Former law firm managing partner Kevin Yau quit law to retrain as a plumber, worried the job would be safer from AI than his legal career. He's now lead plumber at The Clean Plumber. It fits a wider trend — 58% of young Aussies say AI has already influenced a career decision: news.com.au

Apparently, Allens isn't a happy place right now. Partners aren't upset about the actual work done for KPMG, it's the combative way leadership handled the fallout. New boss Marc Kemp copped eye rolls for his parliamentary committee performance, while Ross Drinnan, the face of the response, is getting frozen out by his own colleagues: AFR

Justice Black accused barristers of "knowing involvement" in a crime over screenshots taken without permission, spooking three of them into quitting the case. An appeal court called it "most troubling". The barristers returned to the case and argued Black should stand down for apprehended bias. He agreed: AFR

Mallesons, Ray White Capital and lender Keyview Financial are being sued by liquidators over a $41m loan to developer Frank Guo. The claim alleges the trio knew the loan would let Guo pay off personal debts before his company FSM collapsed, wiping out secured creditor Zagga. All three deny wrongdoing: AFR

NSW's senior counsel process is copping heat as a subjective "private club" that rewards elite chambers over talent. Criminal silk hopeful Gabriel Wendler has been knocked back for over a decade despite High Court runs, while four chambers, including Banco and Eleven Wentworth, produced a quarter of all new silks: AFR