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11 Mar 2005

Employees now calling the shots, says lawyer

THERE IS an increasing trend towards an individualisation of employment arrangements, according to a Maddocks partner. This means that employers are i...

11 Mar 2005

Voters go online for Law Awards

IN A WORLD first for online poll technology, an innovative and secure voting website has been designed for the 2005 Fuji Xerox Australian Law Awards.I...

11 Mar 2005

Australia subscribes to US style govt procurement

AS LAWYERS and the Government grapple with the inevitable and predicted implications of the Australia and US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and the resul...

11 Mar 2005

MBC snaps up PI through merger

AS FIRMS in New South Wales are said to be shying away from personal injuries, plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn Cashman (MBC) has further expanded...

11 Mar 2005

Articled clerks write rave reviews

MOST YOUNG lawyers in Victoria felt their article clerkship training met their expectations, a survey has revealed, despite speculation last year that...

11 Mar 2005

Uniform laws to be weighed up

FEDERAL PARLIAMENT’S Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee wants to know whether the differences in state and federal laws affect trade and com...

11 Mar 2005

Law and morality go hand in hand

ANY DISCUSSION of judicial ethics “must involve a broader and deeper consideration of the nexus between law and morality”, Chief Justice M...

11 Mar 2005

Lawyers beckon civil rights watchdog

A CIVIL rights watchdog is needed to help halt the trampling of people’s rights in this country, according to the peak body representing plaintiff l...

4 Mar 2005

Lawyer warns contract makers of risky market

A CLAYTON UTZ lawyer has warned construction industry leaders that they must secure the right contractual arrangements if they want to avoid being cau...

4 Mar 2005

Gadens reflects on PNG

PORT MORESBY was the setting for a major cocktail event last week when Gadens Lawyers pulled together a network of local political and business dignit...

4 Mar 2005

Lawyers prepare for Gold Coast’s POLA

MEMBERS OF the legal profession from across the Asia Pacific region will next month descend on the Gold Coast for the 16th annual POLA Conference, bei...

4 Mar 2005

Calls for closer ties between ASX and ASIC

THE AUSTRALIAN Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should work more closely on corporate governance i...

4 Mar 2005

Gadens goes green

THE GOOD intentions of the annual institution we call Clean Up Australia have found their way into Australian law firms, which are now able to demonst...

4 Mar 2005

Law Awards take new poll position

AS LAWYERS WEEKLY went to press earlier this week, finishing touches were being put to the website that will host an online poll which will revolution...

4 Mar 2005

Acting against Victoria’s judges?

THE VICTORIAN Nationals argue the proposed Bill “comes on top of mistakes made by this government”, while the Liberals have “substan...

25 Feb 2005

Judges deserve pay after social extradition: Senator

A QUEENSLAND senator has spoken out against proposals to dock judges’ pay and superannuation, claiming any plans to do so misunderstand what it is j...

25 Feb 2005

Lawyer warns of new visa rules

A SYDNEY immigration lawyer has warned that employers who hire foreign nationals to work in Australia and sponsor them for permanent resident visas ne...

25 Feb 2005

Hulls demands a human rights revolution

AUSTRALIA SHOULD be disappointed in itself, the first law officer of Victoria said last week. It is Australians’ “collective shame” that...

25 Feb 2005

North calls for a united and brave profession

IT WAS a week of good conscience as calls came from across Australia last week for the legal profession to help in the fight for human rights. The pea...

25 Feb 2005

UTS brings lawyers to the lab

A WORLD-FIRST handbook for lawyers, police and scientists on the use of DNA evidence was launched this week at the University of Technology, Sydney (U...