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‘Serious allegations’ against Pitcher Partners to be heard in NSW
Accounting 2022-08-05 10:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has denied a bid by accounting firm Pitcher Partners to transfer a $127 million lawsuit brought by the Twigg family, saying he was […]

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ALRC calls for federal judicial commission to deal with complaints against judges
Legal Ethics 2022-08-02 2:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Law Reform Commission has recommended the establishment of a federal judicial commission as a “transparent and independent” way of addressing concerns about the […]

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Lawyer ‘driven by greed and ego’ struck from roll after buying 1,000 client files
Legal Ethics 2022-07-28 4:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Melbourne lawyer “driven by his own greed and ego” should be struck from the roll for at least nine years for grossly overcharged his […]

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Corrs client appeals finding that firm overstepped in preparing expert report
Legal Ethics 2022-07-27 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A client of Corrs Chambers Westgarth has filed an appeal after a judge found the firm went “far beyond the permissible scope” of involvement in […]

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Christian Porter loses appeal after silk barred from acting in defamation case
Legal Ethics 2022-07-14 2:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former attorney-general Christian Porter has lost his challenge to a ruling that barred silk Sue Chrysanthou from representing him in his now-settled defamation lawsuit against […]

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Lawyer who acted for both sides in employment case loses appeal of misconduct finding
Legal Ethics 2022-07-14 2:37 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has rejected an appeal by a lawyer who acted for both sides in an employment dispute between a company and its former managing […]

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Law firms must come clean when drafting expert reports
Legal Ethics 2022-07-04 10:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge’s recent ruling throwing out an expert report in a trade secrets case because the law firm briefing the expert had failed to disclose […]

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Banksia class action solicitor suspended from roll for two years
Legal Ethics 2022-06-24 9:59 am By Christine Caulfield

The solicitor found to have acted as a “postbox” to hide conflicts of interest in the class action over Banksia Securities’ collapse has been suspended […]

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ATO takes aim at ‘reckless’ legal professional privilege claims
Legal Ethics 2022-06-22 10:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Taxation Office has finalised its protocol for dealing with claims of legal professional privilege, developed in response to large companies asserting “reckless” privilege […]

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Legal services board suspends law licence of wealth guru Grubisa
Legal Ethics 2022-06-22 3:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner has suspended wealth guru Dominique Grubisa’s law licence, saying she is “not entitled to engage in legal practice […]

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