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Law students facing black dog: ALSA

30/07/2010 | ALSA today sent letters to the Government and Opposition requesting a substantial increase in funding for mental health services for young adults.


Mergers spark further growth for law firm

30/07/2010 | Just weeks after it merged with a Tasmanian law firm, on top of a merger with a North Sydney practice, Macpherson and Kelley has announced further changed to its practice.


Victorian lawyers blast weapons bill

30/07/2010 | A peak body representing the Victorian legal profession has fired criticism at the government’s control of weapons amendment bill, asking it to withdraw it from Parliament.


NT landowners appoint firm to nuclear waste legal action

27/07/2010 | A group of Indigenous land owners from the Northern Territory are in Melbourne to challenge a Federal Government plan to build a nuclear waste dump on their land.


Freehills acts on natural gas deal

27/07/2010 | Freehills has advised on a deal involving Australia’s largest natural gas infrastructure business.


Corrs advises on Paladin takeover

27/07/2010 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth is advising an African-focused diversified mineral exploration company on a takeover by Paladin Energy Limited.


The people cycle

26/07/2010 | Redundancies are so 2009 … Law firms are hiring again, and retaining talent is the newest buzz word, again. Corrs Chambers Westgarth human resources manager, Alexis Navie, writes.


Minters, Mills Oakley, advise on Bendigo merger

26/07/2010 | Minter Ellison is advising Bendigo Mining on its newly announced planned merger with BCD Resources.


Clayton Utz to act on SAI Global capital raising

26/07/2010 | Clayton Utz is advising Macquarie Capital Advisers as underwriter of SAI Global's A$130 million equity raising.


Two new chambers to open in Victoria

26/07/2010 | The Victorian Bar has announced the upcoming opening of two new Chambers.

Deals

Freehills acts on natural gas deal

27 July 2010 | Freehills has advised on a deal involving Australia’s largest natural gas infrastructure business.


Corrs advises on Paladin takeover

27 July 2010 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth is advising an African-focused diversified mineral exploration company on a takeover by Paladin Energy Limited.

Law firms

Mergers spark further growth for law firm

30 July 2010 | Just weeks after it merged with a Tasmanian law firm, on top of a merger with a North Sydney practice, Macpherson and Kelley has announced further changed to its practice.


Multiplex settles $110m class action

21 July 2010 | Law firm Maurice Blackburn today announced that the Multiplex Group has settled claims made against it for a sum of $110 million including legal costs.

Appointments

Piper Alderman hires new managing partner

19 July 2010 | Piper Alderman, a 55 partner law firm, has appointed a new national managing partner to its ranks.


First female MP a coup: law firm

12 July 2010 | One of the country's first female managing partners has moved to Swaab Attorneys after departing Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

Practice areas

Norton Rose pushes in on M&A league tables

12 July 2010 | Norton Rose is getting in the way of Australian law firms' league table rankings.


Mallesons advises on CSIRO China deal

8 July 2010 | Mallesons is acting for CSIRO as it lines up a $10 million partnership project that will store carbon dioxide in China as an energy source.

Government & Regulation

Victorian lawyers blast weapons bill

30 July 2010 | A peak body representing the Victorian legal profession has fired criticism at the government’s control of weapons amendment bill, asking it to withdraw it from Parliament.


Govt injects $14m extra into NT legal services

19 July 2010 | The federal government has made the single biggest funding injection of funds into legal services in the Northern Territory.

Comment & Debate

The people cycle

26 July 2010 | Redundancies are so 2009 … Law firms are hiring again, and retaining talent is the newest buzz word, again. Corrs Chambers Westgarth human resources manager, Alexis Navie, writes.


ADVERTORIAL: Review of Discovery Laws to Improve Access to Justice

26 July 2010 | The ALRC has been asked to undertake a wholesale review of the discovery process, including considering alternatives to discovery. Allison Stanfield and Geoffrey Lambert of e.law Asia Pacific write

Bar & Bench

NT landowners appoint firm to nuclear waste legal action

27 July 2010 | A group of Indigenous land owners from the Northern Territory are in Melbourne to challenge a Federal Government plan to build a nuclear waste dump on their land.


Two new chambers to open in Victoria

26 July 2010 | The Victorian Bar has announced the upcoming opening of two new Chambers.

In-house

Turner steps down from top job at ACLA

8 July 2010 | The peak body representing corporate lawyers in Australia has appointed a new CEO as Peter Turner stepped down from the post.


The dog that bites

4 June 2010 | Despite the onslaught of day-to-day work and business, in-house lawyers need to remember to step back and look around, Peter Turner writes

Practice management

League of Chinese lawyers boost professional links

10 June 2010 | A three-month exchange of lawyers from China to Australia, being hailed as nurturing professional links between the two countries, comes to an end this week.


Discount lawyers available, but only for some clients

31 May 2010 | It may comes as no surprise to those law firm clients used to window shopping for the best deals that firms charge different rates for the same job. But a new report finds most firms also charge different rates depending on the client.

Suppliers

Law students facing black dog: ALSA

30 July 2010 | ALSA today sent letters to the Government and Opposition requesting a substantial increase in funding for mental health services for young adults.


Law Council puts pressure on campaigning politicians

21 July 2010 | Ask not what you can do for your country, the peak body representing the legal profession suggested today, but what your country can do for you.

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