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MinterEllison has recruited financial services and superannuation law expert Ruth Stringer to lead the national super practice she established some 20 years ago.
The Albanese government has introduced legislation that would roll back the requirement that litigation funders hold an AFSL and register their class actions as managed investment schemes, saying the Morrison government era-regulations were not fit for purpose.
Chief Justice Susan Kiefel has decried the low number of women barristers appearing in the High Court, questioning whether there is a “price” to pay for state and federal policies focused on appointing more female judges.
Engineering services firm G&S has lost a bid to shield emails about “the need to obtain legal advice” in a $270 million dispute with the operator of a NSW open-cut coal mine.
A report commissioned by the Supreme Court of Victoria has recommended a massive overhaul to the system for awarding costs in civil proceedings, trashing the “opaque” and “inadequate” scale of costs system.
A barristers' clerk has reached a confidential agreement with a Melbourne-based chambers to resolve a lawsuit alleging she was fired for wanting to work from home.
A joint venture formed to fund class action litigation has lost its bid for declarations against one of its former shareholders after arguing its former bankrupt director “ineffectively” transferred half of his shares.
Australian intellectual property firm IPH has acquired Canada-based Smart & Biggar, positioning both firms to offer clients global IP services.
A Victoria-based barrister has been taken to court by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying a paralegal.
Hall & Wilcox has expanded its construction practice with the recruitment of partner Stefan Fenk from law firm Vincent Young.