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Australian directors complain of need to use 'mountain of lawyers'
Australian directors say they are being hemmed in by 'enormous legalistic pressure' which prevents them from telling the truth about their companies' prospects.
Private shippers caught up in asylum-seekers' drama
Private shipping companies could be increasingly caught in the middle as they seek to rescue refugees in dangerous boats.
NSW legal eagle to step down
The legal services commissioner for the Australian state of New South Wales is set to step down from his position after 19 years in the role.
Australian law firms look to financial services market
Australian lawyers are looking to consolidation in the financial services sector to beef up a declining mergers and acquisitions market as doom and gloom hits the country.
Seyfarth Shaw heads to Australia
A US law firm has gone on the attack in Australia, recruiting its team from top international law firms.
QC takes Oz Law Council presidency
Michael Colbran QC has become the president of the Law Council of Australia (LCA), replacing former president Joe Catanzariti.
Lawyers' IBM 'picnic' would have lasted years, hears inquiry
Australian lawyers could have dined on taxpayers' money for years if any attempt was made by the Queensland State Government to take IBM to court following the collapse of a payroll contract, an inquiry has heard.
KWM Oz chief steps down
Hong Kong-headquartered global law firm King & Wood Mallesons has suffered a blow in Australia with the news that its managing partner in the jurisdiction is to step down just 14 months after taking the job.
Satisfaction high among Aussie lawyers
The majority of lawyers in Australia are happy with their jobs, naming work-life balance as the key to their happiness, a survey has found.
Melbourne trio create new firm
Melbourne-based leaders in property, commercial law and disputes have teamed up to create a new boutique law firm.
Aussie rivals join to win £130m Rio Tinto battle
Two of Australia's richest and most influential women have teamed up to win a £130 million court ruling against British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.
Australian community lawyers request AU$48m funding
Community legal centres in Australia have claimed that close to AU$50m in extra funding is needed to assist with legal issues such as debt, workplace bullying, family violence and tenancy disputes.
Quinn Emanuel heads down under
Los Angeles-headquartered law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has announced it is to open an office in Sydney.
Oz lawyers make pro bono appeal
Australian in-house lawyers have argued that approved hours for pro bono work must be increased or allocated differently if cases are to be followed through.
Second law firm lists in Australia
Australian newly formed law firm Rockwell Olivier is to list on the stock exchange six years after Slater & Gordon led the way.
Animals need lawyers
A Swiss lawyer is calling on Australia to change its laws to provide animals with lawyers.
Oz lawyers revel in bribery crackdown
A major clampdown by Australian enforcers on foreign bribery has created a 'mountain of work' for lawyers, a Jones Day partner in Sydney has said.
Oz tipped to lead global class actions
Australia has been named as a key potential location for non-US class actions by a predictive study, which also claimed class action settlements in the Asia-Pacific region will be worth $3.4 billion by 2020.
Voyager lawyer loses appeal
The Australian lawyer who was accused of double-billing survivors of the HMAS Voyager disaster has lost an appeal to retain his practising certificate after evidence revealed he made 'threatening' comments to a member of the Legal Services Board.
Women lawyers create in-house meeting website
Six Australian lawyers have created a website with the intention of bringing female in-house lawyers closer together.