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WA firm launches Indigenous Clerkship program

A Perth-based firm has unveiled a work experience program for Indigenous law students to help address “significant under-representation in the legal profession”.

01 June 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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COL launches $3m support package with up to 400 scholarships

Hundreds of scholarships will be offered to support training towards graduate certificates in various legal disciplines, as part of a new pandemic-inspired package from The College of Law.

01 June 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Oversupply of lawyers means firm mergers will continue amid COVID-19

There was a “huge appetite” for mergers pre-pandemic, and the age of coronavirus has likely accelerated that trend.

01 June 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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7 in 10 arbitration lawyers favour ‘no appeal’ process

New research reinforces the preference of practitioners in international arbitration for finality over lengthy and costly disputes.

01 June 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Law firms caught in alleged $500m mess from Talbot fortune stake battle

Almost a decade after the shocking death of Ken Talbot, two law firms have been accused of making a $500 million mistake as the battle for the former’s billion-dollar fortune continues.

01 June 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Clive Palmer launches High Court challenge to Queensland COVID-19 border closure

Mining magnate, Clive Palmer, has instructed his lawyers to commence a High Court challenge against the Queensland government’s ongoing border closure.

01 June 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Litigation funders’ day of reckoning

The federal Treasurer has announced that litigation funders will soon be required to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), which will dramatically increase the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) regulatory oversight of them, writes Liam Hennessy.

01 June 2020
By Liam Hennessy
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Wrays lures key principal from competitor

One of Australia’s leading intellectual property law firms, Wrays, has appointed a new principal to the firm’s engineering and technology team.

01 June 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Boral class action adds to complex state of litigation

Class action litigation is in the spotlight again with Boral facing a major stakeholder class action, just days after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had announced continuous disclosure obligations amendments.

01 June 2020
By Tony Zhang
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2020’s 30 Under 30 winners revealed

Lawyers Weekly, along with principal partner Taylor Root, is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s 30 Under 30 Awards.

01 January 1980
By Reporter