News

July 2010

The wildly-varying fortunes of law firms have been revealed this week following the release of an eye-popping set of results.
Lawsuits against soliciors were up an incredible 163% in 2009, according to data gathered by
After two years of consultation, candidates for the 2011 Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) will finally have to sit an aptitude test (including
Lucasfilms - makers of the Star Wars trilogy (plus three other vastly inferior films) - have demanded that a Hong Kong company stops production of a l
The Ministry of Justice has announced plans to scrap a scheme that has funded the training of legal aid solicitors.
The traditional top tier of Aussie firms is coming under increased pressure from regional and international firms, according to league tables released
Allen & Overy has claimed that entire teams of lawyers from competitor firms are cl
Mallesons has leapfrogged the competition to become the first t
This week Attorney General Rob McClelland announced the Commonwealth's first ever "Senior Counsel" (SC), effectively placing the title "Queen's Counse

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A written question has been asked in Parliament on a potential conflict of interest concerning the appointment of a 
Slaughter and May has cut short its rolling graduate recruitment proces
Halliwells' woes deepened this week, with lawyers jumping ship and the
This week's embarrassing law firm website is courtesy of Lyndales Solicitors.
A new report claims that trainee solicitors are the top graduate earners.
There was news from Asia this week of the battle for domination between English and Aussie firms.
Rumours of less than inspiring pay rises at Mallesons hav
It emerged this week that Clayton Utz lost 13.4% of its staff o
A Perth law firm has narrowly escaped a $400,000 fraud attempt by an international scammer.