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Law firms are moving away from time-based billing to other pricing models with the advent of generative AI, according to an expert, and the shift could help junior lawyers retain critical skills.
A judge has called for an overhaul of the traditional expert evidence process, which he said was one driver of the high cost of civil litigation, remarking that courts are not an “expensive dispute resolution service” reserved for corporations and the wealthy.
A Sydney barrister has been found guilty of contempt in a fight with his chambers over $112,000 in alleged unpaid fees after he failed to follow court orders to hand over his financial documents and did not explain why he had not filed tax returns since 2016.
Dentons has hired a lawyer from HWL Ebsworth to join the tax practice in its Brisbane office.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has hired a finance and restructuring partner from Squire Patton Boggs, as the firm expands its capital solutions offering.
Victoria's decision to cap counsel fees for government work has been slammed by the Bar's president as "unfairly and disproportionately" affecting women barristers.
Hall & Wilcox has bolstered its corporate and commercial practice with two partners and a team of three lawyers from K&L Gates.
A judge has ordered a Mills Oakley partner to pay his former law firm over $300,000 after finding he had overdrawn his share of the partnership income.
DLA Piper has brought on a new partner from Mallesons to join its global finance practice.
Holding Redlich has hired six new lawyers, including two partners, to bolster its dispute resolution practice in Melbourne and Brisbane.