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Law firms must come clean when drafting expert reports
Legal Ethics 2022-07-04 10:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge’s recent ruling throwing out an expert report in a trade secrets case because the law firm briefing the expert had failed to disclose its involvement in preparing the evidence is a stark reminder to solicitors their paramount duty is to the court, not to their client.

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Litigation funder shareholders battle over ownership
Business of Law 2022-07-04 6:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Litigation funder Embedded Claims has filed court proceedings against one of its shareholders after its former bankrupt director “ineffectively” transferred off half of his shares.

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Lawyer’s muffin eating was irrelevant to personal costs order, appeals court says
Appeals 2022-06-29 5:02 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has ruled that a judge was not justified in slapping two lawyers with personal costs, finding she should not have considered alleged poor conduct such as one of the lawyers eating a muffin while appearing during a remote hearing.

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Arnold Bloch Leibler recruits KWM partner for property team
Real Estate 2022-06-28 5:38 pm By Sam Matthews

Arnold Bloch Leibler has picked up a new partner from King & Wood Mallesons to bolster its property and development practice. 

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Law firm went ‘far beyond permissible scope’ of involvement in expert report, court says
Business of Law 2022-06-27 6:40 pm By Sam Matthews

The conduct of Corrs Chambers Westgarth in the preparation of an ostensibly independent expert report in a trade secrets case “must not be repeated”, a judge has said, throwing out the expert’s evidence as potentially tainted by the law firm’s involvement.

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Banksia class action solicitor suspended from roll for two years
Legal Ethics 2022-06-24 9:59 am By Christine Caulfield

The solicitor found to have acted as a “postbox” to hide conflicts of interest in the class action over Banksia Securities’ collapse has been suspended from the roll of practitioners in Victoria for two years, after a judge found he was presently unfit to practice.

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Mills Oakley brings on HWL Ebsworth partner to launch cyber risk and insurance practice
Business of Law 2022-06-23 1:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Mills Oakley is launching a cyber risk and insurance offering spearheaded by former HWL Ebsworth partner Jason Symons.

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ATO takes aim at ‘reckless’ legal professional privilege claims
Legal Ethics 2022-06-22 10:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Taxation Office has finalised its protocol for dealing with claims of legal professional privilege, developed in response to large companies asserting “reckless” privilege claims which the ATO says obstruct its investigations.

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Herbert Smith Freehills eyes tax law leader status with partner sweep
Tax 2022-06-20 1:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

As it severs ties with specialist outfit Greenwoods, Herbert Smith Freehills has brought on three tax law experts as part of the firm’s plans to beef up its commercial tax practice.

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Lawyers urge AG to retain flexibility of COVID-era online hearings
Courts 2022-06-17 9:34 pm By Sam Matthews

The head of NSW’s peak legal body has called on the state’s Attorney General to retain a number of COVID-19 measures to improve access to justice.

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