Two barristers have been disciplined over the posting of offensive remarks about LGBTQ people in the lifts of a legal office. File photo.

Lawyers disciplined over ‘offensive,demeaning’ LGBTQ ‘joke’ posted in lifts

The two men admitted writing and posting the offensive remarks in the lifts of a Melbourne law chambers building. Their actions caused outrage in the legal community.

  • Erin Pearson andChris Vedelago

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Chief Justice Andrew Bell,photographed in his chambers in Sydney in 2023.

Top judge on warpath after lawyers lash ‘box-ticking’ training courses

Chief Justice Andrew Bell has foreshadowed a historic overhaul of legal training after lawyers vented their fury about the cost and quality of existing courses.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Slater and Gordon has engaged external advisors as part of an investigation into who sent the incendiary email with pay information to current and former staff.

Slater&Gordon reports ex-employee to Victoria Police over email scandal

The law firm has called in Victoria Police to investigate a former employee it believes may have sent a “series of identical malicious emails” to more than 900 current and former staff.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Underworld lawyer Sarah Tricarico leaves Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

Suspended gangland lawyer wins fight to keep Tony Mokbel as a client

Sarah Tricarico will be allowed to continue to represent Mokbel as she vows to fight the suspension of her practising certificate after being charged following a police sting.

  • Erin Pearson
Sarah Tricarico was charged by Victoria Police on Thursday.

Gangland lawyer no longer has law licence,regulator says

Solicitor Sarah Tricarico,who has acted for Tony Mokbel in his fight to have his convictions quashed,is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

  • Chris Vedelago andErin Pearson
Roger Gyles.

Corruption campaigner never backed down from a fight

Roger Gyles conducted several royal commissions into industrial malfeasance:“You have to keep the pressure on.”

  • Malcolm Brown
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Kymberlei Goodacre,principal of Coffs Law Co,says private lawyers are feeling the pinch taking on legal aid matters.

‘I buy my clothes at the op shop’:On the front line of a lawyer exodus over pay

Parts of NSW in dire need of legal help are facing a lawyer drought. Low rates of pay are to blame.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Maurice Blackburn is locked in a dispute with its staff over pay and conditions.

Top law firm to ‘lock out’ lawyers in ugly dispute

The lawyers in a prominent pro-union law firm are poised to participate in an Australian-first ban.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Chief Justice Andrew Bell in his chambers in Sydney.

NSW’s top judge ups the ante in battle over legal training

Chief Justice Andrew Bell has raised concerns about a major not-for-profit college making millions of dollars from graduate lawyers.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell,pictured in the ceremonial Banco Court in Sydney during the Supreme Court’s 200th anniversary celebrations last year,has taken aim at the College of Law.

NSW’s top judge launches blistering attack on legal college

Chief Justice Andrew Bell is on the warpath over millions of dollars raked in from aspiring lawyers.

  • Michaela Whitbourn