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Commercial leases for law firms set to evolve

Flexibility, adaptability and affordability will be prominent features of leasing arrangements for law firms nationwide post-pandemic.

07 July 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Dispute Resolution Team of the Year finalists revealed

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Augusta Ventures, is proud to announce the finalists for the Dispute Resolution Team of the Year category at this year’s Australian Law Awards.

07 July 2020
By Reporter
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Identifying the markers of GFC and impacts on legal services

Australia never felt the GFC like the rest of the west. However, the trajectories look and feel the same, writes John Kettle.

07 July 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy
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In-house Lawyer of the Year finalists revealed

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Augusta Ventures, is proud to announce the finalists for the In-house Lawyer of the Year category at this year’s Australian Law Awards.

07 July 2020
By Reporter
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KCL Law promotes new partner and SA for FY21

KCL Law has promoted a new principal lawyer and senior associate, effective 1 July 2020.

07 July 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Rising Star of the Year finalists revealed

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Augusta Ventures, is proud to announce the finalists for the Rising Star of the Year category at this year’s Australian Law Awards.

07 July 2020
By Reporter
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Moulis Legal appoints new partner and head of China Business Desk

Moulis Legal has a new partner in the firm and head of the China Business Desk, effective 1 July 2020.

07 July 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Newly merged TPG completes major $16.63bn ASX listing

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised TPG Telecom on its ASX listing.

07 July 2020
By Tony Zhang
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Wotton + Kearney makes 13 senior promotions

National law firm Wotton + Kearney has announced its latest round of promotions, including four new partners.

07 July 2020
By Tony Zhang
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‘Nightmare of serious errors’: How Australia’s miscarriages of justice and wrongful convictions are crippling the criminal justice system

From taking the fall for a dingo, simply being the wrong person in the wrong place, or just hopping into bed with a shady lawyer, Australia’s many miscarriages of justice are about as common and as harmful as the next flaw in the system. What’s worse is anyone could be a victim of this fault and forced to spend years behind bars for a crime they themselves never committed. More so, not even the legal professionals of the highest and respectable statures are immune from delivering this final and critical blow.

06 July 2020
By Naomi Neilson