Legal News Sydney

We are pleased to announce that Freedman & Gopalan has been short-listed as a Finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards, in the category of: Boutique Diversity Law Firm of...

The ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie has recently been fired, only 2 years into her 5-year term. In her initial statement on Monday 24 September she stated that she would consider her...

Recently, the District Court of NSW ordered a solicitor to pay costs to their client. The solicitor Grace represented the Plaintiff, Bennie from 1999 to 2009 in a dispute with the State...

Further misconduct has been revealed by the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. Commonwealth Bank’s insurance arm has refused to pay out on insurance claims for...

The list commonly known as the ‘airport watch list’ (although it also applies to international travel by sea) is used by the authorities to prevent the unauthorised removal of a child from...

What is Domestic Violence? Domestic violence is referred to being violent, abusive or intimidating behaviour in a relationship and includes social, physical, financial, sexual, emotional and mental violence. It does not have...

In the coming weeks the NSW Parliament will debate new laws that would create a new strangulation offence, in an effort to reduce domestic and family violence. Non-fatal strangulation is a key...

“Affray” is where one uses, or threatens to use, unlawful violence towards another person and causes a fear of personal safety, that individual to be upset or frightened. This is covered in...

Recently the Supreme Court of NSW dismissed a plaintiff’s claim in equity, on the basis that the deed he relied upon was not validly executed, and there was no legally binding contract...