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Watpac faces a lawsuit by Wyndham City Council over alleged leaks from the roof of the redesigned Werribee Sports and Fitness Centre, which it says cost $3.5 million to fix.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has picked a new Attorney-General as part of a Cabinet reshuffle that has seen Mark Dreyfus pushed to the backbench.

A personal injury and insurance expert from Kennedys has joined Clyde & Co's partnership in Brisbane.

He once made Clive Palmer cry but new judge Stephen Free is not without a sense of humour, as his speech to legal practitioners on his welcome to the bench showed Monday. He is also, as one speaker observed, "really, really nice".

An injured construction worker has failed in his plea to the High Court to weigh in on his case, which alleged a principal contractor owed a duty of care to him as a sub-contractor's employee.

Holding Redlich has lured two construction partners and one corporate partner for its Melbourne and Brisbane offices.

In the latest expansion of its energy, infrastructure and resources team, K&L Gates has lured the former co-head of Baker McKenzie's Australia energy group to join the firm.

Seven has gone on the offensive in a lawsuit by former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach that alleges the broadcaster breached a settlement deed and defamed him, arguing it was Auerbach who broke the terms of their agreement. 

Sarah Proudfoot has been appointed as the CEO of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission after leading the commission's National Anti-Scam Centre.

A company that manufactures vehicle sensing technology used to monitor public parking has been allowed more time to renew its patents, despite opposition from rival SARB.