The former director of the family law practice at McInnes Wilson has filed a suit seeking over $53,000 in redundancy pay, claiming his resignation was not “voluntary” and that the firm has shown “no remorse” for its alleged contraventions.
The co-head of Allens’ equity capital markets team will make the jump to Clayton Utz, just months after Clayton Utz poached a leading private equity lawyer from its rival.
A tax specialist has made the jump to Corrs Chambers Westgarth, after more than a decade at Baker McKenzie.
Law students at the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney will soon be able to use Harvey’s artificial intelligence tools, and an expert predicted the schools will be vigilant in guarding against the “slide into automating legal education”.
Gilbert + Tobin has recruited a leading cybersecurity lawyer from A&O Shearman, bolstering the firm’s tech and digital offering as clients faced heightened cyber risk.
NSW’s solicitor wellbeing service, SoWell, will now offer couples counselling, with the NSW Law Society acknowledging how the mental health challenges affecting legal professional can impact personal relationships.
Moray & Agnew has poached a government partner from HWL Ebsworth for its Melbourne office, the third government lawyer to jump ship from HWLE to the firm in recent months.
A Queensland solicitor has been fined and reprimanded for sending a letter that “grossly exceeded” an assertion of his client’s rights and making an allegation that was not “reasonably justified” in a family law case.
Dentons has lured a workplace law partner to grow its practice in Perth, giving the global firm a national platform in Australia to better serve its clients.
A former White & Case lawyer with experience in Australia and in New York has returned to the firm’s Sydney office as a partner after a stint at King & Wood Mallesons