BigLaw firm Bartier Perry has poached a commercial disputes team from Hicksons | Hunt & Hunt and Holman Webb Lawyers, which comprises two partners and three lawyers.

Queensland-based Mullins Lawyers has elevated four lawyers to more senior roles across four of its core practice areas.

National law firm Kain Lawyers has appointed a former counsel for a global law firm as its new Sydney-based director of the property and energy transition practice.

A major erosion of work is looming for law firms, as a new Axiom report reveals that in-house legal teams are preparing to take over up to 80 per cent of legal matters traditionally sent to external firms over the next two years.