Former Pinsent Masons lawyer George Varma has been recruited to Gilbert + Tobin’s energy and resources team, marking the second lateral hire for the firm’s Perth office this financial year.
A former Gilbert + Tobin lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising clients in finance transactions has joined Squire Patton Boggs’ as a partner in Sydney.
Gilbert + Tobin has lured partner Orla McCoy from Clayton Utz to co-head the law firm’s leading restructuring and insolvency team, strengthening the practice to over 18 core lawyers.
The Albanese Government has floated a new regulatory framework under which businesses would face steep penalties for failing to do their part to prevent scams.
Weeks after giving the thumbs up to common fund orders at settlement, the Full Federal Court has been asked to decide whether judges have power to order payment of a commission to class action solicitors — not just funders.
A retiring Federal Court judge who served on the bench for almost two decades has railed against court fees âthat no ordinary person can affordâ and overly complex legislation, including the Corporations Act, which he called a “blight on our community”.
Global law firm Kennedys has bolstered its insurance practice with the appointment of Clyde & Co’s managing partner in Australia.
Ben Roberts-Smith has been hit with indemnity costs for his failed defamation case over articles accusing him of war crimes, with a judge agreeing with the publishers that the former SAS corporal knew the allegations were substantially true.
Thomson Geer has raided the property team of competitor M+K, luring a team of six, including two partners.
Independent Sydney member Alex Greenwich and politician Mark Latham have failed to resolve their defamation stoush out of court over a “notorious” homophobic tweet by the NSW One Nation leader.