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Ansarada to integrate with Harvey

Global legal AI platform Harvey and global SaaS company Ansarada have entered into a strategic partnership to help deliver secure, AI-powered deal workflows.

08 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Baker Love appoints 25-year veteran to special counsel

Newcastle-based law firm Baker Love is expanding its expertise with the addition of a seasoned special counsel, bringing 25 years of in-depth legal experience to the team.

08 May 2026
By Grace Robbie
DLA Piper adds 5 to partnership

Of the 62 DLA Piper lawyers promoted across the world, five are based in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.

08 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
The crucial skills law school doesn’t teach firm owners

Starting a law firm might sound like the dream move for experienced lawyers, but the jump from courtroom to business owner can be a shock, with law school failing to teach the real-world skills needed to successfully run a firm.

07 May 2026
By Grace Robbie
Sydney law firm escalates fee fight with senior counsel

A Sydney firm and a senior counsel with a “longstanding professional association” have found themselves locked in a fee dispute.

07 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Mallesons names new chair after King & Wood split

Global law firm Mallesons has appointed a new chair from within its own ranks, following the formal separation of the Chinese and Australian partnerships of King & Wood Mallesons.

07 May 2026
By Grace Robbie
Thomson Geer appoints new competition and regulation partner

Moving from BigLaw competitor Clifford Chance, competition and antitrust lawyer Mark Grime joins as a partner in Thomson Geer’s Sydney office.

07 May 2026
By Amelia McNamara
Credibility on trial in MacInnes v Wilson

At the heart of the defamation battle between Charlotte MacInnes and Rebel Wilson lies a formidable question: who will the court believe? An expert unpacks the critical role of credibility, how cross-examination played a part, and the evidence poised to define the case’s outcome.

06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Contracts, conduct, and controversy behind The Kyle & Jackie O Show

Kyle Sandilands and Jacqueline Henderson’s fallout with ARN Media is as much about contracts as it is about conduct. In this interview, an employment lawyer breaks down where personality-driven broadcasting ends and where contractual obligations begin.

06 May 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Insurance law and ‘war risk’ now inextricably linked

The idea that insurance law needs to be “geopolitics-aware” is not new, but the flow-on consequences of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz mean that such thinking “no longer sits at the margins”.

06 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy