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This week, the legal profession saw a flurry of BigLaw promotions and disciplinary proceedings, as well as two famous chefs battling it out over allegedly plagiarised recipes. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
For the week from 5 to 9 May, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
2. Strike-off recommended for lawyer who sent false emails to himself
A sole practitioner will be removed from the roll for sending false emails to himself that purported to be sent by another practitioner to keep up the guise he was trying to find new work for his fired legal assistant.
3. Sex addiction behind $10k theft from client, lawyer claims
A Queensland solicitor who claimed a $10,000 theft from a law firm was partly due to his sex addiction has avoided a strike-off order.
4. Solicitor alleges she was fired after maternity leave discussion
A former boutique law firm employee has alleged she was terminated because she was pregnant and had asked about maternity leave.
5. ‘Repugnant’: Lawyer forced into sharing bed, ‘bizarre’ movie watch
A rookie solicitor endured marathon shifts, was forced to share a bed with her director, and was made to sit through an ice hockey movie at 1am as part of her job “role”.
6. HSF reappoints Rebecca Maslen-Stannage as chair and senior partner
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has reappointed Sydney-based corporate lawyer Rebecca Maslen-Stannage as its senior partner and chair of its global LLP council, effective until 30 April 2029.
7. Reporter says sensitive Roberts-Smith material ‘gossip’, not privilege
During tense cross-examination, the reporter who exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s war crimes said he did not consider the information he received about the former soldier’s legal strategy to be more than gossip.
8. Self-reporting solicitor reprimanded for affidavit bungle
A Victorian solicitor who self-reported an affidavit mishap to the legal disciplinary board has been reprimanded.
9. Criminal lawyer accused of financial breaches receives penalty privilege
A criminal lawyer accused of breaching anti-money laundering legislation across dozens of cash transactions has convinced a tribunal to allow him to rely on penalty privilege as he attempts to overturn a 2023 decision to cancel his practising certificate.
10. Maddocks continues to grow government practice with new partner
National law firm Maddocks has appointed a new partner from Ashurst as part of the ongoing growth of its government practice in Canberra.
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