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AF Legal Group
AF Legal Group expands criminal law practice with newest acquisition
AF Legal Group, the parent company of Australian Family Lawyers, has acquired Armstrong Legal’s criminal and family...
01 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson
AF Legal Group promotes 15
Listed family law firm AF Legal Group Limited (ASX: AFL) has elevated 15 professionals to more senior roles across the...
16 July 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Latest AFL acquisition completes
AF Legal Group has completed its acquisition of a contested wills and estates practice for $2.7...
10 April 2024
By Lauren Croft
AFL to acquire national firm’s contested wills and estates practice
Following the release of its favourable half-year FY24 financial results, AF Legal Group has conditionally acquired the...
01 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
Grant Dearlove to resign from AF Legal Group
After leading the AF Legal Group and Australian Family Lawyers for almost three decades, Grant Dearlove has resigned...
13 September 2023
By Lauren Croft
The impact of evolving relationships on family law
Following a new report on emerging trends within Australian relationships, one family lawyer has predicted that those...
03 August 2023
By Lauren Croft
AF Legal Group promotes 9, including new WA head of family law
ASX-listed family law firm AF Legal Group Limited (ASX: AFL) has unveiled its latest promotions round across its...
17 July 2023
By Lauren Croft
‘Our future priorities are robust and ambitious’: Grant Dearlove
Whilst the pandemic presented a variety of challenges to be overcome, a number of these are likely to continue into...
03 January 2023
By Lauren Croft
Australian Family Lawyers to open 20th office
Listed national firm Australian Family Lawyers is establishing an office in Brisbane’s Bayside — its 20th across...
05 December 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘No liability’ agreed to in termination of AFL-GTC merger, listed firm says
AF Legal Group has noted the agreement it reached with GTC Legal Group on the termination of the proposed merger...
29 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
The impact of AFL’s ‘significant and unprecedented’ merger with GTC Legal Group
In October, listed national law firm Australian Family Lawyers acquired GTC Legal Group Holdings, in a move dubbed a...
07 November 2022
By Lauren Croft
Australian Family lawyers to acquire GTC Legal Group, creating major merged entity
Listed national law firm Australian Family Lawyers is acquiring GTC Legal Group Holdings, forming a merged entity that...
19 October 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
National firm launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ partnership model
In driving its next growth phase, a national law firm is introducing a new initiative to bring legal practitioners and...
26 August 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
AF Legal Group promotes 13
The parent group of Australian Family Lawyers has promoted 13 staff across its Australian companies, including three...
09 August 2022
By Lauren Croft
Australian Family Lawyers expands to Wollongong
Listed national law firm Australian Family Lawyers (ASX: AFL) is opening its 18th office across the country, extending...
22 June 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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A Melbourne lawyer and former Greens local government candidate was terminated after his employers discovered he had faked an illness to attend the AFL Gather Round in...
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A solicitor with decades of experience under his belt was shut out of the legal profession for a year after he was found to have stepped outside the bounds of his...
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Law grad accused of using relationship with cop to secure client
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Solicitor, counsel accused of ‘mischievous behaviour’
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