26th May 2021 7:08 PM
Premium Content LAWYER BANKRUPTED He s gone bust after years of living the high life with flash cars, holidays and multiple luxury homes. But, remarkably, Michael Kemp can still keep on dispensing legal advice. In a stunning fall from grace, the Brisbane solicitor was tipped into personal bankruptcy last week by a Federal Circuit Court at the behest of one his lenders, LawFinance Ltd, which had a personal guarantee and is owed $2.1 million. Yet Kemp remains on the staff list of personal injury firm Highland Law, which formerly traded as Kemp Law before he sold the Newstead-based practice for $2.8 million earlier this year.
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Former solicitor blocked from returning to profession amid ‘serious doubt’
By Naomi Neilson|11 May 2021
The Queensland Supreme Court has dismissed a former solicitor’s application to be readmitted following a build-up of concerning matters, including a failure to comply with the Code of Professional Conduct for tax agents and his willingness to cut and paste from his own affidavit to the court into those of his witnesses.
In 1998, Craig Bax was removed from the roll of practitioners after spending just four years in the profession. After climbing the ranks quickly to equity partner, Mr Bax backdated by six months a mortgage and deed of loan on behalf of a client so as to make it more difficult for the transactions to be challenged under bankruptcy.
Crash Victim Claims Lawyer Holding Compensation Money Since 2017 The lawyer, in her response, said she would not be making any comments because this was a confidential matter between her and her client. by shalveen chand
2021-05-24
A man who was given his accident compensation in 2017 is yet to receive his money, which was deposited into the trust account of the lawyer he had hired.
Mohammed Sharif, 67, walks with a crutch and has had iron rods placed in his limbs after a road accident in 2010.
After making checks with the insurance company he found out in 2019, that he had been awarded $120,000 as compensation and the money was paid out to his Nasinu lawyer’s trust account.
Every state and territory has different laws. - by Faye Couros 07 May 2021
In Australia, some legislative duties fall to states and territories because of the federal structure of our government - and this is the case when it comes to consent laws.
WATCH: Moving the line by The Good Society.
Not many people know what the laws are and let alone that other states and territories do not prescribe to the same status quo.
But before we get into that, let s look into what consent means.
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network called
RAINN in America sights sexual consent as an agreement between participants to engage in sexual activity.