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WA TO REFORM LAWS FOR CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORS Law firm Rightside Legal has welcomed today’s announcement that the WA Government will move to end uncertainty for WA abuse survivors following last year’s High Court ruling that churches are not vicariously liable for abuse carried out by priests. Sara Connor-Stead, WA manager of Rightside … Continued
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AMSTERDAM/SYDNEY, Wednesday 2 July 2025 – In a first, landmark test case of the European Union’s new legislation to protect freedom of expression and stop abusive lawsuits, Greenpeace International today challenges the US oil pipeline company, Energy Transfer, in court in the Netherlands. The multi-billion-dollar company brought two back-to-back SLAPP suits (Strategic Litigation Against … Continued
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Contact Shan Harvey, Media Specialist on 0438 772 752 or [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION 1 July 2025 Bupa incorrectly rejecting claims is just another example of unethical and illegal conduct by insurers For those of us who remember the 1997 Francis Ford Coppola movie based on John Grisham’s book, The Rainmaker, the film … Continued
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The NSW Government has once again failed to properly fund Community Legal Centres, ignoring our modest pre-Budget funding request — variously described by senior legal and parliamentary figures as ‘cash behind the couch’, ‘ashtray money’, and ‘a rounding error in the Department of Communities and Justice budget’. These characterisations reveal a deeper truth: providing life-changing … Continued
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025 NSW Budget takes big steps to keep children safe The NSW Budget’s significant investments in early intervention measures will help support the state’s most vulnerable children to have a better start in life. President of the Law Society of NSW Jennifer Ball said the record investment to improve the troubled out … Continued
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Monash Expert: The legal case for US involvement in Iran The US shocked the world on Sunday when they attacked three nuclear sites inside Iran. Questions have been raised about the legality of these strikes, and whether they breached international law. Available to comment: Dr Monique Cormier, Senior Lecturer in the … Continued
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On the tenth anniversary of Legal Aid NSW’s Domestic Violence Unit, we are sounding a warning about rising levels of domestic abuse involving digital tools and other technology. It comes as new figures show record numbers of women across NSW are seeking help from this specialist unit, with almost 8,000 women reaching out for help … Continued
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Hundreds of people are seeking legal advice following widespread flooding on the Mid North Coast, Hunter and Central Coast regions. Lawyers from the Legal Aid NSW Disaster Response Legal Service (DRLS), together with lawyers from Community Legal Centres, have been attending Recovery Centres established by the NSW Reconstruction Authority in flood-hit regions to … Continued
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Sydney, June 10, 2025 – With a career defined by high-impact legal leadership across Australia’s automotive landscape, Eric Louca has joined Baybridge Lawyers as Partner | Commercial (Automotive) in the firm’s Commercial Team. Few lawyers in the country understand the automotive sector as deeply as Eric. Over the past 18 years, he has specialised at the intersection of … Continued
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Who Gets the Dog? What Major New Law Changes Mean for Separating Couples – a Lawyer Explains As of this week, separating Australian couples will need to navigate a very different legal landscape – including how the courts now decide who keeps the pets. A suite of major reforms to the Family Law Act … Continued
