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An Adelaide law firm’s eleventh-hour decision not to cross-examine one of its founders has tipped the balance in a costs fight.

A partner at global law firm DWF was wined and dined by private investigators posing as prospective clients in an elaborate sting designed to extract confidential information about a high-stakes commercial dispute worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Here, senior employment and workplace relations lawyers examine the likely implications of the tribunal and whether it will achieve its intended purpose.

Specialist boutique law firm Velocity Legal has strengthened its leadership ranks by elevating a senior commercial lawyer to director.

As the in-house legal function enters a period of rapid evolution, new research from Gartner has identified five key themes that will fundamentally reshape how legal teams operate, deliver value, and support their organisations in the years ahead.

A Queensland lawyer who specialises in family and domestic violence has been reprimanded for sending a letter with “emotionally abusive and coercive language” to a person under protective orders.

A stalking conviction, misleading emails, and claims of acting as a vulnerable woman’s “next of kin” have resulted in a solicitor being struck off the roll.

Ahead of his appearance at this week’s Australian Law Forum, a BigLaw partner unpacked lawyers’ biggest blind spots with AI use, stressed the importance of maintaining audit trails, and reflected on the place for both creators and verifiers.

Global law firm DLA Piper has powered up its renewable energy practice by hiring a former BigLaw partner from Watson Farley & Williams as a special counsel.

Mental illness should never be a courtroom gimmick. But too often, it becomes one. In both psychiatry and law, the line between explanation and excuse is razor-thin, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.