Royal Women’s Hospital GC to speak at 2025 Corporate Counsel Summit

Danielle Corden, general counsel at Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, will discuss takeaways from the PwC scandal at...

25 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

PwC case not evidence of systemic, improper privilege claims

“Excessive curtailment” of client legal privilege claims, including by way of expanded penalty powers for the...

18 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

McCabes adds another team from HBA Legal, principal from PwC

Fast-growing BigLaw firm McCabes has expanded its employment, workplace health and safety practice with the appointment...

04 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Reversing cultural decline: Lessons from the PwC scandal and navigating legal duties

In the wake of the PwC scandal and subsequent parliamentary inquiry, legal professionals are being called upon to play...

25 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

PwC sues lawyer over tax leaks scandal

In a major response to a claim for unpaid entitlements, PwC has filed its own action against a lawyer and former...

22 November 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Cap big 4 partnerships at 400, inquiry recommends

The parliamentary inquiry into consulting firms has urged the government to limit accounting partnerships to 400...

08 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Minters picks up 7 PwC partners

Seven partners from big four firm PwC have joined BigLaw firm MinterEllison as the latter moves to strengthen its risk...

06 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Ex-GC says PwC ignored warnings to green light Seymour’s CEO bid

A parliamentary inquiry has heard that Tom Seymour, who was PwC’s head of tax at the time of the firm’s...

23 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

PwC’s ex-GC makes recommendation for legal professional privilege oversight

The PwC former general counsel accused of “shunning” major issues amid the tax scandal has detailed how regulatory...

30 August 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Ex-PwC GC proposes big 4 watchdog, defends partnership model

Meredith Beattie says the sector needs more oversight to address cultural issues but has opposed calls to slash partner...

27 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘You should be sorry’: Former PwC GC slammed for role in tax leaks

Amid shocking evidence PwC partners “weaponised” legal privilege to allegedly hide crucial documents from the Tax...

02 August 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Kain Lawyers opens new Melbourne office, adds former PwC legal head

Kain Lawyers has strengthened its presence in Melbourne with a new office and a strategic senior appointment from PwC...

18 July 2024

By Lauren Croft

Inside former PwC partner’s defamation allegations

Within documents ahead of the first court appearance this month, a former PwC partner caught up in the 2023 tax scandal...

02 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Use of LPP must be reviewed, argues Greens

In addition to calling for PwC to be restricted from tendering for government work for five years, the Australian...

14 June 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Former PwC Australia partner launches defamation proceedings against the firm

A former partner of PwC, who successfully sued the firm over its attempts to force him into retirement, has now filed...

31 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lawyers with AI skills get paid more, report says

New research from PwC has shown a surge in AI jobs and an associated wage premium of almost 50 per cent for US lawyers...

29 May 2024

By Lauren Croft

Make digital ESG reporting mandatory, say PwC and Deloitte partners

Climate-related financial disclosures are driving the majority of ESG practitioners to speed up their digital...

28 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

PwC senior legal counsel joins Addisons

Sydney-based firm Addisons has continued to strengthen its bench of special counsel, this time appointing a senior...

14 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

ATO ‘disappointed with law firms’ on use of legal privilege

PwC Australia has been criticised over its misuse of legal privilege to obscure ATO investigations, a trend the...

01 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

PwC pushes back on claims partners ignored alleged $117.8bn Evergrande fraud

A letter circulated on Chinese social media has claimed that partners at big four accounting firm PwC turned a blind...

23 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy