Manufacturing conglomerate Orora Limited has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Australasian Fibre Business to a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Paper Industries Co for $1.72 billion.
Convicted paedophile and child sex abuser Cardinal George Pell has argued Victoria’s Crown prosecutor has “mischaracterised” his legal team’s recent complaint against his conviction, as he once again attempts to have his sentenced overturned.
Law students from the University of Adelaide are providing free advice to people who are appealing their case at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, as part of legal clinics held each week.
An Adelaide-based tax lawyer has dived into a new business venture in an attempt to help others dispel confusion about technology coming to the market.
The AMP Financial Planners Association has selected Corrs Chambers Westgarth to investigate legal action available to ampfpa members, including the potential for a class action against AMP Financial Planning.
Despite commitments to equitable briefing and more briefs reportedly going to women, the value of briefs offered to women has fallen, contributing to the legal profession’s “already dismal gender pay gap”, argues Australian Women Lawyers.
Vale Justice Richard Tracey, a man with “the highest integrity”, and the commissioner for the aged care royal commission, has died at the age of 71.
A private members bill to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility for Commonwealth offences to 14 years is being supported by the Law Council of Australia.
A Sydney-based lawyer has called on solicitors for more support to the struggling small and family businesses as the Insolvency Practices Inquiry is announced.
The reasons why in-house legal departments will utilise a NewLaw firm have evolved over the past year, but there remain numerous barriers to choosing such firms for work, new research has shown.
