The High Court has dismissed a case by a law firm client who claimed he was entitled under the law of restitution to $1.4 million in interest on a $900,000 sum his lawyers repaid in a fight about legal fees.
A workplace health and safety partner with more than 25 years of experience has made the leap to Thomson Geer, the third partner to jump ship from Holding Redlich in recent months.
Barry Nilsson has executed on its strategic growth agenda with the recruitment of six new principals and their teams from DLA Piper in a major boost to its insurance and health practice.
Gadens has poached a Slater & Gordon partner with expertise in workplace disputes to join its team in Queensland.
Clyde & Co has boosted its corporate insurance and commercial offering by luring a partner from Gilchrist Connell.
Law firm DLA Piper has boosted the ranks of its tax practice with the appointment of three partners, along with a team of five, from Clayton Utz.
Twenty-one barristers in Victoria have won the title of senior counsel, including two class action lawyers from opposing sides of the bar table who have been involved in negotiating recent blockbuster settlements.
Baker McKenzie has recruited two new partners from King & Wood Mallesons and Allens to bolster the ranks of its tax and energy practices.
Jones Day has poached a top class actions lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills who has worked on some of the country’s largest representative proceedings over the course of her 17-year career.
Clyde & Co has boosted its corporate insurance offering, welcoming back solicitor Yvonne Lam after her stint at Gilchrist Connell.