Western Australia's chief justice has lambasted the quarrel over legal costs in a court dispute between Peter Hood and Tom Henderson-backed MAK Water and its former staff.
Law firm Gadens will trade as Dentons in Perth, Sydney and Port Moresby from this month, but other offices in Gadens' Australian network are sticking with their established brand.
Law firm Gadens has appointed Doug Stipanicev as head of its Perth office.Mr Stipanicev was most recently banking and finance/ property partner at the firm.
Perth firm Christensen Vaughan will merge with the Perth operations of national legal firm Gadens Lawyers to form an expanded commercial legal practice in Western Australia.