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19 Aug 2005

Deal of the week

Freehills was chosen to advise health care company DCA Group Limited (DCA) on the expansion of its aged care interests following its acquisition of N...

19 Aug 2005

Another four years for Weisbrot

DAVID WEISBROT has been reappointed as president of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) for a further four years. President since 1999, Weisbr...

19 Aug 2005

LCA on warpath over AML

THE LAW COUNCIL of Australia (LCA) has insisted it will do everything in its power to resist any potential erosion of legal professional privilege fro...

19 Aug 2005

New tender to boost NT legal aid

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS in the Northern Territory and South Australia should have access to better, professional and culturally appropriate legal suppo...

19 Aug 2005

Insolvency onslaught to impact lawyers

A CRACKDOWN on corporate insolvency by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) is likely to have flow-on effects for the work of...

19 Aug 2005

Under one roof now: Middletons

MIDDLETONS LAWYERS is carving out a new niche in Sydney’s CBD, joining other law firms in the legal precinct of Martin Place. Opening up its three n...

19 Aug 2005

Expertise exports via niche practices

GILBERT + TOBIN’s newly appointed role in reporting to the Hong Kong Government on the competitiveness of the city’s auto-fuel market demonstrates...

18 Aug 2005

All in limbo as Coudert dissolves worldwide

INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM Coudert Brothers has closed its doors, Lawyers Weekly learned today. After months of negotiations over merger opportunities wit...

15 Aug 2005

Legal accord in trans-Tasman plan

ORGANISATIONS CONDUCTING business between Australia and New Zealand will benefit from the work of a trans-Tasman working group focused on simplifying ...

15 Aug 2005

Law firm masters coming to Sydney

MASTERS OF law firm management will head to Sydney this month for a conference featuring a trio of expert speakers who will focus on how to build &ldq...

15 Aug 2005

Law a harbourer of privilege: Hulls

THE JUDICIARY SHOULD be a career path in which women can balance their work and home life without having to qualify as contortionists, the Victorian A...

15 Aug 2005

The whole truth: Poulton tells

THE GOOD OLD DAYS when you could join a top law firm after university, power through the work and, before you reached 30, be offered partnership are w...

15 Aug 2005

Good riddance Carr: PI lawyers

BOB CARR will go down in history as the man who led one of the most serious erosions of fundamental rights ever seen in this country, a national lawye...

15 Aug 2005

ASIC urged to back privacy reform

LAWS GOVERNING access to personal information on company member registers do not go far enough, a peak body representing governance professionals said...

5 Aug 2005

Multinational firms must adopt flexible work practices

HR DEPARTMENTS must rise to the challenge of implementing more complicated work/life balance plans when their firms become multinational, according to...

5 Aug 2005

Legal Aid urges govt to remedy ‘great gap’ in civil law

A “GREAT GAP” in civil law legal aid services in Australia needs to be remedied by governments that ensure that communities have access to...

5 Aug 2005

People and performance link broken

AUSTRALIAN companies have failed to link individual employee goals with the strategic business goals of their organisations, recent research has found...

5 Aug 2005

US not calling, despite new visa

LAW FIRMS need not panic as the new E3 visa, which will allow some 10,500 Australian professionals with tertiary qualifications to enter the United St...

5 Aug 2005

New Freehills office spurs patent warning

NEW OFFICES in Brisbane give Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys better access to an under-serviced resource of clients, according to partner ...

5 Aug 2005

Allens appoints AML specialist

ALLENS ARTHUR ROBINSON has covered all bases with the appointment of Judy Maguire to its anti-money laundering (AML) team.A former legal adviser to t...