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A Perth solicitor found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to pay a barrister’s $137,000 bill and deliberately misleading the Legal Practice Board of WA has been struck from the roll of practitioners.
Litigant tells court Dentons are his new lawyers, firm tersely denies it
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A litigant in an estate dispute dropped his lawyers and filed a notice to the court naming Dentons Australia as his new firm of solicitors. Unhappily for him he made two mistakes: filing the notice himself, and apparently failing to tell anyone at Dentons he had hired them.
X to file legal challenge to removal notice from e-Safety Commissioner
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X plans to challenge a notice from the e-Safety Commissioner ordering the Elon Musk-owned social media company to remove a post that criticised an expert on transgender health issues or face a $800,000 fine.
JWS recruits ESG expert from Corrs Chambers Westgarth
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Johnson Winter Slattery has snagged a special counsel from Corrs Chambers Westgarth to meet heightened demand for advice on climate change, sustainability and ESG issues.
Uber’s lawyers ‘panicked’ during regulator’s investigation, court hears
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Lawyers at Herbert Smith Freehills panicked as their client Uber obfuscated a regulator’s investigation during an alleged unlawful conspiracy to launch illegal rideshare operations, a trial has heard.
Judgment delayed in Lehrmann case as Ten wins bid to present new evidence
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Network Ten has won a bid to reopen its defence in a defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, just two days before a judge was set to deliver his decision, after a former producer at Seven claimed the accused rapist lied about leaking thousands of pages of text messages between Brittany Higgins and her former partner.
Personal injury firm says solicitor’s lies to clients cost it $1.3M in revenue
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A former solicitor with Schreuders Compensation Lawyers, who told numerous furphies to clients that allegedly cost the personal injury firm up to $1.3 million, has been ordered to pay compensation for damage done to the firm’s reputation.
CFMEU boycott case has ‘significant implications’ for industrial relations, High Court told
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The competition regulator has asked the High Court to correct the Full Court’s alleged error in overturning a finding that builder J Hutchinson and the union for construction workers violated competition laws by agreeing to boycott an independent subcontractor at a Brisbane building site.
Ultra Tune appeals record $1.5M fine for contempt
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Car repair franchise Ultra Tune is challenging a record $1.5 million fine for contempt for failing to comply with a court-ordered compliance program in proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
High Court asked to hear promoter’s spat with TEG over One Direction concert
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A Sydney concert promoter seeking a cut of the profits earned by Nine unit TEG Live for promoting a 2013 Australian tour with English-Irish boy band One Direction has taken his fight to the High Court.