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‘I have taken it all’: Lawyer struck off roll after gutting trust account
Legal Ethics 2025-01-20 11:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Sydney lawyer who was found to have fleeced nearly $500,000 from his clients’ trust accounts has been declared unfit for the profession.

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Pinsent Masons nabs lawyers from DLA Piper, Norton Rose
Business of Law 2025-01-20 4:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Pinsent Masons has hired two special counsel to boost its corporate and planning and environment practice areas.

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DLA Piper picks up finance partner from White & Case
Business of Law 2025-01-17 10:58 pm By Andy Sidler

DLA Piper has lured a finance partner from White & Case to join its Sydney office.

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Lawyer should be struck from roll for threatening texts to witness: VCAT
Legal Ethics 2025-01-16 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal has recommended a Melbourne lawyer be removed from the roll, despite his undertaking not to reapply for a practicing certificate, finding he showed no remorse for threatening a witness.

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Prominent Sydney barrister reprimanded after harassment finding
Business of Law 2025-01-15 3:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Barrister Charles Waterstreet has been reprimanded and banned from practising for one year after he was found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for harassing three women.

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Lawyer who acted for both sides in employment spat struck from roll
Legal Ethics 2025-01-14 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A solicitor who acted for both parties in a fight between a company and its director has been struck from the roll, with a court finding his attempt to hide the conduct was “worse than the crime.”

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Dentons financial services partner jumps to Gilbert + Tobin
Business of Law 2025-01-14 11:03 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Gilbert + Tobin has snagged a Sydney-based Dentons partner to bolster its financial services regulatory group.

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Law firms faced wrath of clients, employees in 2024
Business of Law 2025-01-13 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Some of Australia’s biggest law firms were dragged to court in 2024, facing lawsuits — and even class actions — by disgruntled clients and aggrieved employees.

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Moray & Agnew snags former KPMG director for property group
People In The News 2025-01-15 11:24 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Moray & Agnew has hired former KPMG director Duncan Webber as a partner to lead the firm’s Canberra-based property practice. Webber has 12 years experience in advising both private sector and government clients on property and real estate matters. Moray & Agnew Canberra managing partner Emma Reilly said Webber brought great experience to the firm…

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K&L Gates recruits patent litigator from Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Intellectual Property 2025-01-13 11:40 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Global law firm K&L Gates has hired former Corrs Chambers Westgarth IP litigator Rachelle Downie as a partner in its Melbourne office.

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