Retiring NSW Court of Appeal judge Richard White has been praised for his legal prowess and passion for cricket in a farewell ceremony attended by Sydney’s legal luminaries.
Hall & Wilcox has recruited a partner to lead the firm’s newly-established Commonwealth Freedom of Information, information release and privacy practice.
A group of leading partners that departed Corrs Chambers Westgarth months ago has turned up at King & Wood Mallesons, in a coup for KWM’s employment practice.
Thomson Geer has poached two Clyde & Co partners and their teams to join the firm in 2025. Construction expert Phillip Coady will join Thomson Geer’s Sydney office, while financial services regulatory expert Liam Hennessy will join the firm’s Brisbane office. In addition to the partners, 14 lawyers from Coady and Hennessy’s teams will also…
Former ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold SC has announced he is returning to the bar, joining Sydney-based Frederick Jordan Chambers.
A top silk and a federal judge have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Tasmania, filling the vacancies created by the retirement of Chief Justice Alan Blow and the resignation of Justice Gregory Geason.
Thomson Geer has nabbed top intellectual property and technology lawyer Hayden Delaney and his Queensland- based team from HopgoodGanim.
Maddocks has recruited a competition law specialist from Johnson Winter Slattery as a new partner in its corporate and commerical practice.
Wotton Kearney has welcomed a Clyde & Co partner and his team of six to bolster its Sydney-based insurance practice.
Dentons has nabbed former Hamilton Locke tax disputes partner Damien Bourke, who wants to build up the team aggressively and nominated ATO understaffing as a pressing issue.