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Macpherson Kelley special counsel joins Sydney boutique as partner
Alyce Johnson has joined emerging Sydney-based corporate and commercial law firm MillerPrince as its newest partner.
SME LAW • Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Ashurst names 17 new Aussie partners
Global law firm Ashurst has promoted its “largest-ever cohort” to its partnership, with 17 of those new partners coming from Down Under.
BIG LAW • Tue, 23 Apr 2024
WA silk named as District Court judge, 5 new State Administrative Tribunal members appointed
West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a senior counsel as the newest judge on the state’s District Court and has appointed and reappointed five ...
THE BAR • Mon, 22 Apr 2024
PwC pushes back on claims partners ignored alleged $117.8bn Evergrande fraud
A letter circulated on Chinese social media has claimed that partners at big four accounting firm PwC turned a blind eye to the fraudulent financial reporting of property ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Prison doesn’t work: A case study from the country of its birth
Despite their ubiquity across much of the world, all reputable studies, including my own, show that penitentiaries crush and brand their inhabitants, writes Dr Matt Bach
THE BAR • Mon, 22 Apr 2024
A&O takes 2 partners from JWS for tech transactions practice
Global law firm Allen & Overy has moved to strengthen its technology, telecommunications, and intellectual property capabilities, hiring two partners from BigLaw ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 21 Apr 2024
3 barristers appointed to re-established Industrial Court of NSW
The Industrial Court, established last year by the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2023, will count among its ranks three “highly experienced” barristers as judges
THE BAR • Sun, 21 Apr 2024
The Lehrmann defamation judgment and other notable cases: What’s hot in law this week (15–19 April)
It’s been a huge week in Australia’s courts. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
BIG LAW • Fri, 19 Apr 2024
Dreyfus: ‘There is a crisis of male violence in Australia’
Australia’s Attorney-General has slammed the “scourge on our society” that is male violence, in remarks earlier today (Friday, 19 April).
POLITICS • Fri, 19 Apr 2024