The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has taken at least $3 million in legal work away from Corrs Chambers Westgarth
and reluctant to do the work, and the firm believed this was also affecting Corrs’ appeal to graduates as it sought to rebrand itself as top-tier commercial firm.While Corrs only did compensation work for the Melbourne archdiocese, in Sydney it handled almost all its legal work, an account that rival law firm chief executives estimated to be worth at least $3 million.
, including Richard Leder, the church’s main contact at the firm for child abuse claims for more than 25 years.Mr Leder was the architect of the Melbourne Response of 1996, the first compensation scheme in the world set up by a church. It is not clear whether he will join Dentons or keep working for the Melbourne archdiocese at another firm. He is unlikely to stay at Corrs.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with an Australia-wide legal practice that has a trusted reputation of excellence, prudence and probity around the world,” Mr Digges said. Corrs chief executive Gavin MacLaren has declined to answer any questions about why it asked the church to move all its abuse claims work to other law firms.
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