Piper Alderman, a litigation partner and the firm’s head of human resources are facing a lawsuit by a former senior associate who alleges she was unfairly dismissed and that the firm breached its work, health and safety duties.
Russell Kennedy has lured a partner from Mills Oakley to join its Sydney commercial litigation and dispute resolution practice.
Law firm Holding Redlich has bolstered its workplace and safety practice with the appointment of two senior lawyers from Moray & Agnew.
Arnold Bloch Leibler and a litigation partner at the law firm are among defendants named in a new case for their representation of the mastermind behind the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action.
The legal watchdog’s latest case against the owners of a Melbourne law firm — part of countless “collateral” proceedings between the parties — should be fixed for a final hearing ASAP, a judge has said.
Recently appointed NSW Supreme Court Justice Paul McGuire, who spent two years as a district court judge, has been lauded as the ideal candidate to star in training videos for new judges due to his courteous manner and restraint from performative flourishes.
A tribunal has recommended a solicitor who continued to advertise his legal services on social media after his practising certificate was revoked should be struck off the roll.
Baker McKenzie has poached a banking and finance partner from Norton Rose Fulbright.
The Victorian Bar has hit back at media reporting around the management of commercial litigation by Australian courts which singled out judges of the Supreme Court, saying “statistics never tell the whole story”.
Dentons has poached an employment law expert and her team of three from Deloitte Legal to grow its Melbourne office.