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Australia Law – EY Corporate Law Partner Makes Move to Maddocks As Corporate Partner

Maddocks is thrilled to announce the appointment of Alex Worner as a Partner in the Corporate practice in our Sydney office – a major hire that underscores the firm’s growing national and international reputation in high-value and complex transactions. Alex joins Maddocks from EY, where he spent nearly a decade at the forefront of significant mergers and […]

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BHP’s Massive Legal Battle Over Brazil Dam Disaster

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BHP’s Staggering Legal Bills Updated 17 July 2025 Ben Thomson, LawFuel contibuting editor BHP is facing one of the largest environmental lawsuits in legal history following the 2015 Fundão dam collapse in Brazil, with legal costs projected to reach extraordinary levels across multiple jurisdictions. We have reported previously about entepreneurial London-based law firm Pogust Goodhead, co-founded

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Australian Divorce Fund Launches in New Zealand

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Divorce Funding Startup JustFund Expands Into NZ With Backing From Top Family Law Firms A legal lifeline for the “missing middle” hits New Zealand shores as Australian legal finance startup JustFund launches in New Zealand, offering flexible funding for clients navigating divorce or separation — and it’s doing so with the support of several New

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Australian Court Issues Warning on Legal AI Citation Errors in Legal Practice

The ‘ Hallucinated’ Legal AI Risks in Court A recent Australian Federal Court ruling serves as a reminder to legal professionals about the risks of unsupervised artificial intelligence use in legal document preparation. Melbourne law firm Massar Briggs Law has been ordered to pay indemnity costs after a junior solicitor used AI-enabled software that generated fabricated

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HWL Ebsworth Expands South Australian Presence with Botten Levinson Acquisition

Australia’s largest legal partnership has just grown even bigger. HWL Ebsworth is adding serious muscle to its South Australian practice with the acquisition of respected Adelaide-based firm Botten Levinson Lawyers. The deal, effective 1 August, sees four of the firm’s six principals making the move to HWL, joining as partners and strengthening its environmental and

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Federal Family Law Reforms Reshape Asset Division for Australian Divorcing Couples

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Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels The landscape of Australian family law is undergoing a profound transformation. It is decisively moving towards a more nuanced, equitable, and case-specific approach to divorce settlements.  Significant legislative reforms, primarily introduced by the Family Law Amendment Act 2024 and commenced mainly in June 2025, fundamentally reshape how assets, liabilities,

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Australia & NZ LegalTech Move – Thomson Reuters Completes Acquisition of TimeBase

Legislative Solutions Acquisition By Thomson Reuters SYDNEY July 2, 2025 – Thomson Reuters Corporation (TSX/Nasdaq: TRI), a global content and technology company, today announced that it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of TimeBase, a leading provider of Australian legislative solutions.  For over 25 years, TimeBase has enabled legal professionals to search, track, and understand Australian

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Australia Law News – Minter Ellison Announce 12 New Partners

The 12 new Partners bring deep expertise across each of the firm’s chosen industries, including Education, Energy & Resources, Financial Services, Health, Infrastructure and Real Estate. These appointments strengthen the firm’s ability to support clients in a rapidly changing environment and reflect its continued investment in the leadership and expertise needed to stay ahead of

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LegalAI – Holding Redlich launches firm-wide pilot of Cicero AI in partnership with Automatise

AI Litigation Platform Begins Major Pilot Program in Australia Australia, 24 June 2025 – National law firm Holding Redlich has begun a major pilot of Cicero, an AI litigation platform developed by Australian legal-tech company Automatise. The pilot follows a successful trial in selected matters earlier this year and will initially run across key practice groups,

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Australasian Lawyer & NZ Lawyer Top Law Firm Winners

Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer just dropped their Top Specialist Firms 2025 list, honoring 70 firms earning serious cred for deep, tailored legal skill. Most top firms earn over half their revenue from a single niche as specialists, not generalists . Here are the top specialist law firms in Australia and New Zealand for 2025—with clear

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