Gilbert +Tobin’s executive partner and corporate advisory head Tim Gordon will join Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s corporate practice based after almost 20 years at G+T.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has accused his lawyer of longstanding, Sam Iskander, of stealing $30 million in legal fees from his mining company Mineralogy.
K&L Gates has bolstered its tax disputes offering, snagging a partner from Deloitte with experience in transfer pricing controversies for its Sydney office.
A barrister who claimed a conviction for contempt had “slipped his mind” has lost an appeal of a decision finding he was not a fit and proper person to hold a practicing certificate.
US firm Jones Day is growing its Brisbane office, snagging a partner from Ashurst for its labor and employment group.
A tribunal has recommended that a Sydney lawyer be struck from the roll over a series of COVID-era social media posts, including a Tweet representing that a judge who rejected a challenge to a vaccine mandate condoned murder.
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has poached a Corrs Chambers Westgarth special counsel to join the firm’s Melbourne-based employment law practice.
The number of reported threats to judges is growing at an alarming rate, and urgent action by federal and state attorneys-general is needed, according to the Australia’s peak body for judicial officers.
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.