Australia’s largest law firm in uproar after taking Christian Porter as client

MinterEllison's chief, Annette Kimmitt, reportedly sent an all-staff email in which she apologised for pain' caused by representing attorney general

The chief executive of the law firm representing Christian Porter is under fire after reportedly sending an all-staff email critical of the lawyer who took the case.

On Friday the Australian Financial Review reported that Annette Kimmitt, the chief executive of Australia's largest law firm, MinterEllison, had sent an email to the firm's more than 2,500 staff saying she was sorry for any pain" caused by the decision to take the attorney general as a client.