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Solicitor who sought to hinder legal watchdog’s probe to be struck from roll
Business of Law 2024-05-22 11:24 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal will recommend that a Perth solicitor be struck from the roll of practitioners after being found to have engaged in professional misconduct for failing to comply with requests for information by Western Australia’s legal complaints body.

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Tribunal clarifies law on appointment of managers to legal practices
Business of Law 2023-11-10 1:01 pm By Sam Matthews

A tribunal in Western Australia has clarified the law surrounding the appointment of managers to legal practices, finding that more than one manager can be appointed at the same time. In a decision handed down on Monday, the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia dismissed applicant Len Gandini’s application to stay the WA Legal Practice […]

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Time to end this ‘sorry business’: Court tosses objection to EY settlement
Professional Negligence 2023-07-03 4:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has blessed a trust’s settlement with Ernst & Young that resolves a negligence case linked to a decade-long tax dispute that went to the High Court, rejecting an objection to the deal and saying it was “time this matter was brought to a conclusion”.

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Judge dodges defamation suit by kosher inspector accused of not having ‘shem tov’
Defamation 2021-09-20 6:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Western Australia Supreme Court judge has dodged a lawsuit by a kosher compliance inspector who alleged he was defamed by an email that claimed the inspector did not have “shem tov”, or a good name, in Perth’s Jewish community.

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