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‘Untenable’: MinterEllison boss under pressure to resign

Michael Pelly

The head of Australia’s largest law firm is under pressure to resign after sending an email to staff that criticised a senior partner acting for Attorney-General Christian Porter.

MinterEllison chief executive Annette Kimmitt wrote to all the firm’s employees on Wednesday saying that defamation lawyer Peter Bartlett had not advised the firm before taking a brief from Mr Porter.

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Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor

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