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The Victorian Bar has welcomed 25 new senior counsel to the ranks this year, a group of barristers with broad ranging experience in IP, tax, class actions, employment and criminal law.
Relative newcomer Hamilton Locke has lured two lawyers from Corrs Chambers Westgarth and one from Gilbert + Tobin to grow its corporate team.
Clayton Utz has bolstered its commercial litigation team by hiring a longtime Holding Redlich partner known for her work on the Lawyer X and Crown Resorts royal commissions.
The Legal Practice Board's decision to audit lawyers at a compensation firm following a complaint about paralegals allegedly engaging in unqualified legal practice has been quashed, with a court finding the law didn't permit investigation of individual solicitors.
Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed a technology and communications specialist, bolstering the ranks of its team in Sydney.
Lander & Rogers has lured away a Gadens veteran to bolster its real estate practice in Brisbane.
A judge has rejected a Sydney law firm's bid for an adjournment in a costs dispute with a former client, saying the spat "cannot be permitted to continue".
The liquidators of failed grain trader LGL Commodities have filed a professional negligence case against law firm Gadens, alleging its failure to comply with orders for evidence meant it lost the chance to win back over $6 million at trial.
Plaintiff law firm Slater & Gordon has admitted to a payroll error affecting at least 100 current and former employees that has resulted in underpayments of at least $300,000.
Gadens has merged with Canberra firm Trinity Law, expanding the firm's national footprint and boosting its capacity to take on government work.