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Government backs FWC plan to put CFMEU construction division into administration
Construction 2024-07-17 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Employment Minister Tony Burke says he will support the Fair Work Commission’s plan to appoint an independent administrator to the construction division of the CFMEU and flagged an AFP investigation into recent allegations the union has been infiltrated by criminal figures. 

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Johnson Winter Slattery picks up HSF lawyer for privacy team
Business of Law 2024-07-12 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Johnson Winter Slattery has boosted its cybersecurity, privacy and technology team by luring a senior technology lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills.

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Mills Oakley snags corporate and ESG aces from KPMG, Hamilton Locke
Business of Law 2024-07-12 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mills Oakley has lured a founding partner of Hamilton Locke and an environmental, social and governance lead from KPMG to join its Sydney team. 

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Contingency fee ruling may face serious scrutiny in a High Court challenge, experts say
Analysis 2024-07-10 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Although carefully reasoned, last week’s landmark judgment by the Full Federal Court finding power to grant contingency fees to class action solicitors has placed the question of statutory authority to award settlement common fund orders on more unsteady ground than before, experts say.

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ICAC commissioner resigns, saying criticisms ‘have fallen on deaf ears’
Public Corruption 2024-07-10 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The commissioner of South Australia’s ICAC has stepped down for “mostly professional” reasons, saying her criticisms of 2021 reforms that limited the commission’s power to crack down on public corruption “have fallen on deaf ears”.

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‘Red tape burden for no good reason’: Law Council pans money laundering rules for lawyers
Business of Law 2024-07-09 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The nation’s peak legal body has reiterated its concerns about proposed rules that would subject lawyers and accountants to new money laundering obligations, warning the regulations would impose a costly “red tape burden for no good reason” on smaller firms.

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KMPG, Phoslock face court bid for info ahead of potential shareholder class action
Class Actions 2024-07-08 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A shareholder has filed an application for preliminary discovery against KMPG and water treatment company Phoslock as she weighs a possible class action over the company’s past fraud and mismanagement.

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JWS nabs energy and resources specialist for reunion of former Corrs trio
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-07-08 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Johnson Winter Slattery has recruited energy and resources specialist Nick Thorne for the firm’s Brisbance office, an appointment that represents a reunion for a former Corrs Chambers Westgarth trio. 

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Solicitors’ CFO ruling to bring more class actions to Federal Court, firms say
Analysis 2024-07-05 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Federal Court is set to become a more attractive forum for class actions now that the Full Court has confirmed it has power to make orders granting solicitors a contingency fee from any settlement or judgment in a group proceeding.

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Lawyers weigh in on moratorium on climate disclosure litigation
Environment 2024-07-04 10:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Greens senator has called for reducing a proposed immunity from climate disclosure litigation from three years to one after lawyers, including the NSW Bar Association, blasted the moratorium. But some law firms say the immunity doesn’t go far enough and should shield companies and their officers from continuous disclosure-related claims.

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