"I would not be as chirpy as I am if I hadn't been going every week for the past three years to see a therapist," writes Deborah Hill Cone. That costs $180 an hour per week.

Televising what occurs in the courts, tribunals and commissions of inquiry is a public service, demanding professional judgement and editing.

Prominent lawyer faces charges she acted for the vendor, purchaser and lender in a land deal.

A new front has opened in the property selling war, with a service run by lawyers promising to undercut real estate agents by thousands of dollars.

A lawyer facing a drink-driving charge has been able to keep her identity secret - and is fighting to keep her record clean. The lawyer was allegedly found with more than one and a half times the legal blood alcohol limit.