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Court orders law firm to compensate underpaid junior lawyer despite six figure income
Business of Law 2021-04-19 5:23 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Melbourne law firm and its director have been ordered to pay over $184,000 to a former junior lawyer who earned hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, after a court found he was underpaid and fired for filing a barrage of complaints.

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Law firm settles former partner’s sex discrimination case on day of trial
Business of Law 2021-04-19 4:03 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Law firm Hicksons Lawyers has reached a last-minute settlement to resolve sex discrimination claims brought by a female former partner who claims she was denied a promotion to equity partner because of her gender.

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Culture of Victorian courts ‘normalises’ sexual harassment, report finds
Business of Law 2021-04-19 1:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A review of sexual harassment in Victorian courts sparked by the findings of an investigation into former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon has found a culture that can “normalise or ignore” bad behaviour by judges and others, with more than two dozen court staff reporting they had experienced sexual harassment, many on numerous occasions.

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‘Not comforting or chivalrous’: Barrister reprimanded for sexually harassing solicitor
Business of Law 2021-04-16 9:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A Sydney barrister who has admitted to sexually harassing a young female solicitor in a NSW Supreme Court conference room is facing disciplinary action for unsatisfactory professional conduct.

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Senior Allens lawyer who sexually harassed colleague was allowed to stay on until litigation finished
Allens 2021-04-12 2:44 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Big Six firm Allens allowed a senior lawyer to stay on at the firm for five weeks after a sexual harassment incident in 2012, the third such event at the law firm to be disclosed in the past month.

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Law firm ordered to pay $50k to practice manager for unfair dismissal
Business of Law 2021-04-07 9:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The owner of a Sydney law firm has been ordered to pay his former practice manager $49,910 in compensation for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found his grounds for dismissal, which included alleged physical violence, insubordination and sabotage, were not credible.

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Ashurst doubles bonus pool to reward staff for strong pandemic performance
Ashurst 2021-04-01 10:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Ashurst has become the second Big Six firm to up its bonus game to reward staff for the firm’s strong performance during the coronavirus pandemic, doubling its bonus pool for the year and promising staff a one-time £1,000 special reward.

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HWL Ebsworth docs sought by ANZ whistleblower could contain ‘golden nugget’, judge says
Anthony McInerney 2021-03-31 3:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has ruled that a former ANZ trader who alleges he was fired after complaining about rate-rigging at the bank can amend his lawsuit after separate proceedings that accuse law firm HWL Ebsworth of withholding his client file are resolved, saying the HWL documents could contain a “golden nugget”.

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Law firm appeals $1.4M judgment over negligent advice
Appeals 2021-03-29 11:56 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A Sydney-based law firm is challenging a ruling that ordered it to pay $1.4 million in damages for failing to properly advise a client of his rights under a partnership agreement after he suffered several strokes.  

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Law firms could soon face regulatory action as sexual harassment ‘hotspots’
Business of Law 2021-03-25 10:02 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Law firms could be the target of regulatory action as sexual harassment “hotspots”, with the upcoming launch by the legal watchdogs in NSW and Victoria of anonymous 24-hour online reporting platforms for lawyers.

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