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Herbert Smith Freehills eyes tax law leader status with partner sweep
As it severs ties with specialist outfit Greenwoods, Herbert Smith Freehills has brought on three tax law experts as part of the firm's plans to beef up its commercial tax practice.
Lawyers urge AG to retain flexibility of COVID-era online hearings
The head of NSW's peak legal body has called on the state's Attorney General to retain a number of COVID-19 measures to improve access to justice.
Legal privilege over jab mandate advice waived with counsel’s failure to object, court says
A judge has ruled that a senior Queensland police official waived legal professional privilege during cross examination, allowing the plaintiffs in a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination challenge to see legal advice about the jab direction by the Crown Solicitor.
Judge allows QC’s $9,800 fee, says two barristers ‘not luxurious’
A judge has rejected a court-appointed costs assessor’s opinion that engaging a silk to fight an interlocutory application in a spat between two Queensland law firms was “plainly a luxury”.
Gilbert + Tobin lures M&A partner from Squire Patton Boggs
Gilbert + Tobin has wooed a corporate partner from Squire Patton Boggs with significant experience advising on transactions involving heavy hitters in the natural resources sector, including working on a US$15.2 billion rights issue by Rio Tinto.
Mills Oakley snags employment law bigwig from King & Wood Mallesons
Mills Oakley has poached a leading employment law partner from King & Wood Mallesons for its growing workplace relations team.
Allens lures employment partner from MinterEllison
Big six firm Allens has bolstered the ranks of its employment and safety practice with the recruitment of partner Samantha Betzien from MinterEllison.
King & Wood Mallesons nabs Gilbert + Tobin competition ace
Top tier law firm King & Wood Mallesons has lured leading competition lawyer Luke Woodward to bolster its regulatory practice.
First Indigenous judge appointed to Australian supreme court
Silk Lincoln Crowley has been appointed by the Queensland premier as the first Indigenous judge of an Australian supreme court.
EY settles class action claims over Slater & Gordon audits
Ernst & Young has settled all claims against it in a shareholder class action alleging the Big Four accounting firm and Pitcher Partners signed off on an overly rosy year-end financial report that failed to disclose risks and impairments associated with the law firm's disastrous $1.2 billion acquisition of UK insurance claims company Quindell.