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A judge has recused himself from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building, and has imposed a ban on presiding over any cases involving Maurice Blackburn for a period of time.
A Queensland tribunal has refused to set aside a costs agreement between Shine Lawyers and a former client, despite invoices blowing out to more than six times the original estimate, finding the matter had already been dealt with in a costs assessment.
The Legal Practice Board in Western Australia has confirmed it was the victim of a data breach, with the bank details of the board and a small number of practitioners said to have been accessed.
Mining company Tesa Group wants the Full Federal Court to settle a conflict in judicial opinions on whether remarks made in parliament can factor into recusal applications.
A judge has recused herself from hearing the Victorian legal watchdog’s case against the owners of a law firm, saying she was "fortified" in that choice due to concerns raised about her longstanding relationship with the regulator’s CEO.
A lawyer has been reprimanded after admitting he copied and pasted the electronic signature of a colleague as a witness to an affidavit filed with the Victorian Supreme Court.
A barrister who sent rude and intimidating emails to a domestic violence victim has been reprimanded.
A stay of a barrister's suspension remains in place despite claims she failed to lodge eight tax returns, with a tribunal saying non-compliance with tax obligations did not necessarily render a lawyer unfit to practice.
A solicitor has lost a round in his challenge to a professional misconduct charge by South Australia's legal watchdog for allegedly breaching conditions on his practising certificate related to paying counsel fees.