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Big Six firm Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a PricewaterhouseCoopers veteran as its first director of global workforce strategy and implementation.
‘Deeply concerned’: Scott Morrison’s attack on barristers earns ABA rebuke
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The nation’s peak body for barristers has lashed out at Prime Minister Scott Morrison for saying he has “never had much truck” with barristers during his political career and “didn’t care” if they disagreed with him about the need for a federal anti-corruption commission.
Banksia class action lawyers’ conduct ‘shocking and unimaginable’, judge told
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The behaviour of the legal team running the Banksia Securities class action was “reprehensible” and the solicitor who allowed himself to be controlled by lawyer and funder Mark Elliott should be struck from the court’s roll of practitioners, a judge heard Tuesday.
Eleven women to testify they were harassed by actor Craig McLachlan
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Eleven women will give evidence of sexually inappropriate behaviour by actor Craig McLachlan in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax, including one actress who worked with him on the set of Neighbours in the late 1980s.
Client sues Moray & Agnew over ‘unauthorised’ $3.3M transfer
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Moray & Agnew is facing a lawsuit by a former client who says the firm breached its duties by making an unauthorised $3.3 million transfer while representing him on an investment in a Melbourne storage facility development.
AMP denies acting unconscionably by charging dead customers for life insurance
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AMP has admitted two of its units charged customers fees for no service but denied it acted unconscionably in a case brought by the corporate regulator alleging it continued to charge advice fees and life insurance premiums to customers who had died.
Pfizer sues drug companies over Enbrel biosimilar
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has fired off a lawsuit against four drug companies for allegedly infringing one of its patents for biologic Enbrel by selling a biosimilar of the blockbuster arthritis drug in Australia.
ASIC says Australian Mines lied about funding for ‘critical’ $500M project
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The corporate regulator has taken Australian Mines to court after its managing director was allegedly caught lying at an investment conference about the value of an offtake agreement and funding for a project at its cobalt and nickel mine in Queensland.
Receptionist at centre of Tim Paine sexting saga should not be believed, Cricket Tasmania says
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A former receptionist’s claims of ill mental health after allegedly suffering sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and managers do not “ring true”, Cricket Tasmania has argued as the receptionist fights to bring her case out of time.
Virgin says top pilot was not sacked for complaining about bullying by CEO
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Virgin Australia has struck back at a lawsuit by its former chief pilot alleging the airline sacked him for complaining of bullying and harassment by its CEO, saying it terminated the pilot’s employment after he was deemed medically unfit for his role.