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A Victorian solicitor has been reprimanded and suspended for three months for forging another practitioner’s name on two legal documents, causing the latter significant anxiety and stress.

National insurance law firm Gilchrist Connell has bolstered its senior ranks with a string of strategic hires across its national offices, including three lawyers recruited from rival BigLaw firms.

Law firms based in Australia and New Zealand are at risk of falling behind global counterparts in capturing critical knowledge, new research has shown.

National plaintiff firm Slater and Gordon has elevated 63 lawyers and support staff to more senior roles.

National firm Maddocks has further embedded AI into its daily workflows with the enterprise-wide rollout of Harvey.

Legal-grade AI platform Luminance has unveiled a new contract intelligence model, Luna, which it claims can deliver answers “up to four times faster” than general-purpose AI systems.

Global legal technology company Relativity has strengthened its AI capabilities with the acquisition of Gavel, paving the way for AI-powered drafting and document automation to be brought directly into Microsoft Word.

Lawyers On Demand has partnered with Wordsmith to deliver AI-enabled managed services to in-house legal teams.

Together with his wife and son, a Sydney lawyer was accused, but later acquitted, of allegedly obtaining a Glebe property by deception.

In what is believed to be a world first, an AI-powered law firm has won a court case without a single lawyer overseeing the pre-trial work, all while costing its client less than $1,000.