Maxim Shanahan

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Joseph Rayment established Automatise, the company behind litigation artificial intelligence program Cicero AI, to cut out dreary manual processes.

While other firms focus on policy, Nicholas Tassigiannakis says Bridgeford Group aims to offer companies practical solutions to cutting emissions.