A day in the life of Anthony Lo Surdo
LSJ meets sports lawyer and arbitrator Anthony Lo Surdo.
By Sam McKeith - 4 min readLSJ meets sports lawyer and arbitrator Anthony Lo Surdo.
By Sam McKeith - 4 min readIf you want an experienced lawyer, Jim Main is your man. Having clocked over 40 years in practice, the 75-year-old business law specialist and chartered…
By Melissa Coade - 4 min readNyadol Nyuon grew up in a refugee camp and moved to Australia to become one of Melbourne’s most prominent human rights advocates.
By Kate Allman - 4 min readThere’s a locked room at the University of Sydney that may hold hope for some Australian prisoners who claim they have been falsely convicted of…
By Jane Southward - 4 min readJon Wright has a thick wooden door between his office and the stairs to his home above. With three children under the age of four…
By Jane Southward - 5 min readThomas Spohr’s office looks south over the seedier parts of Sydney towards Central Station. It seems appropriate, as his work is filled with grim stories…
By Jane Southward - 5 min readVan Thu Pham was 11 when she arrived in Australia after a five-day ordeal in a wooden boat as her family of seven escaped from…
By Jane Southward - 5 min readThe Lidcombe office of the Women’s Legal Service of NSW is a rabbit warren of offices in an unglamorous, two-storey red brick house in a…
By Jane Southward - 6 min readAndrea Wilson’s office in Ultimo is a subdued and tranquil haven in which her clients discuss the most important and intimate details of their relationships. Sperm…
By Jane Southward - 6 min readIt’s a circle of hope. Nine people sit around a wooden table in the NSW Youth Koori Court in Parramatta. A 16-year-old boy who has…
By Jane Southward - 5 min readWinter in Queanbeyan is bitterly cold, but the mood in the courthouse is of anticipation, not fear. A pile of papers towers in front of…
By Jane Southward - 4 min readWhen he was finishing high school in the early 1980s, Andrew Cunningham wanted to be an architect. His father, an architect himself, talked him out…
By Jane Southward - 4 min readChris Flynn didn’t meet jailed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste until three days after his release from an Egyptian prison.
By Jane Southward - 5 min read