Judges and Legal Profession

Crime kingpin Tony Mokbel tells a court he "100 per cent" did not tell then-lawyer Nicola Gobbo he was willing to identify corrupt officers and admit to being a drug trafficker.

An interstate magistrate will be called in to hear a criminal case involving Tasmanian Supreme Court judge Gregory Geason. Justice Geason has pleaded not guilty to charges of common assault, and emotional abuse or intimidation. 

With its lawyers forced to live in hotels and caravan parks, Kimberley Community Legal Services says a lack of resources is forcing it to turn vulnerable people away.

The Fair Work Ombudsman says the operators of two Adelaide Vietnamese restaurants allegedly underpaid staff more than $400,000 and unlawfully punished them for incorrectly charging customers. 

Chief Justice Andrew Bell says "overstretched" judges and magistrates face  increasing pressure and stress.

The national broadcaster will be represented by Seyfarth Shaw, which has a decades-long reputation of anti-union practices in the US, to act in the Fair Work Commission matter involving journalist Antoinette Lattouf.

An Adelaide magistrate dismisses a prosecution application to revoke home detention bail for Raelene Polymiadis, who is accused of murdering her elderly parents by injecting them with her own insulin.

Justice Gregory Geason has been charged with criminal offences in New South Wales, in addition to two earlier charges in Tasmania, which he has pleaded not guilty to. The NSW charges are in relation to allegations he breached an apprehended domestic violence order on three dates.

Dylan Lloyd faces the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with indecently assaulting a woman in Adelaide’s south in July, after being re-arrested earlier on Wednesday.  

South Australia's Chief Psychiatrist restricts James Nash House from admitting some patients to its Birdwood Ward over concerns that the facility "looks and feels like a prison".

The government has announced the parameters for an inquiry that could potentially overhaul judicial responses to sexual violence, with the report set to be released in a year's time.

Dylan Lloyd, 21, who is accused of sexually assaulting a child on a train in Adelaide's south, is denied home detention bail for the protection of the alleged victim, a court hears.

Communities are going online to help catch alleged criminals at work in their neighbourhoods. But experts say "digital vigilantism" can land people in hot water.

Raelene Polymiadis is released from jail after being rearrested on Monday, with police alleging she breached her strict bail conditions on five different occasions.

Dr Michael Yung, who was allegedly murdered in his Adelaide home in December, was remembered by family, friends and colleagues at an emotional service on what would have been his birthday.

Jordan Lloyd Koch — who was found guilty earlier this year of unlawful sexual intercourse and two counts of indecent assault — has had his conviction overturned in the South Australian Court of Appeal.

Adelaide paedophile Jadd William Brooker, who committed some of "the worst and most degrading offending" seen by investigating police, has been handed a 36-year sentence. WARNING: This story contains distressing details.

Those set to be identified range from high-profile associates, including at least one public figure whose name is said to have appeared in Epstein's infamous "little black book", to innocent people mentioned in deposition transcripts.

Drug importer Rob Karam is serving 35 years in jail in part for his role in the import of 15 million ecstasy pills, which was uncovered by his then-lawyer Nicola Gobbo.

Kathleen Folbigg, once labelled the nation's worst female serial killer, has the convictions for killing her four children overturned by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.

There have been some frenzied days in Tasmania's parliament, but this was peak chaos — parliament recalled from summer break to suspend a judge charged with assault and abuse, only for the Liberal government to decide the best option was to do nothing, writes Adam Langenberg.

Tasmanian MPs returning to parliament tomorrow to consider a move to suspend a judge facing criminal charges are told they may not have the necessary powers to do so.

The appearance of a Supreme Court judge in a court charged with emotional abuse and assault last week has attracted a huge amount of media attention. But what the Tasmanian government did next turned a drama into a saga.  

Legal experts decided suspension was preferred after concerns that an inquiry could compromise the criminal investigation.

Tasmania's chief justice texted a Supreme Court judge who is charged with criminal offences suggesting he could "resign" to avoid facing an inquiry to determine his future tenure.