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Ex-Arnold Bloch Leibler lawyer’s complaint against solicitor, barrister can’t be revived
A former senior associate at Arnold Bloch Leibler has lost her bid for review of a decision tossing her claims against the solicitor and barrister retained to represent her in proceedings in the Magistrates Court.
Judge wrings hands over ‘informal and presumptuous’ email to chambers
Though the origins of this growing breeziness with the court are unknown, the increasing informality of correspondence with her chambers has so irked a judge she has taken to task the lawyers responsible for one galling example.
High Court won’t hear law firm partner’s fight with ATO over exit payments
The High Court has declined to weigh in on a dispute between a retired law firm partner and the ATO over tax on $182,000 in goodwill payments the lawyer received upon exiting the firm's partnership.
Top judge of South Australia corrects JK Rowling on pronoun protocol
The Chief Justice of South Australia has corrected JK Rowling’s “completely unfounded” fears about a new practice note relating to the use of preferred gender pronouns in the state’s courts, after the Harry Potter author took to Twitter to criticise it.
Liberal powerbroker Marcus Bastiaan sues law firm over $400,000 defamation bill
Marcus Bastiaan has sued solicitors who acted in his settled defamation case against Nine over branch stacking allegations, claiming the legal bill was “grossly disproportionate” and almost double his settlement.
Dentons nabs patents ace from Spruson & Ferguson
Dentons has snagged a former principal at intellectual property firm Spruson & Ferguson to join its patents team in Sydney. 
Judge’s immunity appeal may go straight to High Court
A judge’s appeal of a decision that found he unlawfully imprisoned a man for contempt and was liable for over $300,000 in damages may go straight to the High Court and should be heard before a similar suit by another man jailed by the judge, a court has heard.
Diversity clause in Victorian Bar constitution fails to win the votes
Barristers in Victoria have voted against changes to the Bar's constitution to include the promotion of diversity and prevention of discrimination as part of the organisation's goals.
High Court asked to weigh in on advocate’s immunity shield for solicitor
The High Court has been asked to weigh in on the extent of advocate’s immunity in a dispute between a Sydney solicitor and his former clients, after an appeals court found he couldn’t be sued for negligence for failure to include a breach of contract claim in a building dispute.