Even some of the country’s best and brightest can be duped by bad actors impersonating trusted partners during transactions.
A potential witness for three newspapers in the war veteran’s defamation case does not want to give evidence about his own involvement in an alleged killing,the court heard.
Rebekah Giles has become the go-to lawyer for powerful people whose lives have been blown apart by scandal
Look,I like the Queen,but this is the era of people who speak their minds. Discretion and fidelity to institutions? Not so much.
It wasn’t the best timing for a MinterEllison cocktail party. Earlier that day,the firm’s CEO sent an all-staff email that blasted a senior partner. It was the legal equivalent of a BBQ stopper.
But it would be deeply ironic and quite unfair if Kimmitt was to depart while Christian Porter returned to work without facing any independent investigation.
Cabinet minister Linda Reynolds and Christian Porter are paying their own legal fees after engaging defamation lawyers in separate matters.
The reports say MinterEllison chief executive Annette Kimmitt has been forced out of the firm over the backlash from a senior partner’s decision to advise Attorney-General Christian Porter.
The involvement of prominent law firm MinterEllison in advising Attorney-General Christian Porter has caused deep divisions and has potentially damaging financial consequences.