Lawyers at Clayton Utz's Sydney office are being sent home because of an employee's indirect exposure to the coronavirus, Street Talk can reveal.

Clayton Utz are sending some of its lawyers home because of the coronavirus. Tanya Lake

In an email sent to staff on Thursday, the firm said an employee had notified Clayton that "he has been indirectly exposed to the COVID-19 virus".

As a result the firm has "sent employees who were in close contact with the employee concerned home to self-isolate until further notice".

Sources told this column the employee in question was a member of Clayton Utz's kitchen staff.

"The employee's wife's 95 year old grandmother passed away this week, and was found to have contracted COVID-19," staff were told.