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In a market announcement on the afternoon of Friday, 28 April, national plaintiff law firm Slater & Gordon (ASX: SGH) noted that it was set to be removed from the official list at the close of trading ...
Gilbert + Tobin is the 2016 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Firm of the Year and the 2017 Financial Times’s Most Innovative Law Firm in the Asia-Pacific and Australia.
The Federal Court has ruled against an application to refer Nine journalists and in-house lawyers to the registrar for alleged contempt of court over articles about the ...
In the looming “new normal”, there are opportunities that abound for the emerging generation of leaders to step up and stand out in a modernised yet still competitive legal landscape. Having a deeper ...
As rising demands and competing responsibilities increasingly stretch corporate counsel, Conga’s director of strategy, innovation, and transformation highlights the real-time challenges legal ...
Australian private equity firm Quadrant has been advised on its acquisition, and investment in, an Australia and New Zealand construction and infrastructure sector provider. Firm: Allens (Quadrant ...
A West Australian counsel who had a “close personal relationship” with the judge presiding over her client’s matter has been fined and suspended from practising for nine months.
There is a well-worn joke, Executive Legal partner and head of litigation Jahan Kalantar mused, that just as one should dance as if no one is watching, all legal correspondence should be drafted as if ...
A District Court judge has awarded $300,000 to a Sydney food reviewer and influencer in a defamation case after he was wrongly labelled a “paedophile” and a “racist” by a rival influencer.
At least five global law firms with an active presence in the Australian market have been targeted in the latest business email compromise scam. Lawyers Weekly understands Allen & Overy, Clifford Ch ...
In an announcement to media, a cting Attorney-General Natalie Hutchins confirmed the Victorian government had appointed Cecily Hollingworth, Rohan Lawrence, Cynthia Lynch, Jason Ong, and Matthew White ...
Patricia Cope, Meredith Dickson QC, Catherine Symons and Jonathan Forbes have been appointed as judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (FCC). This content is available exclusively to Lawyers ...