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Financial stakes high in Atanaskovic Hartnell’s challenge to ‘campaign of denigration’ ruling
Employment 2023-07-04 3:10 pm By Gareth Baker

An appeal by Atanaskovic Hartnell over a $330,000 damages judgment in favor of a former general manager is motivated in part by the court’s award […]

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Layoffs unlikely, but salary slowdown coming for lawyers
Business of Law 2023-07-03 4:59 pm By Gareth Baker

Despite a global economic slowdown Australian lawyers won’t face layoffs like their US counterparts, legal insiders say, but some who cashed in during the COVID-19 […]

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JWS lures partner from Jones Day for disputes and insolvency team
Business of Law 2023-07-03 9:36 pm By Sam Matthews

Johnson Winter Slattery has nabbed a Jones Day partner to work coast to coast at its Brisbane and Perth offices, bolstering the ranks of its […]

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Slater & Gordon faces court challenge to Allegro takeover by small biz
Slater & Gordon 2023-06-29 9:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A self-managed superannuation fund has taken Slater & Gordon to court to block the the acquisition of its shares in the firm as part of […]

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HWL Ebsworth’s claim of exhausted discovery in partner spat ‘puzzling’, judge says
Business of Law 2023-06-29 10:47 pm By Gareth Baker

A judge has criticised HWL Ebsworth’s discovery efforts and ordered the law firm to try again in the firm’s dispute with a former partner claiming […]

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Recession fears loom large for small and mid-size law firms: report
Business of Law 2023-06-28 3:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The risk of a recession-fueled slowdown is the biggest worry for small and mid-size law firms this year, according to a new report, as more […]

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Lawyer shielded by advocate’s immunity for omission of claim against builder: appeals court
Appeals 2023-06-28 2:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has held that a Sydney solicitor can’t be sued for negligence for a failure to include a breach of contract claim in […]

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CBA hires Clayton Utz partner to lead in-house legal team
Financial Services 2023-06-27 3:06 pm By Gareth Baker

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has recruited Clayton Utz partner and executive chair Karen O’Flynn to replace the outgoing Carmel Mulhern as the bank’s group general […]

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Companies doing remote work all wrong, law firm head says
Law Firm Leaders 2023-06-26 11:17 pm By Gareth Baker

For Meridian Lawyers managing director Paul Baker, the challenging decisions for executives post-COVID are almost as great now as they were in the difficult early […]

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Federal Court defends Justice Bromberg’s appointment to law reform body
Courts 2023-06-23 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court has come out in defence of one of its own, characterizing some media coverage of Justice Mordy Bromberg’s appointment to the Australian […]

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