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21 May 2004

A SERIES of lunchtime talks took place in Sydney this week as part of National Law Week. Organised by the Law Society of NSW and held at the Sydney Me...

21 May 2004

120 years for Queensland firm

QUEENSLAND LAW firm MacDonnells Solicitors this month celebrated 120 years of practice.The grandson of S F Milford, Queensland’s first Supreme Court...

21 May 2004

A Clayton Utz alternative to takeovers

COMPANIES DO not necessarily have to settle for takeovers and fire sales, according to Clayton Utz. Referring to what it called “a miraculous sa...

21 May 2004

Judges’ pay increase should come now: Vic Bar

THE VICTORIAN Government’s apparent confidence in its judges and magistrates, after they won a pay rise that will bring them in line with their fede...

21 May 2004

Tutt to the Qld District Court

QUEENSLAND ATTORNEY General and Minister for Justice Rod Welford last week announced the appointment of Brisbane solicitor Walter Tutt as a judge of t...

21 May 2004

Cashed up Ruddock makes his presence felt

The Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and his department have been the recipient of very generous budget allocations, marking a new era of high visibil...

21 May 2004

Profession risks splintering warns ALRC

THE LEGAL profession risks losing its distinct identity and may splinter unless it focuses on professional ethics and social responsibility, Australia...

21 May 2004

Legal-aid-just-lip-service-lawyers

LEGAL AID in this country has been left treading water after Attorney-General Philip Ruddock’s announcement last week that $52.7 million would be sp...

14 May 2004

Phillips Fox reports on copyright reforms

THE AUSTRALIAN Government’s Digital Agenda copyright reforms are effective and working well, according to the results of analysis undertaken by comm...

14 May 2004

Mediation-rules-NSW-Law-Society

DISPUTES SHOULD be settled more through mediation than trial, arbitration and legal representation, a report released by the Law Society of NSW has su...

14 May 2004

Same roof but not an MDP: Middletons and KPMG

THE DEMISE of multidisciplinary practice KPMG Legal saw the transfer of six partners to Middletons Lawyers at the beginning of April. But, instead of ...

14 May 2004

Salt the compliance website

INSPIRED BY a need to cater to the compliance training requirements of its top clients, Blake Dawson Waldron has launched a new website profiling its ...

14 May 2004

DPP independence queried

THE SOUTH Australian Government last week committed itself to a “comprehensive, Australia-wide search” for a new Director of Public Prosec...

14 May 2004

Flowers to keep his spark at ARU

LIFE AFTER managing partner was in the forefront of Gary Flowers’ mind when he decided to take on a new role as managing director and chief executiv...

14 May 2004

New federal magistrate welcomed

Melbourne-based barrister Victoria Bennett has accepted a position as a federal magistrate, and took up the new appointment at the beginning of this w...

14 May 2004

National Profession Bill praised

THE MODEL Bill on the national legal profession, released last week by the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG), has been welcomed by federa...

14 May 2004

Ebsworth Melbourne office opens, again

EBSWORTH & Ebsworth opened a new Melbourne office last week. The move followed a partnership split earlier this year which saw partners in the for...

14 May 2004

Tas lawyers condemn ‘judge and jury’ plans

TASMANIA’S RECENT introduction of a controversial proposal to reform the state’s legal industry has been condemned by both the national and state ...

14 May 2004

Allens and Blakes tackle takeovers

NEWLY ANNOUNCED appointments to the Takeovers Panel mean that law firms Allens Arthur Robinson and Blake Dawson Waldron have strong representation in ...

14 May 2004

Tas Greens bid to split Bill defeated

BACKED BY the Law Society of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Greens last week announced they would move to split the Legal Profession Amendment Bill so that t...