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The Victorian Bar has welcomed 15 new senior counsel, including barristers who worked on the Black Saturday bushfire class actions, COVID-19 business interruption cases and junior doctors underpayments class actions.
Sydney has the legal talent, a speedy court and the necessary arbitration facilities to become an international legal hub, but needs government backing and a stronger pitch to the world, according to a new report.
Clyde & Co has brought on an insurance partner from Carter Newell, along with her team, marking the sixth partner the firm has added in the past year.
Senior member of the Victorian Bar Dr Kristine Hanscombe SC has died at the age of 76, leaving a lasting mark on the class action regime in Australia.
A Sydney barrister found guilty of professional misconduct after falsely claiming in Family Court proceedings that he received $70,000 in inheritance when in fact he had received almost $230,000 has been reprimanded.
Keeping experts in the loop and testing their evidence early is critical to avoiding common pitfalls with their evidence, according to solicitors.
The CEO of Maurice Blackburn has warned that unless law firms make their legal services more affordable, litigants using AI chatbots could disrupt the profession.
Law firms are moving away from time-based billing to other pricing models with the advent of generative AI, according to an expert, and the shift could help junior lawyers retain critical skills.
A judge has called for an overhaul of the traditional expert evidence process, which he said was one driver of the high cost of civil litigation, remarking that courts are not an “expensive dispute resolution service” reserved for corporations and the wealthy.
A Sydney barrister has been found guilty of contempt in a fight with his chambers over $112,000 in alleged unpaid fees after he failed to follow court orders to hand over his financial documents and did not explain why he had not filed tax returns since 2016.