Justice Michael Lundberg

An in-house lawyer is barred from representing his employer in proceedings against a law firm after a judge found it breached rules in Western Australia that require corporate litigants to be represented by solicitors. 

Mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have lost a bid to amend one of two cases that claim losses totalling $4 billion against CITIC after a judge found the amended claims would be “unfairly general”.

A judge has found that a Western Australian law firm can act for a doctor who has been sued for defamation despite having learned about the case from the plaintiff during a preliminary consultation.