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Disclosure failures and ‘damage’ to ICAC: What’s hot in law this week (8–12 July)
This week, Lawyers Weekly unveiled the finalists for this year’s Australian Law Awards. Elsewhere, the commissioner of the South Australian Independent Commission Against Corruption resigned over frustrations that recent legislative amendments have hampered the scheme in the state. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Lawyers Weekly
For the week from 8 July to 12 July, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
A boutique firm principal who subjected an employee to “relentless” sexual harassment has been refused a 2024 practising certificate.
Wearing a baseball cap and a surgical mask, a Brisbane lawyer handed a pharmacist a note that said he had a “knife and acid in my bag” and demanded she give him opioids “without making a scene”.
A family lawyer’s $115,000 legal bill was voided by a judge who found he did not provide a costs estimate but allegedly promised his client the fees would be “less than the costs” of her ex-partner’s lawyers.
A court has thrown out a woman’s attempts to blame her lawyers for a costs order that was triple the sum of a settlement order.
National law firm Clayton Utz has promoted 75 staff across the country, plus one to the partnership.
Lawyers Weekly and principal partner Dye & Durham are pleased to announce that 360 finalists will compete for the coveted awards this year.
A partner who was recently terminated by Clifford Chance following allegations of “serious misconduct” is disputing the outcome of the global firm’s internal investigation.
Clayton Utz has appointed a new legal consultant and senior associate duo, both of whom join the firm’s Brisbane office and bring more than 40 years of combined experience.
While representing a client who claimed he was unfairly fired, a senior solicitor was at risk of a finding he allegedly exceeded his authority by working on a settlement offer without instructions.
The commissioner of the South Australian Independent Commission Against Corruption resigned over frustrations that her public interest concerns were constantly falling on deaf ears.
