MMA Offshore secures $80m equity raising and recapitalisation proposal
Ashurst has assisted MMA Offshore in an equity raising and recapitalisation proposal, valued at $80 million.
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020
1,800 lawyers admitted into profession during 2020
Amid digital transformations brought on by the global pandemic and an unprecedented adjustment in studying practices, 1,500 lawyers were welcomed into the profession this ...
NEWLAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020
Peak legal body calls for Morrison government to reconsider Porter’s position
At a time when the profession is reeling from sexual harassment allegations, the major legal body for women lawyer organisations has called on Scott Morrison to ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020
‘Pack of lies’: High-profile criminal lawyer sues Daily Telegraph for defamation
A Sydney criminal lawyer has accused The Daily Telegraph of defaming him in a piece that portrays him as being so “ravaged by age” that he is unfit to practise
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020
Lawyers welcome large investment into legal assistance and justice
The Law Institute of Victoria welcomed a large investment into the legal assistance sector and justice facilities announced in the Victorian budget to help the profession ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 Nov 2020
LIV welcomes plan for lawyers to return to office
With COVID-19 creating large delays in the administration of justice, Victoria’s premier legal body has welcomed the Andrews’ government’s staged return to office plan
BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020
Magistrates’ and Children’s Courts take first step in ‘digital transformation’
As part of the “digital transformation” planned for Victorian courts, the Magistrates’ and Children’s Courts have undergone the first step in its years-long technological ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020
Judge Michael Murray immortalised with law library
“Resolute advocate and champion of legal education”, the Honourable Michael Murray QC AM has been immortalised with the naming of a university library in the hopes that ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020
Qld Bar decides against amendments for sexual harassment
The Bar Association of Queensland will not be amending rule 12 of its barristers’ rules to expressly prohibit sexual harassment, having deemed it sufficient enough as it ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 23 Nov 2020
