The Corrs Chambers Westgarth partner who lost 80 per cent of his work when the firm sensationally dropped the Catholic Church as a client on child abuse cases last July has found a new home at rival legal outfit Wotton + Kearney.

Richard Leder started at the mid-tier national firm on Monday, with six other colleagues headhunted from Corrs, and is optimistic that his lucrative church clients will follow him.