Two HSF partners have highlighted the biggest headwinds they’re having to grapple, both internally and externally, and how this has altered the way in which they approach leadership.

Jason Ricketts and David Hugo, both former senior partners at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), have launched Chord Advisory, a boutique firm that integrates legal and consultancy services.

MinterEllison has promoted 10 lawyers to its partnership, as well as 14 to special counsel, four to executive director, four to director, 51 to senior associate and eight to senior manager. This ...

A former client of BigLaw firm HWL Ebsworth has been found to have lost an opportunity to develop a property because of a “negligent failure” by the firm, alleged to have lost the former client $130 ...

In the wake of an inquiry report that recommended the decriminalisation of cannabis, the NSW Bar has called on the state government to refocus its attention on more pressing issues.

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”.

Macpherson Kelley is a commercial law firm focused on the mid market with offices in Brisbane, Dandenong, Melbourne and Sydney. The firm has four offices located offices in Brisbane, Dandenong, ...

Three senior executives have brought their extensive expertise in providing risk management, compliance and governance advice to Clayton Utz’s risk advisory practice.

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 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.

Criminal lawyers Daniel Covington, Stuart Devine and Peter Thompson will join the NSW local court bench in the coming weeks. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members.

King & Wood Mallesons Australia (KWM) has rolled out Harvey, an advanced generative artificial intelligence tool designed specifically for law firms, across six offices in Australia and Singapore.