Law firm Holding Redlich has snagged two MinterEllison partners to grow its Canberra office and bolster its offering to government clients.
UK law firm DWF has recruited nine insurance partners from Hall & Wilcox to power its growth in Australia.
A senate committee has recommended that rules requiring that lawyers comply with anti-money laundering obligations should not apply to barristers acting on instructions from solicitors.
A judge has balked at a suggestion by group members appealing a $112 million Robodebt class action settlement that the Commonwealth could represent the interests of people content with the deal.
A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.
Facing a probe by the corporate regulator, mining giant Mineral Resources has admitted that it should have disclosed transactions relating to managing director Chris Ellison’s company.
The Albanese government is planning to introduce new duty of care regulations that would require social media companies to take proactive steps to protect users from harm online.
Law firm HFW has hired two Sydney-based special counsel from Dentons and Meridan Lawyers to boost its growing insurance group.
ASIC has proposed that companies be required to disclose the basis for any forward-looking statements concerning climate, as part of new reporting obligations set to take effect next year.
A time-strapped judge’s decision that was set aside for “uncritical copying and pasting” exposes deeper issues about stressed judges at under-resourced courts with “extraordinary workloads”, experts say.