Ex-GC says PwC ignored warnings to green light Seymour’s CEO bid
A parliamentary inquiry has heard that Tom Seymour, who was PwC’s head of tax at the time of the firm’s confidentiality breaches, was allowed to run for the top job ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 23 Sep 2024
ACCC sues Woolworths, Coles for alleged misleading discounted prices
The competition regulator is taking Australia’s two biggest supermarkets to court for allegedly breaching the Australian Consumer Law by misleading consumers through ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Mon, 23 Sep 2024
New laws ensure ‘courts aren’t just the realm of a wealthy few’
The A-G, unions, and the legal assistance sector are celebrating the passage of the Costs Protection Bill, which prevents courts from ordering applicants to pay a ...
POLITICS • Sun, 22 Sep 2024
This lawyer’s journey to becoming a BigLaw firm’s first female managing partner
As Carroll & O’Dea celebrates its 125th anniversary, the managing partner reflects on her thirty-year journey with the national law firm and recalls how she became ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 22 Sep 2024
New Deputy Chief Magistrate named for NSW Local Court
The NSW Local Court has made another leadership appointment by naming a new Deputy Chief Magistrate.
THE BAR • Sun, 22 Sep 2024
A desire for 4-day weeks and being adults on AI: What’s hot in law this week (16–20 Sept)
In the past week, a global law firm withdrew its presence Down Under, and research showed that lawyers are keen for truncated working weeks. Here is your weekly round-up ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 20 Sep 2024
Kentucky judge shot and killed in chambers, sheriff charged with murder
A county sheriff in the US state of Kentucky has been charged with one count of murder following the fatal shooting of a district judge in his chambers.
THE BAR • Fri, 20 Sep 2024
Second class action filed against Harvey Norman
Retail giant Harvey Norman is now facing another class action, the second filed in the same week, over alleged illegally sold junk extended warranties.
BIG LAW • Thu, 19 Sep 2024
Aptum Legal nabs former ATO assistant commissioner
East coast-based firm Aptum Legal has appointed former ATO acting assistant commissioner Michael Buscema as its new tax disputes practice lead.
SME LAW • Thu, 19 Sep 2024
