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Jan 18 2019

VIC lawyer has practising certificate cancelled for 2 years

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Construction, property, commercial lawyers to be in high demand in 2019

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Simon Ashworth

Jan 18 2019

K&L Gates builds up Sydney construction practice

Global law firm K&L Gates has added a new partner to its Sydney ranks, with the appointment of c...

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Jeremy Shebson, HFW

Jan 18 2019

HFW names global management team

HFW has elected a new managing partner and re-elected its senior partner for the fourth time for its...

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Simon Bellas

Jan 17 2019

Jones Day partner moves from Perth to Singapore

Global law firm Jones Day has relocated a Perth-based global disputes partner to Singapore to help g...

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So, I didn’t get a clerkship…now what?

For those who didn’t get offered summer clerkships with law firms across the country, there still remains light at the end of the tunnel, writes Monash law student Flyn...

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Doodle notebook

New Year’s resolutions for law students

Too often, law student Flynne Tytherleigh writes, law students are afraid of disappointment, and thus shy away from adversity that can be avoided. ...

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Observations on NewLaw in Australia in 2018

Not that long ago in-house legal teams had two options: to do legal work in-house, or to outsource it to a traditional law firm. This paradigm has completely changed, wri...

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My Health Record posing ‘significant’ concern for at-risk family law clients

Jan 4 2019

As the deadline for opting out of the My Health Record looms ever closer, lawyers need to be informed about privacy and safety concerns asso...

Dating outside the law bubble

Dec 31 2018

By dating somebody who didn’t exist in a bubble where suffering is the norm and where we can only bring ourselves to celebrate HDs, I lear...

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Simon Scott, MinterEllison

Jan 17 2019

WA lithium project backed with new ownership

MinterEllison has advised Albemarle Corporation on its acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in Mine...

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CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Jan 16 2019

Financing complete for Australia’s ‘largest’ solar PV farm

Herbert Smith Freehills, Ashurst and Allens have advised in a deal which saw the Commonwealth Bank o...

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Jan 15 2019

Listed company advised on $228m entitlement offer

National firm MinterEllison has advised ASX-listed Cromwell Property Group on its two for 13 acceler...

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M&A value at 2nd highest level in 15 years

Dec 20 2018

An increase in geopolitical turbulence has not slowed down the global transactions market, according to an Allen & Overy report. ...

Blonde Robot sold to AIM-listed company

Dec 21 2018

Russell Kennedy Lawyers and Holman Webb Lawyers have advised on the sale of Blonde Robot to AIM-listed Midwich Group Plc via its Aussie subs...

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Jan 16 2019

Waiting times for Brisbane family proceedings have halved

New reports from the Federal Circuit Court have shown that waiting times for Brisbane families have been cut in half. ...

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Barrister

Jan 8 2019

Education, community to be key for Australian Bar in 2019

Speaking recently on The Lawyers Weekly Show, new Australian Bar Association president Jennifer Batrouney QC explained that maintaining the ...

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Mediate between two professionals

Jan 7 2019

Judicial mediation ‘beggars belief’ for family law

Judges conducting judicial mediations in the Federal Circuit Court’s family law jurisdiction could “make problems in the family law syst...

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A violent spectre

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Nov 5 2018

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Oct 29 2018

Breaking free of the law school bubble

Law school is like a bubble because within its domed walls, some of the state’s top 2 per cent of ...

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Sep 28 2018

College of Law introduces ‘cutting-edge’ new program

The College of Law has announced the development of a new legal business degree commencing in 2019, ...

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Dec 20 2018

McCabes hosts its first legal disruption event

Held in conjunction with the firm’s technology partner Checkbox, the first ever #MCDisruptsLegal event saw the McCabe Curwood litigation a

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Partner raises $150k for premature and stillbirth prevention

A Melbourne lawyer has raised $150,000 in aid of the prevention and awareness of premature and still birth work done by the Mercy Hospital f

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Melbourne breakfast aims to end gendered violence

As the day dawned on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a number of law firms joined forces in Melbourne t

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