disputes

First Right to Disconnect case raises eyebrows, but not precedents

The first of what may well be many employment disputes pertaining to the Right to Disconnect has caught the attention...

10 June 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firm to pay $427k to former client for negligence, breach of duty

While many of its former client’s allegations were shut down, a western Sydney firm was still ordered to hand over...

02 June 2025

By Naomi Neilson

139k working days lost over industrial disputes last year

New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed that an additional 39,800 working days were lost...

13 March 2025

By Kace O'Neill

G+T partner appointed to Takeovers Panel

A Gilbert + Tobin board member and corporate advisory partner has been selected to join the Takeovers Panel,...

12 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

AI certain to generate more litigation, partners say

The age of artificial intelligence, and particularly GenAI, will increase access to justice and improve operational...

10 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Maurice Blackburn changes striking staff’s ‘out-of-office’ emails

According to Maurice Blackburn employees engaged in today’s (6 March) industrial action, the national plaintiff law...

06 March 2025

By Kace O'Neill

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

Client makes urgent bid to freeze law firm’s assets

A Melbourne man urgently asked a court for a freezing order to prevent his former firm from disposing of almost $1...

02 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

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 Briony Robertson

Firm’s ‘fastidious’ record-keeping defence against fee dispute

A boutique law firm’s “fastidious” record keeping saved it from a legal fee dispute brought against it by a...

19 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Unfair costs assessment tossed out by court

A costs assessment issued by a Perth law firm was set aside by a court because it was “not fair and...

21 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Tasmanian partner restricted from proceedings following conflict concerns

A Tasmanian partner and his law firm have been restricted from acting in a partnership dispute following fears a...

31 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Mills Oakley grows disputes and insolvency practice

The national law firm has recruited a new partner to build out its Sydney-based disputes and insolvency

02 February 2023

By Emma Musgrave

2023: The year of the litigator?

With the disputes market likely to see more activity than in recent years, here are seven predicted trends for...

19 January 2023

By Trevor Withane

‘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

HSF promotes 3 in alternative legal services practice

Global firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has announced the promotion of three Australians in its alternative legal...

15 July 2022

By Jess Feyder

‘Landmark’ Hong Kong ruling has global implications for contract disputes

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has ruled on a “landmark” case in escalation clauses in arbitration agreements, which...

10 June 2022

By Simon Levett

Law Squared adds disputes and litigation expert

NewLaw firm Law Squared has appointed a former special counsel and senior associate to help bolster its disputes and...

20 April 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Australia will be at the centre of climate litigation for years to come’

A new report from a global law firm has found that Australia comes second only to the United States when it comes to...

21 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

The most common problems identified in intercultural disputes

Cross-cultural situations can seem daunting for some practitioners or an advantage for others, requiring additional...

01 March 2022

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