Michaela Whitbourn

Michaela Whitbourn

Michaela Whitbourn is a former corporate lawyer who has reported extensively across politics, finance, business and law. In 2011, she was appointed the NSW political reporter for The Australian Financial Review and provided in-depth coverage of historic corruption inquiries into former state Labor ministers. She also exposed attempts by the O'Farrell government to mislead voters about the effect of the carbon tax on transport costs. In October 2013, she joined The Sydney Morning Herald as legal affairs and investigations reporter.

Salim Mehajer was involved in a "relatively serious" crash on the way to court.

Salim Mehajer injured in car accident on way to assault trial

Salim Mehajer has been taken to Westmead Hospital after a car accident prevented him attending the first day of his trial for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver.

John Bradfield outside his home in 2009.

Bradfield grandson faces jail time for $3 million fraud

The lawyer grandson of chief Sydney Harbour bridge engineer John Bradfield was driven by "ego status" to defraud clients and friends of almost $3 million, a court has heard.

BOSCAR says its research shows intensive correction orders are a cost-effective alternative to prison.

Prison alternative leads to sharp drop in re-offending

EXCLUSIVE

New court orders designed to divert offenders from prison and into community-based supervision and treatment programs have led to a sharp reduction in re-offending, new figures reveal.

Salim Mehajer was ordered to pay almost $700,000 plus legal costs over his "marble palace" at Lidcombe.

Dispute over 'marble palace' costs Salim Mehajer more than $1 million

Salim Mehajer has been ordered to pay more than $1 million after a court found he failed to pay for elaborate stonework at his "marble palace" in Lidcombe.

Moses Obeid, right, arrives at the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney with his legal team on Friday.

Obeid and Macdonald face marathon trial in 2019

The Supreme Court heard the trial of the men on conspiracy charges will run for an estimated 23 weeks and cannot start until 2019.

NSW Law Society president Pauline Wright has bowed to pressure from members opposed to same-sex marriage.

Law Society backs down in same-sex marriage row

The NSW Law Society has backed down in an extraordinary row over same-sex marriage by issuing a statement clarifying that its public support for a change in the law does not represent the views of each of its 30,000 members.

Ronney Oueik (right) and Salim Mehajer, who were respectively the mayor and deputy mayor of Auburn Council.

Court throws out former mayor's defamation case against Foley

The NSW Supreme Court has thrown out a defamation case launched against Opposition Leader Luke Foley over his claims that former Auburn mayor Ronney Oueik represented "self-interest, not community interest".

The list of new silks is the smallest in NSW since 1993.

NSW Bar Association releases smallest list of silk appointments in 24 years

A Crown prosecutor, a high-powered commercial litigator and two barristers who assisted the Trade Union Royal Commission are among a select group of Sydney barristers elevated this year to the prized rank of senior counsel.

John Maitland after he was sentenced in June to a maximum of six years in prison.

Former union boss John Maitland escapes third trial on ICAC charges

Jailed former union boss John Maitland has escaped a third trial on corruption charges after a District Court judge found the latest prosecution would be "oppressive and an abuse of process".

NSW Law Society president Pauline Wright has come under fire over the organisation's public support for same-sex marriage.

Fresh row for Law Society as members argue over same-sex marriage stance

Disgruntled members are agitating for an extraordinary general meeting to censure the Law Society for backing a change to the Marriage Act.

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