16 May, 2012 • 0 comments
The Centro class action and the absence of a judgment may leave Australian lawyers uncertain. Middletons partners Mark Dobbie and David Hope explain the case.
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14 May, 2012 • 0 comments
Is working in-house all beer and skittles? Nathan Mattock, partner at Marque Lawyers, writes
11 May, 2012 • 0 comments
Freehills is preparing to vote on its proposed tie-up with Herbert Smith.
10 May, 2012 • 0 comments
Freehills' real estate experts say Australia's real estate sector is increasingly appealing to overseas investors.
09 May, 2012 • 0 comments
Baker & McKenzie and Minter Ellison have advised on the Transfield contract to transform Sydney ferries for $800 million.
Bakers, Freehills, act on Euro Energy's $174m acquisition
Baker & McKenzie and Freehills have acted on Eurus Energy’s purchase of AGL Energy’s Hallett 5 wind farm for $174 million.
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Clayton Utz advises on natural gas investment deal
Clayton Utz has acted for NYSE-listed Clarcor as it acquired Modular Engineering, a Perth-based maker of natural-gas filtration products, as it looked to tap into the local natural gas boom.
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Ashurst leads $226m sale of Canberra asset
Ashurst has advised CIMB-TrustCapital Advisors on the financing aspects of its purchase of 50 Marcus Clarke Street in Canberra....
Minters, Allens and G+T act on $1.9bn Charter Hall deal
Minter Ellison, Allens Arthur Robinson and Gilbert + Tobin have advised on the $1.9 billion real estate deal that saw...
Firms' paper, electricity, travel waste now online
A legal professional body has asked law firms to input their consumption of paper, electricity, waste and business travel, into an online portal.
Centro relieved to move on: Middletons
Middletons, which represented Centro in the long-running class action that ended this week with a $200 million payout, offered some insight today on its client’s views on the case.
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Queensland law firms find loophole in injury laws
IPhone apps are the new ambulance chasers as Queensland law firms jostle for personal injury work while avoiding illegally advertising...
Slater & Gordon's UK heist to go ahead
Slater & Gordon’s £53.8 million ($AUD80 million) acquisition of UK law firm Russell Jones & Walker will go ahead after...
Corrs hires head of Ashurst head hunters
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has recruited Ashurst’s head of human resources to its ranks.
Gilbert + Tobin hires partner from Deutsche Bank
Gilbert + Tobin has announced the appointment of a Deutsche Bank investment banker as an M&A partner in its Melbourne office.
JWS hires partners from Ashurst, HWL Ebsworth
Johnson Winter & Slattery has hired from Ashurst, formerly Blake Dawson, and HWL Ebsworth to boost its Sydney partnership
Holding Redlich hires construction expert from Clayton Utz
Holding Redlich has hired a former Clayton Utz construction lawyer to its partnership in Sydney.
Budget falls short on legal aid: lawyers
In the wake of yesterday’s Budget, lawyers have pointed to the deficits in legal aid funding, saying the Government has overlooked a fundamental issue for a fairer Australia.
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Lawyer demands reform in the face of class actions
Freehills’ own Bob Baxt has launched a timely book on the increasingly complex role of the company director, just as those same themes are raised in the James Hardie judgement.
Govt to review $1.3bn legal services
The government is undertaking a review of its $1.3 billion legal assistance, hiring an independent group to help drive reform....
Another $26m for legal aid not enough: lawyers
Victorian lawyers say the state government’s pledge to inject another $26m into legal aid each year falls short.
Lawyers weigh in on Hardie decision
A High Court decision overturning a NSW Court of Appeal relating to seven directors of James Hardie shows the law is "rigorous and unforgiving”, says a Baker and McKenzie partner.
Hollywood vs the ISP: the results
As Hollywood versus an ISP faced the High Court, Norton Rose partner Cameron Harvey, senior associate Kasia Dyjak, offer a run-down of the case.
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Lawyer shuns marketing 'experts'
A lawyer has shed light on the ups and downs of designing and building his law firm's website himself.
How to... write a social media policy
In the next instalment of The New Lawyer's 'how to...' column, Angus Macinnis challenges the idea that social media policies...
Bank fees case to go to High Court
Australia’s largest class action, which challenges the fees of the major banks, is set for a showdown in the High Court after the Court agreed today to expedite an appeal by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.
Qantas loses in Federal Court: Maurice Blackburn wins
Qantas is facing a fine after the Federal Court upheld a judgement that the airline and a manager breached the Fair Work Act.
Govt rules out paying Slipper's legal fees
The federal government has ruled out paying Peter Slipper’s legal costs in the case brought by his former staff member....
High Court decision won't sate Hollywood: lawyer
The High Court today spared internet service providers liability for the trade of thousands of pirate movies and music files...
Freehills hires Transurban general counsel
Freehills has appointed the former general counsel for Transurban as an executive counsel to its projects group.
James Hardie poses new risks for general counsel
Murray Deakin and Sylvia Ng at Middletons offer an insight into the risks for general counsel arising out of the High Court's recent decision in the James Hardie case.
Job hunt: GlaxoSmithKline
In the first of The New Lawyer’s run down of the most interesting in-house job vacancies each week, GlaxoSmithKline is...
Victorian lawyers given pro bono rights
Nearly 3000 Victorian in-house lawyers will be able to work for free alongside their private practice counterparts under new state...
Film gives fallen lawyer a chance to explain
"If this paper shredder could talk…" It's a line from a new firm that gives a fallen lawyer a chance to explain how he bilked investors of more than $400 million a Ponzi scheme.
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Carter Newell swims for charity
Partners from Queensland law firm Carter Newell have joined other corporates in swimming for a motor neurone disease charity.
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DLA Piper works pro bono for African kids
Two Melbourne-based DLA Piper lawyers have worked pro bono to help deliver basic services to poor and marginalised people in...
Middletons struts into fashion world
In a world known for its pin-stripes and its wigs, the legal profession is not exactly synonymous with fashion. But...
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