Less than a year after being admitted as a solicitor, a junior lawyer has been struck off after deliberately asking a colleague to hide a client file to prevent her firm from discovering she had failed to complete the work.

Legal services firms are increasingly balancing high-volume core services, such as property and commercial law, with specialised capabilities, including employment, disputes and restructuring, to capture more complex client needs across the business and wealth life cycle, according to a NAB report.

Western Australia’s judiciary is set to welcome three new appointments across the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.

For ambitious small and mid-tier firms, the ceiling on growth usually isn't demand. It's the senior judgment behind every answer, and that's harder to hire than to build.