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“My name is Marc Dutroux,” the accused said calmly from inside the purpose-built bullet-proof glass dock when asked his identity by presiding judge Stephane Goux on Monday. Branded Public Enemy Number One, Dutroux and three suspected accomplices, including his ex-wife, were driven in an armoured vehicle to the courthouse in this southeastern town to stand

Don’t mention the republic or how far his leadership qualities could take him – these issues do not occupy the mind of the new Liberal candidate for Wentworth. In fact, just when Malcolm Turnbull’s elevation to the national political stage is all but assured, he has suddenly become dismissive of what many would argue helped

The move, which coincides with the firm’s first partner retreat for two years, comes 14 months after its groundbreaking private placement in December 2002. It became the first UK law firm to access the capital markets. It eventually raised $150m (£81.7m) – up from the $100m (£63.7m) originally envisaged – using 10 and 20-year unsecured

The state-owned Herald paper quoted the president of the umbrella body, Joseph James, as saying: “The said firms and or individuals are therefore not licensed to practise in 2004 and must close their firms immediately until they regularise their position to the satisfaction of the council.” All lawyers or law firms in private practice must

Rationalisation and consolidation have been the hallmarks of the year in New Zealand, as the drift of corporate head offices to Australia has forced practices to meet the challenge of ever increasing competition within a shrinking domestic market. “I’d say the market in New Zealand has been a lot more competitive for a lot longer

William Lerach, 57, is a flamboyant, sharp-elbowed showman. Together, as cochairmen of one of the most feared law firms in the nation, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, they have bullied corporate America out of $30 billion in damages and counting. In building the modern-day model for the shareholder class action, their mission has been

Clifford Chance has come top of the MergerMarket announced European M&A league tables for the first time, knocking Linklaters off the top spot. The firm also came top of Thomson Financials tables for announced M&A with a European target. Clifford Chance leapfrogged Linklaters in the 2003 MergerMarket tables, handling 216 deals across Europe worth €163bn

Latham & Watkins has broken the $1bn (£562.4m) revenue barrier — matching the profits of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters along the way — as London’s top law firms prepare to be eclipsed by another record-breaking year for US rivals. The Los Angeles-based giant leads the charge of US firms preparing to announce double-digit growth

Will the additional lawyers find work? Most likely they will, because companies will continue to combat the fear of litigation, says Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and editor of overlawyered.com. A Business Roundtable survey of CEOs of the nation’s largest companies this month said they were worried most about rising health care

Like most elite US firms, Cravaths’ awards are handed out solely on a seniority basis with no performance criteria. Cravaths’ announcement, which was made to associates on 8 December, ends weeks of intense speculation over whether New York firms would this year sanction significant increases to the awards handed out in 2002, given the post-summer