News

March 2010

The excitement and glamour of life as a lawyer was underlined this week as the biggest Australian firms proudly announced the launch of a working grou
Marque Lawyers has posted two typically quirky job ads on its website.
A former DLA Piper partner has been jailed for two months
A survey by Kings College London and The Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) has shown that nearly half of women think that flexible working is all
A Northern Irish trainee who claimed a policeman should not have excluded him from an interview with a suspect has won his judicial review.
Students due to join Ashurst as trainees in September have
Baker Botts has found an entrepeneurial way to increase profits in the downturn.
The "Magic Circle" tag has lost its currency, claims a report this week.
A 29 year old Filipino tourist was detained for five days on drug charges in Melbourne, when Customs officers mistook powdered iced tea for amphetamin
Barrister Dyson Hore-Lacy SC has been awarded $630,000 in damages from for defamation.
The NSW Law Society has been forced to issue a warning to lawyers after a sudden increase in email scams.
A Hicksons lawyer has been given a rap on the knuckles after trying to snap a photo of model Lara Bingle as she visited a neighbouring law firm.
IP firm Davies Collison Cave has made 24 staff redundant across its offices - but is still claiming that work is picking up.
Following on from a story on the 5th March, David Church, DLA Piper’s International Development Partner and former Regional Managing Partner for the M
A former partner at DLA Piper's Liverpool office is suing
Linklaters has found itself on the back foot this week aft