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29 Aug 2005

Firm launches email to go

SYDNEY LAW FIRM Gilbert + Tobin is set to take its practice mobile, implementing a range of wireless technology options that aim to make the lives of ...

29 Aug 2005

Leadership needs the X and Y factors

THE LEADERSHIP styles of Australian managers will have to change in order to attract and retain skilled Generation X and Y workers, a leading human re...

29 Aug 2005

Credit growth fears for Australian banking sector

FITCH RATINGS has ranked Australia's banking system as among the safest in the world, but there are fears that real exchange rate growth could be an i...

29 Aug 2005

Firms battle in tight market

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES firms face four significant changes to the way they run their business and approach client relationships, according to an intern...

29 Aug 2005

Coudert weighs up partner prospects

AS INTERNATIONAL law firm Coudert Brothers embarks on discussions regarding its inevitable closure, announced last week, all eyes are on the detail, a...

29 Aug 2005

Premier urged to act on justice issues

New South Wales’ new Premier must act to increase access to justice and remedy the State’s deteriorated legal infrastructure, a leader of the prof...

29 Aug 2005

Freehills cancels out technology risk

AS THE LAWYER’S illegible scrawl is replaced with email and Microsoft technology, law firms across Australia are becoming victims of an e-document c...

29 Aug 2005

Success expected for Winneke Cup

The annual Winneke Cup, to be held this Sunday, 28 August, promises to be a massive AFL and netball event. Minter Ellison, champions at last year’s...

19 Aug 2005

Try before they buy

Next week’s Queensland Law Students Careers Fair will be a brief chance for students to check out their employment options. And this year, the Stat...

19 Aug 2005

APRA moves may lead to insurer consolidation

THE AUSTRALIAN Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA’s) recent swathe of new insurance regulation could prompt further consolidation in the indu...

19 Aug 2005

Risk awards to open for business

NOMINATIONS FOR the Australian Risk Management Awards 2005 will open in the coming weeks, with this year’s event expected to be bigger and better th...

19 Aug 2005

ALP stokes ASX risk debate, but ASIC satisfied

THE FEDERAL Opposition wants the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) to step up its role in policing the application of the exchange’s principles of goo...

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...

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