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‘Like to f--k you right now’: Partner suspended after harassing multiple female colleagues

A senior partner who told a junior colleague she was so “sexy” and that he would “like to f--k you right now” at a firm Christmas party has been suspended for one year.

05 March 2026
By Grace Robbie
LawConnect acquires lawyer marketplace Finchly

Legal artificial intelligence platform LawConnect has acquired Finchly to accelerate its development of a unified, global legal services marketplace and offer further specialist expertise.

05 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Keypoint Law appoints consulting principal

Commercial firm Keypoint Law has strengthened its senior ranks with the appointment of a second consulting principal in 2026.

05 March 2026
By Grace Robbie
LHD Lawyers acquires 120-year-old firm Taylor & Scott Lawyers

LHD Lawyers has strengthened its workers’ compensation, personal injury, and industrial law capability with the acquisition of Taylor & Scott Lawyers, a firm with more than 120 years of history in NSW.

05 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Senior lawyers must answer for their own mistakes, court says

A Supreme Court judge emphatically rejected any suggestion that junior lawyers should shoulder the blame for the mistakes of their superiors.

04 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
When lawyers feel too much

The emotional weight of practice can be both a hazard and a mark of conscience, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.

04 March 2026
By Rebecca Ward, MBA
2 senior lawyers join MinterEllison’s private capital team

MinterEllison’s private capital capability has been strengthened with the appointment of two special counsel.

04 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Early, extensively and often: Defending against WHS claims

Reflecting on a recent WHS appeal case, a lawyer discusses how practitioners can defend a workplace injury claim by collating information quickly and extensively.

04 March 2026
By Carlos Tse
1m professionals turn to CoCounsel

Global legal technology provider Thomson Reuters has reached a major milestone, with 1 million professionals now relying on CoCounsel for high-stakes legal, tax, and compliance work.

04 March 2026
By Grace Robbie
Has legal business partnering gone too far?

One general counsel has warned there may be risks inherent with the boundaries of strategic business collaboration from the law department could be stretched too far away from traditional legal advice.

03 March 2026
By Grace Robbie