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The Melbourne-based general counsel for Intrepid Travel has been promoted to the new role of group GC and corporate governance, which will strengthen the company’s executive leadership capability.
The pace and pressures of modern legal practice are making meaningful mentorship harder for young lawyers to find, highlighting the importance of experienced practitioners in developing sound judgement, measured advocacy, and the next generation of the profession.
Global tech-enabled legal services provider Consilio has acquired Australian e-discovery provider icourts, strengthening the former’s foothold in the Australian market.
In a budget estimates hearing that also canvassed bail reforms and Legal Aid funding, the NSW Attorney-General said there was “no chance” he would attend the upcoming inquiry into professional indemnity insurance.
Attwood Marshall Lawyers has boosted its footprint in Brisbane, relocating to an upscale space at Santos Place to accommodate its growing local personnel and address the rising requirements for professional legal guidance within the metropolitan area.
BigLaw firm Pinsent Masons has bolstered its Australian technology, media, and telecommunications practice, appointing an experienced special counsel.
Class actions launched against Colonial First State Investments, Avanteos Investments, and Commonwealth Bank over alleged super fund gouging have settled for $249 million, pending court approval.
The Perera Foundation Indigenous Scholarship is supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at Western Sydney University with up to $45,000 in course fee assistance, helping reduce financial barriers and create pathways to professional careers in accounting, finance, business, law, commerce, and property.
A long-running costs dispute between a personal injury firm and its former client has gone from $111,000 to $31,000 and back again – and is now headed for yet another review.
BigLaw firm King & Spalding has poached an experienced health lawyer from Thomson Geer to join its partnership in Sydney.