The Legal Practice Board’s decision to audit lawyers at a compensation firm following a complaint about paralegals allegedly engaging in unqualified legal practice has been quashed, with a court finding the law didn’t permit investigation of individual solicitors.
Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed a technology and communications specialist, bolstering the ranks of its team in Sydney.
Lander & Rogers has lured away a Gadens veteran to bolster its real estate practice in Brisbane.
A judge has rejected a Sydney law firm’s bid for an adjournment in a costs dispute with a former client, saying the spat “cannot be permitted to continue”.
The liquidators of failed grain trader LGL Commodities have filed a professional negligence case against law firm Gadens, alleging its failure to comply with orders for evidence meant it lost the chance to win back over $6 million at trial.
Plaintiff law firm Slater & Gordon has admitted to a payroll error affecting at least 100 current and former employees that has resulted in underpayments of at least $300,000.
Citing a wish to focus on tax, KPMG Australia will restructure its business and shut down its separate commercial law practice, making around 30 roles redundant.
An incorporated legal practice has lost its bid to recover costs for work done by its own solicitors while self-represented in a dispute with a former client, with the Full Federal Court finding that making an exception based on firm size would “revive an inequality before the law”.
Gadens has merged with Canberra firm Trinity Law, expanding the firm’s national footprint and boosting its capacity to take on government work.
Johnson Winter Slattery has boosted its cybersecurity, privacy and technology team by luring a senior technology lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills.