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In negligence suit, Gadens accused of derailing insolvent trading case
Professional Negligence 2024-07-19 1:40 pm By Sam Matthews

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.

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Slater & Gordon admits to staff underpayments of at least $300,000
Employment 2024-07-18 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

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.

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KPMG shuts down legal services division, makes 30 jobs redundant
Business of Law 2024-07-16 2:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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.

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Scrapped Chorley exception should not be revived based on law firm size, Full Court says
Business of Law 2024-07-16 11:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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”.

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Gadens swallows Canberra firm to expand national footprint
Business of Law 2024-07-17 12:01 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Gadens has merged with Canberra firm Trinity Law, expanding the firm’s national footprint and boosting its capacity to take on government work.

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Johnson Winter Slattery picks up HSF lawyer for privacy team
Business of Law 2024-07-12 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Johnson Winter Slattery has boosted its cybersecurity, privacy and technology team by luring a senior technology lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills.

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Mills Oakley snags corporate and ESG aces from KPMG, Hamilton Locke
Business of Law 2024-07-12 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mills Oakley has lured a founding partner of Hamilton Locke and an environmental, social and governance lead from KPMG to join its Sydney team. 

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Partner drops suit against Melbourne law firm over Slater & Gordon share sale
Corporate 2024-07-11 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The managing partner of a leading plaintiff law firm has agreed to drop his case against a Melbourne law firm, which he claimed failed to properly advise him on an agreement that barred him from selling his shares in Slater & Gordon before the firm’s share price plummeted in 2015. 

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Activist investor loses challenge to Atanaskovic Hartnell’s $300,000 bill
Business of Law 2024-07-11 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Keybridge Capital chief executive officer Nicholas Bolton has lost his appeal of a costs review panel decision that saddled him with a legal bill of $308,940 for work done by Atanaskovic Hartnell for his company in a dispute with Brookfield Multiplex.

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

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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