A former Piper Alderman partner has lost her bid to bring sex discrimination claims against the partners of the law firm, but can still proceed with her other claims.
Just weeks after raids on DLA Piper and Macpherson Kelley, Thomson Geer has announced its fourth acquisition of the year, poaching a specialist tech law team from Russell Kennedy, as the firm pushes forward with plans to become one of the country’s top firms.
A former solicitor from Sydney-based law firm McCabe Curwood has expanded his negligence and breach of contract case against his former employer and is now seeking over $108,000 in damages.
A court has found that a costs agreement between national law firm Mills Oakley and a client defending a lawsuit over a share dispute was void because the firm failed to provide adequate disclosures, with the final legal bill exceeding the firm’s estimate by over $100,000.
Thomson Geer has raided DLA Piper and Macpherson Kelley and picked up some of Australia’s top lawyers, one month after raiding Dentons’ Brisbane office, as it aims to become one of the country’s major law firms.
National law firm Mills Oakley has been accused of negligence and breach of contract over advice the firm gave regarding the sale of shares in a personal injury law firm to Slater & Gordon.
Sydney businessmen Charif and Tarek Kazal have appealed a ruling that found their claims against Gilbert + Tobin over an alleged dishonest scheme to rob them of a 50 per cent stake in a lucrative Sydney waste facility were “fundamentally incoherent”.
A judge has shut down a former Qantas customer service manager’s bid to pursue a disability discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn alleging the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.
A former administrative assistant at Piper Alderman who was not allowed to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic says she was terminated for taking parental leave and complaining about a special counsel’s “intimidating and aggressive behaviour”.
Global law firm DLA Piper has boosted its restructuring practice with the hire of former Ashurst partner Lionel Meehan for its Melbourne team, the firm’s fourth new hire in recent months.