Maxim Shanahan

Gavin MacLaren has centralised power, prefers hiring from exclusive schools and secured a mega pay deal. His high-powered new consultancy has a controversial past.

He’s the art-loving ‘Chairman of Fun’ tipped for the High Court, but NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell is also an unusually outspoken advocate for the rule of law.

Slater and Gordon chief people officer Julie Catanach was the unwitting addressee of an infamous all-staff email that led to the firm’s pay leak crisis.

Liam Kelly, KC, has been appointed to assist the commission of inquiry and will be joined by two criminal law specialists.

Three directors will step down from the board, having finished their terms during a troubling time for the private-equity-owned law firm.

The CEO has made a pretty penny investing in a well-connected start-up, but evidence of his firm’s association has disappeared.

A decision on the King & Wood Mallesons alliance may come as soon as next year, when the Chinese division reviews its Eversheds Sutherland relationship.

Pogust Goodhead co-founder Tom Goodhead has been placed on leave, as tensions with the class action’s funder emerge ahead of a final judgment.

A Financial Review analysis of thousands of court cases involving companies has uncovered vast differences in how long it takes to reach a judgment.

Bella Ward moved to Russia to work just before the GFC hit and ended up doing 18-hour days, often sleeping under her desk. But that’s not what haunts her.