As part of expansion plans for its Canberra office, Ashurst has brought back Mathew Baldwin as a partner in its digital economy team to advise federal government agencies in digital and data projects.
A Queensland silk who was subjected to comments by the late Judge Guy Andrew that an appeals court later deemed cruel and humiliating has been barred from practice after allegedly appearing in court without a practising certificate.
A judge has refused to recuse herself from hearing disciplinary proceedings brought against a barrister over complaints that she used “judicially inappropriate words” at an interlocutory hearing.
Three law firms are meeting employee demand for workplaces that prioritise social engagement, scoring spots on the top 40 Australian workplaces to give back to the community.
The High Court has declined special leave to a former Rigby Cooke client who unsuccessfully challenged the law firm’s win in a dispute over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.
Thomson Geer has snagged a construction disputes specialist from Clayton Utz to bolster its growing construction team in Sydney.
A group member in the historic Black Saturday bushfire class action has filed a lawsuit alleging Maurice Blackburn was negligent in failing to bring a lawsuit over his work-related adenocarcinoma within time.
A class action over AMP’s fees for no service practice wants communications with law firm Clayton Utz that led up to a report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager’s inhouse lawyers before being presented to the corporate regulator as independent.
The use of advertisements to find eager applicants to fill federal judicial vacancies has been foreshadowed by the Attorney-General as he promises to bring more transparency and integrity to the process for appointing judges.
Law firm HWL Ebsworth has defeated a Brisbane property developer’s appeal of a ruling that found the firm did not owe the former client damages for its negligence in failing to properly follow instructions on a contract of sale for large block of units.