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Simone Tierney

Jan 17 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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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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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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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...

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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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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

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

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Dec 19 2018

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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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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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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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Stephen King mused that every book one picks up offers its own lessons. The seven-part Harry Potter ...

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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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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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