated carjacking of a taxi became the first minor to face the County Court of Victoria under the state’s contentious “adult time adult crime” legislation, ...

Clayton Utz has expanded its partnership with the appointment of five new partners across key practice areas, effective 1 July 2026. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium ...

Anita Aarons, an accountant turned lawyer, assisted in her client’s appointment as “dummy director” of two companies that collectively owed the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) just shy of $450,000.

Moray & Agnew has promoted 14 lawyers across its national network, with the changes taking effect from 1 July 2026, further strengthening the firm’s talent pipeline and internal leadership ranks. This ...

At each of its three meetings in 2026 to date – in February, March, and May – the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia increased the cash rate by 25 basis points, taking the rate from 3.6 per cent ...

A quiet revolution is underway in the legal profession, as in-house legal teams are increasingly handling work that was once routinely outsourced to external law firms. This content is available ...

A UK criminal defence solicitor has been struck off after secretly diverting thousands of dollars in client legal fees into his personal bank account before later attempting to dismiss the conduct as ...

The mother of a girl who swallowed a button battery at a facility run by The Creche and Kindergarten Association (C&K) was partly successful in her bid to access various documents used by its ...

Madgwicks Lawyers has promoted six of its lawyers into more senior positions across the firm, with the changes taking effect from 1 July. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly ...