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Griffith Hack sued by hospital operator over patent rights to stem cell invention
The operator of the Royal Perth Hospital has brought legal action against Griffith Hack alleging the law firm contributed to the "dishonest and fraudulent design" of a leading researcher to transfer the intellectual property rights to a stem cell manufacturing method developed inhouse.
‘Very troubling indeed’: Judge orders law firm to itemise bill after backdating fee agreement
A personal injury law firm has been ordered to itemise a "very substantial" $470,000 bill more then four years after it was rendered to a client, who was asked by the firm's in-house barrister to sign a backdated costs disclosure agreement.
Lawyer reprimanded for using firm letterhead to threaten suit on boyfriend’s behalf
A solicitor of a national law firm has been reprimanded after falsely representing that the firm acted for her partner in a property dispute over $1,000.
Barrister’s $800k bill with 52 entries of ‘getting up’ doesn’t cut it, court says
An appeals court has ordered a Perth silk to explain four bills in which entries marked ‘getting up' accounted for over 36 days of work.
‘Flagrant abuse’: Lawyer hit with costs for disclosing settlement talks
A lawyer has been hit with a personal costs order after filing "plainly prejudicial" documents with the court that caused the adjournment and re-listing of a five-day trial.
Barrister once ‘cruelly’ rebuked by judge now banned for practising without certificate
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.
Judge rejects recusal bid in barrister’s disciplinary case for ‘none of your business’ remark
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.
High Court won’t hear appeal in spat with law firm over $24.5M Melbourne development
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.
Shine hit with indemnity costs for ‘serious dereliction of duty’ in personal injury case
A judge has ordered Shine Lawyers to pay indemnity costs in a side dispute over an “objectionable” subpoena the firm issued five days before trial was set to start in a personal injury case over alleged sexual abuse at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.
Maurice Blackburn sued by group member in Black Saturday bushfire class action
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.