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A SAS sergeant testifying for Fairfax Media in the Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial has admitted he told an investigative reporter the decorated veteran machine-gunned a disabled man during the war in Afghanistan, but insisted everything he said was true.
Law firm Maddocks has bolstered its corporate practice with the addition of two senior mergers and acquisitions specialists, nabbed from Lander & Rogers and Herbert Smith Freehills.
As parliament weighs the latest Morrison government crackdown on class actions, the Federal Court's chief judge has warned of "an ever present danger" of maligning the regime.
Lander & Rogers has recruited four leading corporate lawyers from KPMG Law, including highly-regarded partner David Morris, as part of the law firm's aggressive growth strategy.
Lawyers will need to review their income arrangements in light of new tax guidelines that could expose them to greater ATO scrutiny, says Pitcher Partners executive director Ashley Davidson.
It was common knowledge that SAS soldiers sought the retraction of a “bulls--t” commendation awarded to war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith for acts of bravery in Afghanistan in 2012, a trial in a defamation case against Fairfax has heard.
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed technology law specialist Cameron Whittfield as part of its plan to be a dominant global player in the technology, cyber security and digital space.
Holding Redlich has scored leading workplace relations lawyer Andrew Klein to lead the firm’s workplace relations and safety practice at its newly established Canberra office, with a focus on government clients.
Fairfax has accused senior counsel representing Ben Roberts-Smith of using cross-examination to try to identify the source of allegedly defamatory articles that accused the former SAS soldier of war crimes.
One of Australia's largest law firms has taken its insurer to court for failing to cover part of a $3.7 million settlement of a claim stemming from the sale of apartments at a $105 million South Yarra complex developed by millionaire Harry Stamoulis.