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SME Law • 24 July 2024
Brisbane firm accused of ‘negligent’ handling of criminal case
A woman levelled several allegations at a Brisbane criminal law firm, including claims her solicitors provided fraudulent...
SME Law • 16 July 2024
Firms that simply increase charge-out rates are selfish, fat, and lazy
Increasing prices is certainly one lever that can be used to help balance firm budgets, but I’d argue that law firms that...
Big Law • 12 July 2024
Lawyer’s removalist company faces misleading conduct claims
A legal practitioner’s NSW removalist company has faced allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct, but the accuser...
Big Law • 09 July 2024
Woman fails to sue lawyers after settlement remorse
A court has thrown out a woman’s attempts to blame her lawyers for a costs order that was triple the sum of a settlement...
A family lawyer’s $115,000 legal bill was voided by a judge who found he did not provide a costs estimate but...
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A court was asked to step in when a boutique firm’s bid to recover almost $150,000 from a client was stalled because a...
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Moving through 2024 and into the new financial year, SME firms face a number of challenges amid economic turbulence....
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Tensions arose when a lawyer retained her first legal employer to assist her with a major and drawn-out Federal Court...
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A demand for a client to pay more than $230,000 in unpaid legal fees has backfired on a national firm.
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A former Queensland MP who anonymously ran a local social media page for self-promotion purposes has been heavily...
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General counsel across the board are seeing either downward pressure on rates from external providers or an increase in...
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A Sydney barrister who charged a solicitor a figure almost five times higher than the original costs estimate has been...
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