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Kingston Reid hit with employment suit over ‘routine’ bullying
Employment 2023-02-21 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Employment law firm Kingston Reid has been hit with Fair Work proceedings by a former paralegal who says the firm ignored her complaints about “ongoing bullying and humiliation” and fired her because she became pregnant.

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Why we should all be worried about the court’s new media access rules
Courts 2023-02-20 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court has dialled back a controversial rule change restricting public access to new cases, but the latest procedure is a laughable attempt to retreat from the attack on open justice and should make even litigants nervous.

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Hall & Wilcox poaches finance partner from Baker McKenzie
People In The News 2023-02-16 1:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Hall & Wilcox has lured a Baker & McKenzie veteran and renewables specialist to lead its Sydney finance practice.

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Law firm’s $16.6M payday OK’d over 7-Eleven class action contradictor’s protests
Class Actions 2023-02-14 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has blessed a law firm’s $16.6 million legal bill for running two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven despite a contradictor’s argument that it had a “troubling” practice of deferring its fees to benefit the funder that bankrolled the cases. 

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Dentons snags patent ace from intellectual property giant
Intellectual Property 2023-02-13 3:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

International law firm Dentons has lured the principal of IPH Limited, which owns leading intellectual property firms including Griffith Hack and Spruson & Ferguson, for its Australasian patents team.

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Melbourne law firm accused of bullying junior lawyer
Employment 2023-02-10 5:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Melbourne law firm KHQ Lawyers has been sued for a former junior lawyer who alleges the firm compiled a “haphazard collection” of allegations as pretense to fire her after she complained about workplace bullying.

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Barrister found in contempt for repping sons without certificate, but spared conviction
Legal Ethics 2023-02-09 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Victorian barrister has been found guilty of contempt of court for representing her sons despite an order barring her from legal practice, but a judge dismissed a call by the legal watchdog to record a criminal conviction, saying the lawyer had not been deliberately defiant.

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Ashurst nabs two tax partners from Deloitte
Business of Law 2023-02-09 5:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Ashurst has bolstered its Sydney tax practice with the addition of two senior taxation lawyers from Deloitte.

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Barrister loses costs review after fee estimate blows out by 480%
Business of Law 2023-02-07 5:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney barrister who charged $349,360 after giving an estimate of $60,000 for work on a bankruptcy case has lost his bid for a costs review after his fee was slashed, with a judge finding his client could not make an informed choice about her representation.

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Atanaskovic Hartnell, founding partner must pay $185,000 to former manager
Employment 2023-02-03 11:38 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell and founding partner John Atanaskovic have been ordered to pay penalties of $184,680 to a former general manager, on top of a previous $160,000 judgment for engaging in what a judge said was a campaign to “abuse, belittle and victimise” the woman.

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