Sarah McNaughton SC resigns as Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

The Attorney-General of New South Wales today announced the appointment of Ms Sarah McNaughton SC as a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW. 

Ms McNaughton, who served as Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) since May 2016, will resign as Commonwealth DPP effective from close of business 2 September 2022 to take up this appointment.

The Commonwealth Solicitor for Public Prosecutions, Mr Scott Bruckard PSM, thanked Ms McNaughton for her service.

CDPP wins prestigious library and research award

The CDPP’s Library and Research Services team has won the 2022 Legal Information Service of the Year award announced at the Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA) conference in Hobart on Thursday 26 August.

The achievement recognises the outstanding performance and services by legal information services, law libraries and those teams managing legal collections and services.

This unique award also recognises the value and importance of dedicated teamwork within the law library sector.

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Charging adviser service fees to dead superannuation members: former CBA subsidiary fined seven figures in landmark criminal case

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On 15 June 2022, the County Court of Victoria convicted and fined Avanteos $1.71 million for failing to update defective disclosure statements, which the Court described as a very serious failure of corporate governance.