Legal Profession

US President Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC over the way a speech he delivered was edited in a documentary.

Journalist Alan Rusbridger was editor of The Guardian newspaper in the UK for 20 years and he speaks to Sarah Ferguson. 

The Federal Court has found a Canberra woman was unfairly stripped of the value of her shares in two companies founded by former lawyer Ben Aulich, awarding her $500,000 in compensation.

Claims are made of historical child abuse in camps run by a Potter's House church in Western Australia's Midwest.

As the Northern Territory prison population continues to reach all-time highs, data reveals a majority of the NT's rehab program are being cancelled more often than they are being delivered.

Individuals who contact a survivor of abuse or personal injury without their permission to encourage them to make a claim for compensation could face fines of up to $50,000 under new laws which have passed in South Australia. 

Brett Daniel Taylor is accused of trafficking veterinary drugs to Queenslanders for assisted dying. The ABC can reveal he is separately being prosecuted for engaging in legal practice when not entitled.

A Melbourne lawyer ripped off his victim to the tune of $482,000 with a scheme that included grandiose promises, fake court cases and fabricated legal documents.

Almost 80 Northern Territory lawyers have written to the government calling for "external oversight" in the investigation into Kumanjayi White's death in custody, and for the officers involved to be stood down during the probe.

When Tim Looker retired, he was keen to pick up a hobby. So he returned to university, becoming a lawyer on his 74th birthday.

A court hears the prosecution is preparing a 155-exhibit brief against Tanika Bromley and James Wood, including DNA testing, a ballistics report and material from "multiple crime scenes".

The Legal Practice Board of WA, the independent regulator for the state's legal profession, is facing a parliamentary inquiry amid a "detailed list" of complaints about its governance and processes.

The Northern Territory has the highest rate of sexual violence in Australia, with experts warning there's been a steep increase in children presenting with harmful sexualised behaviours. 

The Northern Territory government is considering changing the law in an effort to drive down the costs of coronial inquests. But a lawyer from the Kumanjayi Walker probe says police used far more resources than the community.

One of Australia's largest Aboriginal legal services is calling on the federal government to intervene in what it is calling an incarceration "crisis" in the Northern Territory.

Morwell has played host to Erin Patterson's murder trial for the past nine weeks. Here's what it's been like in the regional Victorian town.

Lawyers say changes forcing defendants in regional NSW to apply for bail via an online hook-up may have unintended consequences.

Aboriginal legal service NAAJA is calling for an "emergency intervention" to "de-escalate" tensions in the Northern Territory's justice system, following two deaths of Aboriginal men in police custody in less than a fortnight.

A member of a prominent Melbourne family has been accused of being involved in unconscionable conduct in a bitter court battle involving a serial fraudster and a US lawsuit against Uber.

A Legal Aid NT board member who resigned over the attorney-general making a "captain's pick" for the organisation's director position has spoken out, claiming the minister ignored formal recommendations over two rounds of recruitment.

After weeks of criticism, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff decides to bypass the planning process for the Macquarie Point stadium. But he concedes there are still many issues to work through.