National law firm Meridian Lawyers has nabbed two senior practitioners from McCabes for its insurance group, less than a month after luring 14 lawyers and […]
Rules limiting the amount of pro bono work in-house lawyers can perform should be updated, Australia leading body representing corporate counsel has advised, citing concerns […]
A silk who represented mining giant Wright Prospecting in long-running litigation over the Hope Downs mine has been appointed to the bench of the NSW […]
With legal practices shaping up as a ripe target for cyberattacks, experts say many firms have a long way to go in implementing best practice […]
An appeals court has set aside a barrister’s $320,000 bill for a case initially estimated to cost $60,000 in counsel fees, applying a “purposive approach” […]
Hacking group ALPHV claims it has stolen a large amount of data from law firm HWL Ebsworth, including employee and client information. The group says […]
A lawyer’s role in litigation is not to draw conclusions on the existence of facts or the outcome of a case, an appeals court has […]
The costs billed by Nando’s Australia’s law firm for work on a “straightforward” judgment debtor examination of a franchisee — totalling almost a fifth of […]
A barrister’s $320,000 bill for a case initially estimated to cost $60,000 in counsel fees was at the centre of an appeals court hearing Monday, […]
The Federal Court’s new Chief Justice Debra Mortimer will bring a sense of adventure to her role as top judge, which she foreshadowed will be […]