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A $24bn deal and the impact of the Right to Disconnect: What’s hot in law this week (9–13 Sept)
This week, one of the world’s biggest firms announced that 10 per cent of its partnership would be cut, and the federal government committed almost $800 million to legal assistance. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Lawyers Weekly
For the week from 9 to 13 September, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
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An NSW lawyer who stole over $470,000 from clients has been removed from the roll of legal practitioners.
In submissions that confused a judge and rendered opposing counsel speechless, Bruce Lehrmann accused his former firm of allegedly taking $117,000 out of trust when it was not entitled to.
A Victorian barrister accused of allegedly damaging his client’s parenting dispute has been protected from a negligence finding because he was covered by the advocate’s immunity defence.
Numerous BigLaw firms have worked on one of the largest private capital M&A deals in Australian history.
The newly implemented Right to Disconnect laws in Australia have raised questions about applicability in legal workplaces. Here, four senior practitioners unpack the potential outcomes of the new laws on the legal profession, employers, and employees alike.
Gadens head Mark Pistilli has spent much of his legal career in leadership roles. Here, he unpacks what he’s learnt from one of the most popular TV shows of this decade in order to better serve staff, clients, and the broader business.
The national cabinet has committed nearly $800 million over the next five years to enhance critical legal services, addressing the ongoing challenge of gender-based violence in Australia.
Justice Michael Lee came down hard on the lawyers behind a chief legal officer for missing a deadline that he said should have taken a barrister and paralegal a half day’s work to complete.
Global law firm A&O Shearman is set to embark on post-merger strategic changes, which will – among other things – result in a predicted 10 per cent reduction in its partner numbers worldwide during this financial year.
As discussions intensify around the new Right to Disconnect law, legal students and recent graduates have weighed in on its potential to alleviate the demanding nature of legal work.
