Competition among class action law firms is expected to heat up next year as veteran lawyer Jan Saddler departs Shine Lawyers to start her own firm.
A senior barrister at the helm of important insurance test cases has been appointed to the Federal Court bench, along with two state court judges.
Ashurst has lured a partner from Hall & Wilcox as the firm looks to expand its Sydney real estate team.
US multinational firm K&L Gates has grown its ranks in Australia, luring three partners from HWL Ebsworth to join its corporate team.
Despite recent class actions against Medibank and Optus for cybersecurity breaches, class actions over cyber attacks will not become common because they involve “a lot of work for not a lot of money”, a lawyer has predicted.
Ashurst will open an office in Seoul through after a joint venture with a local firm won approval in a legal market first.
A coalition of global law firms have joined together to launch an association to advise businesses on adopting better human rights practices.
A personal injury law firm has been ordered to itemise a “very substantial” $470,000 bill more then four years after it was rendered to a client, who was asked by the firm’s in-house barrister to sign a backdated costs disclosure agreement.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has lured a partner and two senior associates from K&L Gates’ planning and environment law team for its Sydney office.
A solicitor of a national law firm has been reprimanded after falsely representing that the firm acted for her partner in a property dispute over $1,000.