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The start of August has seen a string of team poachings across the BigLaw firms, while various court cases also caught the attention of the profession. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
For the week from 31 July to 4 August, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
A lawyer who made a name for himself as a boxing champion failed to convince a tribunal to overturn a decision by a professional conduct committee of the Council of the Law Society of NSW to reprimand him for conduct that was “entirely inconsistent with the standards of competence and diligence”.
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A barrister and a solicitor, both with considerable experience in the profession, have clashed in a Supreme Court during a will dispute.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed two partners (one of whom joins as a senior consultant) and a senior associate (who joins as a special counsel) from BigLaw rival Clyde & Co for its projects and construction practice.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ordered that one of the state’s lawyers, who failed to report his charge and ultimate conviction for a serious offence to QLS, be removed from the roll.
Last month, NSW Supreme Court Justice David Hammerschlag found that Peter van Onselen breached his redundancy contract and the non-disparagement clause within it. Here, employment lawyers reflect on the legal implications of this decision moving forward.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has nabbed two partners and two special counsel from Lander & Rogers and a partner and associate from Holding Redlich, with whom it is launching an employment and reward practice in Australia.
Global law firm White & Case has launched a global financial restructuring and insolvency (FRI) practice in Australia with the addition of two partners who have come across from Clayton Utz.
A Federal Court judge said it would “offend common sense” if he allowed a woman to bring a claim of discrimination against a Melbourne hospital for requiring her to wear a face shield.
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