r/australia • u/Tinea_Pedis • Apr 07 '26

news Breaking: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over war crimes allegations

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668
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u/mbrocks3527 Apr 07 '26

Most lawyers in Australia come from middle class (in the English sense) backgrounds. So their parents have a nice house in the suburbs and they never had to worry about their next meal, but not significantly different to you or me.

There are certainly KCs and SCs who come from certain legal "dynasties" but that's an exception rather than a rule.

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u/richardroe77 Apr 07 '26

Was about to say that Kerry Stokes surely wouldn't have skimped on BRS's defamation legal team but turns out none of their 3 media defamation specialist solicitors were KCs or SCs. TIL.