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International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has added a new partner in Sydney, who joins from BigLaw rival Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

The loyalty of a Perth-based law firm was called into question by a previous client, which told a court it was troubled by the solicitors’ representation of a former director it has brought action ...

A Perth-based legal practitioner has been publicly reprimanded for conduct that fell “substantially below” a reasonable standard of competence and diligence expected.

A Melbourne law firm was caught using citations in court documents that were fabricated by generative artificial intelligence.

Sovereign citizens who defamed a solicitor in emails to high-profile members of the profession will spend a month behind bars because they tried to have the matter aired in a faux “Common Law Court”.

Not only are law graduates seeing significant salary hikes for their entry-level roles, with some receiving up to $107,000, they are also, recruiters say, actively seeking such bloated pay packets.

A NSW-based solicitor who failed to direct large amounts of money into his firms’ trust account has been found to have engaged in professional misconduct and, in addition to a $5,000 fine, was ...

The factual matrix involving Colin Peek is another of the ever-increasing number of cases concerning “informal wills”. That is, statements of testamentary intention that do not meet formal legal ...

A lawyer has been referred to a disciplinary regulator for filing two documents that relied on “non-existent” citations and quotes.

A lawsuit containing allegations that HR platform Workday’s AI recruitment tools had discriminatory impacts on applicants will now move forward as a nationwide collective action.

National law firm Hall & Wilcox has strengthened its Commonwealth government practice with the appointment of a former general counsel and commissioned officer in the Australian Defence Force, who ...