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.

Effective today (1 July), KWM has promoted a total of 82 employees, including 61 lawyers, to more senior positions. This content is available exclusively to Lawyers Weekly premium members. Commenting ...

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 ...

Speaking at Western Sydney University’s recent 30th anniversary celebration, the chief executive of BigLaw firm Bartier Perry has stressed that, despite growing fears, artificial intelligence will not ...

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

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”.

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.

A solicitor sent a number of unusual threats and comments to an opposing practitioner, including calling him a “pathetic human” and suggesting he would be responsible for an elderly woman’s death.