National firm Mills Oakley has opened a new digital law practice group in its Sydney office and has made a lateral partner hire to lead it.
A tax strategist has warned a recent ruling by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) may have profound implications on how property divorce settlements occur.
New industrial regulations will see law firms record the hours undertaken by their most junior legal professionals. But, given that lawyers with a few years of experience are most dissatisfied with their employers, wouldn’t it make sense to monitor the work this demographic is burdened with, too?
An inspector and Victoria Police informant told a commission that not only was it wrong to use a lawyer as a police agent, but that barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo was at fault for the quashed conviction of gangland murderer Faruk Orman.
Cooper Grace Ward has become the latest law firm to sign an agreement with Reconciliation Australia to implement a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
Gold Coast-based residential property developer Villa World has been advised on the acquisition of 100 per cent of its shares for over $400 million.
Independent boutique investment manager Real I.S. AG has been advised by K&L Gates on its $85 million acquisition of an Adelaide office property.
An Australian law firm will work to support the increasingly challenging role of general counsel by launching what it calls the nation’s first-to-market executive education program.
There are a number of professional, personal and emotional considerations that influence the age at which a lawyer may want to purchase their first home, argues one home loan specialist.
Famed activist Erin Brockovich has announced up to 40,000 Australians are suing the federal government over PFAS contamination.
