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A jam-packed week of legal news pre-EOFY: What’s hot in law this week (19-23 June)
This past week has seen a fascinating insight into high-profile defamation trials and the strategies to tackle alleged data hacks — all while national firms continue to announce promotions round pre-EOFY. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Jerome Doraisamy
For the week from 19 June to 23 June, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
As the latest victim of a Russian hacker group, HWL Ebsworth has disclosed its unsuccessful negotiations to prevent the leak and has detailed a plan to stop the stolen data from spreading further.
Kevin Roache, 82, the former director and principal lawyer of Coulter Roache Legal — now known only as Coulter Legal — will spend at least a year behind bars for the “abhorrent” theft from the estates of two deceased clients between April 2018 and October 2019.
At least two BigLaw firms have been making redundancies to roles in the back office of their businesses — and, given current market conditions, those practices may not be the last.
National law firm Hall & Wilcox has named five new partners, 11 new special counsel, 24 new senior associates and eight senior corporate promotions, all of which take effect in the new financial year.
Reflecting on 50 years of experience in defamation law, the lawyer behind the media’s success against Ben Roberts-Smith said not only was it the biggest defamation trial in Australia’s history, but it was also the most challenging. Here’s what he said it took to win.
National law firm Thomson Geer has elevated two to special counsel, 12 to senior associate and nine to associate, and has also appointed a senior associate from MinterEllison as the newest principal for its allied firm, TG Legal + Technology.
A solicitor who sought damages against his former workplace has alleged the employment firm he retained was negligent and exacerbated his mental health issues, a court has heard.
A former law student demanded the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) publicly apologise and hand over more than $45,000 after it refused to allow him to study legal subjects out of order.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has appointed a judge of the Federal Court of Australia as the new president of the Australian Law Reform Commission for a term of five years.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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