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An insurance expert with nearly 15 years of experience has joined Clyde & Co's partnership from DLA Piper.
A dispute resolution lawyer with expertise in arbitration, particularly in the energy and renewables sectors, has joined Dentons’ Brisbane office as a partner after three years at Clayton Utz.
A Queensland solicitor has been referred to the Legal Services Commission after filing submissions in a client’s traffic offense case that a judge said contained fake citations and may have been AI-generated.
In finding Star Entertainment's former group general counsel liable for breaches of duty, the judge overseeing ASIC's case has questioned the chief lawyer's insistence that she "rarely gave legal advice" and that her roles with the company should be delineated.
In the latest chapter of a bitter feud between NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and District Court Judge Penelope Wass, the state's Court of Appeal has found parliamentary privilege doesn't bar the top prosecutor from launching a recusal bid in a criminal trial.
A judge has taken a Perth law firm to task after a junior solicitor was left to apologise for a failure to comply with court orders in proceedings against BP, saying one of the principals should have taken responsibility instead.
The NSW Supreme Court has swapped one criminal law expert for another, appointing the NSW deputy director of public prosecutions to fill the spot left by retiring judge and former public defender Justice Mark Ierace.
Among top-tier firms, Gilbert + Tobin and Ashurst have reported the smallest gaps in the pay of male and female employees, while Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramers have reported the largest pay disparities.
The gender pay gap remains a sore spot for IP boutiques and one major US-based litigation firm, according to data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
Lander & Rogers has hired a disputes lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer to join its Brisbane-based commercial disputes practice as a partner.