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HWL Ebsworth, ex-partner file competing appeals over expulsion finding
Appeals 2024-07-10 4:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

HWL Ebsworth and a former capital partner have both appealed a ruling that found the partner was invalidly expelled in 2020 but that his partnership had been dissolved from the day he sued his former firm. 

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Partner declined advice at key stage of Slater & Gordon share offload, court told
Trials 2024-07-09 10:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A law firm partner who alleges a Melbourne solicitor failed to properly advise him on a share sale agreement with Slater & Gordon in 2014 declined assistance before signing a term sheet that outlined he could not sell his shares in the firm for three years, a court has heard.

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Ex-client takes Holding Redlich to court over $334,000 legal bill
Business of Law 2024-07-09 10:40 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Law firm Holding Redlich has been hit with proceedings over invoices totalling more than $334,000 by an ex-client who says the firm provided no cost agreement and made no cost disclosure over the course of an eight-month retainer. 

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Legal community celebrates revived NSW industrial court
Courts 2024-07-09 3:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Members of the legal community in NSW are celebrating the revival of the state’s 123-year old industrial court, the oldest tribunal of its kind in the world, with the new president saying it will be “unburdened” by numerous requirements found in federal legislation.

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‘Red tape burden for no good reason’: Law Council pans money laundering rules for lawyers
Business of Law 2024-07-09 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The nation’s peak legal body has reiterated its concerns about proposed rules that would subject lawyers and accountants to new money laundering obligations, warning the regulations would impose a costly “red tape burden for no good reason” on smaller firms.

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Partner sues Melbourne firm over advice on Slater & Gordon share sale
Business of Law 2024-07-08 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The managing partner of a leading plaintiff law firm has sued a Melbourne firm, alleging it failed to properly advise him on an agreement that prevented him from selling his shares in Slater & Gordon before its share price plummeted in 2015.

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Funder behind Westconnex class action seeks fourth firm to run case
Class Actions 2024-07-08 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A funder bankrolling a class action against the NSW government over the construction of Sydney’s $16 billion Westconnex tunnel is locked in a dispute with the lead applicants over $135,000 held in a trust account, and wants to replace the plaintiffs and their solicitors, the third group of lawyers to run the case.

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Silk files new suit against Telstra, this one over email bounce-back
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-07-08 11:42 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A senior barrister has filed another suit against Telstra alleging it flags his emails to Bigpond addresses as spam and fails to send them, after suing the telco for allegedly falsely promising he could keep his chambers’ phone numbers when switching to the NBN.

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JWS nabs energy and resources specialist for reunion of former Corrs trio
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-07-08 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Johnson Winter Slattery has recruited energy and resources specialist Nick Thorne for the firm’s Brisbance office, an appointment that represents a reunion for a former Corrs Chambers Westgarth trio. 

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Ashurst, LegalVision sued over Woolworths lease transfer advice
Real Estate 2024-07-05 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A unit of petrol store chain EG Australia has sued Ashurst and LegalVision alleging they breached their implied duty of care through advice given to Woolworths about the assignment of a disputed Sydney petrol station lease.

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