HopgoodGanim has poached a specialist technology partner to lead the firm’s IP and cyber practice. Partner Andrew Hynd has joined HopgoodGanim’s Brisbane office from Holding Redlich, where he worked for close to seven years. He is joined by senior associate Jean Lukin, who also makes the jump from Holding Redlich. Hynd brings over 20 years…
A judge has found a $3.7 million error by an adjudicator in a dispute over a $43 million payment claim for work on an apartment complex in Queensland’s Main Beach showed a failure to properly consider the evidence and submissions.
Holding Redlich has agreed to cover the costs awarded against its clients in a property spat, after a judge took the law firm to task for generating almost $30,000 in work following a settlement.
Law firm Holding Redlich faces a possible adverse costs order for racking up what a judge said were “out of hand” fees following the settlement of a property dispute.
A former client of Holding Redlich has brought proceedings against the firm over what he says were inadequate fee disclosures.
Some of Australia’s biggest law firms were dragged to court in 2024, facing lawsuits — and even class actions — by disgruntled clients and aggrieved employees.
The judge hearing ASIC’s case against super fund Cbus has criticised the practice of exchanging concise statements and responses, saying it was a “false economy” of time and cost savings.
Law firm Holding Redlich has snagged two MinterEllison partners to grow its Canberra office and bolster its offering to government clients.
A former director of investment firm Keystone, who is suspected by the corporate regulator of misusing millions in investor funds, has flagged a potential bid to keep his silence in a case by court-appointed receivers.
The superannuation fund of the construction industry has been hit with ASIC enforcement action, accused of long delays in processing the death and disability claims of thousands of members.