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A Queensland solicitor jailed for the $1,000,000 theft from a family business has been recommended for removal from the roll.

The Federal Court has accepted a $35 million penalty to HSBC for its failure to protect customers from scammers, but it did not escape Justice Elizabeth Bennett’s notice that there was no direct evidence as to how much, and for how long, senior management were aware.

National law firm Carter Newell has promoted 10 team members across all three of its offices, in a cross-divisional promotion round spanning legal and management roles.

National law firm Piper Alderman has elevated 27 professionals across its national network, including the promotion of three lawyers to its partnership ranks.

A panel discussion examined how legal professionals are already adopting agent-based systems while maintaining strict limits on human oversight.

Legal technology platforms InfoTrack and Legora have partnered to bring verified Australian legal, property, and compliance data into AI-assisted legal workflows.

As clients increasingly turn to AI to research legal issues before ever speaking to a lawyer, the starting point of legal advice is shifting – forcing practitioners to rethink how they communicate, manage expectations, and respond to machine-generated “answers”.

Where workplace culture was once treated as a secondary concern in legal teams, often sidelined in favour of billable targets and performance metrics, one legal leader now stresses that it has become a fundamental driver of high-performing teams – not a nice-to-have.

The conduct of Star’s most senior solicitor was “fundamentally inconsistent” with the standards expected of a legal officer of her calibre, Justice Michael Lee said in a penalty decision that saw her slapped with a $400,000 penalty and a company management ban.

Australian mid-tier law firm HopgoodGanim Lawyers has strengthened its property practice with the appointment of a special counsel from national firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth.