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The Easter long weekend may be upon us, but that hasn’t meant a slower news cycle. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
For the week from 14 to 18 April, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
1. Magistrate on hook for costs after challenging move out of Children’s Court
A West Australian judge, who strongly objected to her move from the Children’s Court to the Magistrates Court, was ordered to pay the costs of her attempts to overturn the decision.
2. Practising certificate cancelled for solicitor over off-limits work
A solicitor with decades of experience under his belt was shut out of the legal profession for a year after he was found to have stepped outside the bounds of his employee practising certificate.
3. Solicitor brings fight against employer years after her termination
A solicitor terminated from her position at an immigration detention centre based in Sydney’s west has brought an unfair dismissal application against the operators seven and a half years too late.
4. Counsel sends court on ‘wild goose chase’ in vaccine class action material
A court has criticised the work of a senior counsel and two junior counsel for material submitted in a vaccine class action, particularly the 812-page statement of claim that had the reader “running around in circles” while they looked for a “needle in a haystack”.
5. HSF names 8 new Australian partners
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed 19 new partners worldwide, including eight Down Under. The firm says the new Australian partners will boost its private capital, energy, and digital offerings.
6. Victoria Legal Aid fee policy is ‘unlawful’, law firms says
A Victorian law firm has publicly challenged Victoria Legal Aid’s funding policy for criminal mention hearings, releasing an open letter that claims the policy is “unlawful” and undermines the proper administration of justice.
7. ‘Severe’ cost failures at Perth law firm, client alleges
A Perth law firm was ordered to scrap its legal bills and start again after a former client complained its alleged failure to comply with cost disclosure obligations was at the “severe end of the spectrum”.
8. Hicksons, Hunt & Hunt NSW to merge
Hicksons Lawyers (nearly 300 partners and staff) and Hunt & Hunt NSW (almost 90 partners and staff) have agreed to integrate their operations, creating a competitive new force in the Sydney market.
9. Clifford Chance names new Aussie managing partner
Global law firm Clifford Chance has appointed a new managing partner to oversee its Australian offices, who will assume the role in May.
10. Which BigLaw firms gained or lost popularity among lawyers this past year?
Following the release of this year’s Top 25 Attraction Firms ranking, Lawyers Weekly can reveal which BigLaw firms are increasingly perceived as appealing prospective employers and which have lost a step compared to last year’s results.
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