Business of Law

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has lured a long-time Clayton Utz infrastructure partner to the firm's projects, energy and infrastructure practice.

An Ashurst Perkins Coie partner who has worked on some of the country's largest deals is leaving for A&O Shearman, where he will co-lead the firm's Australian corporate and M&A practice group.

Norton Rose Fulbright has hired the former co-head of Baker McKenzie's Australian healthcare and life sciences group to join its corporate practice group in Sydney.

A judge has found that Shine Lawyers breached its obligations to the court by extending the life of a void 2022 proceeding and then filing a new case over the same claim.

A judge has declined to block a solicitor from representing that a new conveyancing firm, which aims to help real estate agents comply with AML/CTF obligations by holding property deposits, is operating an illegal business model.

A tribunal has found a Victorian solicitor guilty of professional misconduct for over-promising on the prospects of success of a proposed property investment class action, which was never brought.

Human experience must remain central to judicial decision-making, a top judge has warned, even as he acknowledged that artificial intelligence was just as capable as civil law judges of fair adjudication.

Law firm Sparke Helmore has teamed up with tech services company Adaca to launch an AI firm for government clients, promising a "unique combination of legal and technical assurance".

A retiring Federal Court judge has defended the class action regime he helped to shape, telling colleagues and practitioners in his farewell speech that the jurisdiction was in its "Goldilocks moment".