$1.1m legal bill for Lattouf case burning a hole in ABC’s pockets

The ongoing unfair dismissal case involving the ABC and its former journalist, Antoinette Lattouf, is reportedly...

03 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

ClarkeKann partner joins Maddocks as a special counsel

National law firm Maddocks has added a special counsel for its dispute resolution and litigation team in...

28 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

International disputes boutique expands Down Under

Lindsay Francis & Mangan (LFM), which currently has offices in Auckland and Singapore, is set to expand into...

27 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Disputes partner to join Minters from KWM

BigLaw MinterEllison has appointed a construction litigation partner from global rival King & Wood...

10 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

How new laws could cater for disputes over pets

As any family lawyer will tell you, informing a client that their beloved furry friend is lumped into the property...

26 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

HSF names new dispute resolution heads

A Hong Kong-based silk and a Perth-based partner have been appointed as new leaders of the dispute resolution practice...

29 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Solicitor clashes with client over Sydney property

A Sydney solicitor has been locked in a lengthy court fight to hold onto a caveat lodged on a former client’s...

21 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

HopgoodGanim adds disputes partner

Australian mid-tier firm HopgoodGanim Lawyers has appointed a new partner for its dispute resolution practice in...

12 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘The family law system is broken’ and litigation isn’t the answer

Dispute resolution and “responsible lawyering” is the way forward, according to this pair, who said that...

26 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

Family law firms need to keep up with changing family dynamics

Alternative dispute resolution is not a “soft” option, according to these partners – who said that this kind of...

19 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

Addisons adds partner, senior associate

Sydney-based firm Addisons has moved to bolster its insolvency and restructuring and commercial litigation and dispute...

01 June 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

FCW hires dispute resolution and insolvency principal

Sydney and Melbourne-based firm FCW Lawyers has moved to strengthen its dispute resolution and insolvency practice with...

12 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

The importance of court child experts in family dispute resolution

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia’s director of the Court Children’s Service for Victoria and...

28 April 2023

By Jess Feyder

Dispute resolution in ‘safe and progressive hands’ with Australia’s next generation

Inside and outside of the court system, dispute resolution has taken off in Australia. And with more young lawyers than...

21 April 2023

By Lauren Croft

‘Uncertainty is the new certainty’ in disputes

A global economic downturn is driving up volume within the dispute resolution space, according to a new report from...

17 January 2023

By Lauren Croft

‘Dispute resolution outside the court has taken off in Australia’

Whilst nearly 50 per cent of all married couples in Australia are still getting divorced, settling disputes outside of...

17 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

What makes a successful dispute resolution team?

On this instalment of Legal Firesides, Dentons' global co-chair of litigation, Louise Massey, joins to discuss the...

26 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

FCW merges with dispute resolution firm

FCW Lawyers has expanded its dispute resolutions practice in Sydney with the addition of a boutique firm, whose team...

15 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Why more family lawyers are becoming dispute resolution experts

Family lawyers should increasingly be focusing on “making the switch” from being litigators to dispute resolution...

25 August 2022

By Lauren Croft

Piper Alderman appoints dispute resolutions partner

National law firm Piper Alderman has announced the partner appointment of Meriel Steadman in its Perth...

26 July 2022

By Jess Feyder