May 2015
Fort Worth: where culture and cowboys co-exist
There's another side of the Texan coin, where oil money has funded high culture, and a more diverse modern city.
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January 2015
Court hearings in the slow lane
Long delays in getting commercial trials to court are becoming increasingly frequent.
December 2014
Legal services market waves goodbye to growth
Growth in the legal services market has stagnated less than a year after the professional services industry reported promising signs of expansion, with the largest firms in the country again contracting.
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Turbulence now rife among mid-tier legal firms
Hanah Low | Data from The Australian Financial Review’s December 2014 partnership survey reveals that mid-tier firms have grown and shrunk in staggering levels in the past six months.
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Art not always where the heart is
It was a bittersweet day for Sydney barrister Louise McBride on Thursday last week, when the NSW Supreme Court vindicated her position in the long running battle over a fake piece of art.
Same face, new charge-out rate
It’s not just corporate clients who go into a spin when their beloved legal eagle ups sticks and moves to another firm.
Corrs, Chambers, Westgarth launches into Orbit
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has become the first Australian law firm to set up its own resourcing company, in an attempt to offer short-term solutions to big corporates when major projects are under way or staff are on leave.
Lisa Ho recoups losses from former friend
Fashion designer Lisa Ho has finally clawed back $850,000 she entrusted to former friend Hamish McLaren, with litigation between the two resolved at the 11th hour.
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November 2014
Better Bali than Bentham
It’s that time of year when everyone is overindulging a little with the onset of the silly season and lamenting the fact that it’s not yet Christmas and time for a well-deserved break.That sad fact became a little more apparent to Judge Peter Jacobson this week.
New system will mean paperless courts
The Federal Court has unveiled an electronic court file- the first of its kind in Australia- enabling a more efficient court.
Shake-up puts the federal back into Federal Court
The rollout of the national court framework is aimed at transforming the Federal Court into a seamless national operation.
Chief justice wants to end litigation warfare
The Federal Court intends to overhaul its management of class actions in an attempt to curb fees and wipe out unnecessary litigation warfare, following concerns opportunistic claims are skyrocketing.
Gina Rinehart loses court suppression bid
Gina Rinehart has lost her latest attempt to keep a lid on the bitter family feud raging with her two eldest children, after the Federal Court knocked back a bid to suppress the latest court proceedings.
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Class action numbers stable since 1992: study
Public and corporate fear of mammoth class actions is largely a result of scaremongering, according to a report released by Monash Business School, with the number of actions over the past two decades remaining stable.
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Rinehart legal army holds out hope
It would not be a day in the bitter Rinehart family legal drama without a spat over well, just about anything that comes up.
Mother and child court reunion for Rinehart
The future of Gina Rinehart’s most prized mining assets, including Roy Hill and Hope Downs, are under threat as her two estranged children attempt to claw back profits dating back over two decades.
Royal commission wants answers from Julia Gillard
The lingering question around the involvement of former prime minister Julia Gillard in the Australian Workers Union slush fund saga is why she failed to take steps to protect her own professional reputation.
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John Weber explains move to DLA Piper
The new head of DLA Piper’s Australian operation, John Weber, has said it was the entrepreneurial spirit of the firm and its momentum which convinced him to return to the legal fold.
Lawyers oppose harsher penalties for corporate criminals
Corporate lawyers have rejected suggestions by the head of the corporate regulator that Australia needs tougher penalties to be dished out to corporate criminals in order to effectively stamp out illegal behaviour, saying the suggestion fails to take into account what deters white-collar criminals.
Gina Rinehart faces new legal claim from eldest children
The two eldest children of mining magnate Gina Rinehart have launched another blistering attack on their mother, launching a case which disputes the ownership of assets and shares within her multi-billion dollar empire.
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