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One of Australia’s biggest firms is broadening its reach into south-east Asia, and teams at other BigLaw practices are heading over to competitors. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
For the week from 8 April to 12 April, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
A Queensland solicitor will be struck off for barely acknowledging an investigation into his alleged misconduct.
A woman used a disciplinary complaint to have a Supreme Court judge recused from hearing a matter against one of Australia’s biggest firms.
Major Australian firm HWL Ebsworth breached its partnership deed when it expelled a capital partner who was shut out of the failed IPO.
International law firm Wotton + Kearney, which has nine offices across Australia and New Zealand, is set to open its 10th office in Singapore with two partners from a global rival as the BigLaw player sets its sights on the south-east Asian city-state as a global insurance hub.
A criminal lawyer was publicly reprimanded for failing to give adequate advice to a client and pushing an “inappropriate case theory”.
A barrister who used an elaborate Ponzi scheme to steal millions has been slammed by a tribunal for requesting to remain on the roll despite the extent of his deception.
A team of four, including two partners, has left national law firm Holding Redlich for K&L Gates.
The global head of climate and sustainability risk governance at BigLaw firm MinterEllison is joining climate change investment and advisory firm Pollination and bringing three lawyers with her.
The Federal Court has found that representations a Sydney solicitor made about an arrangement promoted as the “Vestey Trust” were false and misleading.
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