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What if you couldn't work?
Has your income protection insurance left you under-insured? Are you paying your premiums in the most tax-effective way? Is your policy providing you the best value for money? Teresa Russell…
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Lawyers Weekly
Mid-tiers make their move
With the GFC worming its way further into Australia's real economy, businesses are trimming back the fat - but that's not bad news for all the players in the legal sphere. With some businesses…
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Lawyers Weekly
A whole new paper trail
WE MIGHT still be a way off achieving the fabled "paperless office", but filing cabinets and lever-arch folders are gradually falling from favour as law firms embrace the benefits of electronic…
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Redundancy: moving past the stigma
Redundancy is often perceived as tarring the reputation of both lawyers and law firms, but with the right approach any stigma can be left far behind when new opportunities arise, writes Sarah…
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Lawyers Weekly
Regional Profile: Newcastle
Harris Wheeler Lawyers was set up in 1892 by Henry Harris to specialise in conveyancing and company law. Harry Wheeler then joined the firm to complete his articles and was admitted as a…
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Insolvency heats up as economy cools
Insolvency lawyers have kept a low profile for much of the last decade while their M&A counterparts have basked in the limelight. A few exceptional outlier events - the collapses of HIH and…
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Lawyers Weekly
Upskilling in a downturn
One of the least dire implications of the GFC is the impetus and opportunity it has created for those toying with the idea of returning to study. Laura MacIntyre reports With the war for talent…
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Regional Profile: Mackay
McKay's Solicitors was established in Mackay in Queensland in 1988 after the merger of two local firms. It then bucked the usual trend of expansion into other regional areas by heading into the…
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Lawyers Weekly
Regional Profile: Gunnedah
Sole partner Peter Long started Long Howland Lawyers and Advisors in Gunnedah, New South Wales in September 1994. The presence of four coal mines and an abattoir in the region meant the firm…
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