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A A A By and - Feb 06, 2026 8:30 am AEDT Snapshot Recent appellate decisions in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia demonstrate that Australian courts continue to apply the principle of advocate’s immunity in different factual contexts, providing a complete defence to solicitors from professional negligence claims where the immunity is engaged.

By Daniela Faggionato and Lucy Williams - Aug 04, 2023 8:25 am AEST Snapshot The Court has jurisdiction to make a personal costs order against a legal practitioner, but the threshold of conduct enlivening this jurisdiction is high. The Court will only make such orders in clear cases. Courts may require legal practitioners who make submissions against an opposing lawyer to explain or justify the basis on which those submissions are made.

By Gina Tasoulis and Lucy Williams - Apr 14, 2023 8:25 am AEST Snapshot Effective immediately, citizens of New Zealand, Finland, Germany and South Africa are not liable for surcharge purchaser duty and surcharge land tax in NSW. Citizens of those countries who paid surcharge purchaser duty and/or surcharge land tax after 1 July 2021 may be entitled to a refund.