UK-based Clyde & Co is to continue its aggressive Australian expansion, including by poaching partners, a Law.com report says.The firm has experienced strong, double-digit growth on the back of litigation growth in the Australian market, since establishing itself in Australia in 2012.“We are aggressively pursuing growth in each of the industries that we are focusing on,” … [Read more...]
#Himtoo – How Men Are Losing Out to Women in Law Recruitment
The flip side of #Metoo is the need to employ 'superior' men, requiring positive discrimination in the view of Australian law firm Lander & Rogers. The firm ranks highly on The Australian Financial Review Law Partnership Survey, with 37 per cent of partners being female and with 76 per cent of senior associates being female also. The reason, according to the firm Chief … [Read more...]
Game On For Australian Litigation Funders and Class Action Lawyers
Class actions are on the rise in Australia after the Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial sector, but also with more 'litigation funding action'. The first half of 2018 saw 29 class actions filed in Australia, 35 in the second half and a further 18 for the first half of 2019, according to figures released by Monash Law Professor Vince Morabito. While the … [Read more...]
Barristers Receive Social Media Telling Off
The use of social media - or its misuse - is something affecting every business and profession - not the least being barristers with the President of the New South Wales Bar Association issuing an edict on the matter following recent, unspecified incidents. Arthur Moses SC (right) referred to a number of recent incidents that had ‘prompted’ him to remind members of … [Read more...]
COLLEGE OF LAW TO INTRODUCE AUSTRALIA’S FIRST MASTER OF LEGAL BUSINESS DEGREE
Dr George Beaton heads high-profile program board SYDNEY: September 25, 2018: The College of Law (the College) has appointed a high-profile international program board to guide the introduction of a new legal business-focused Masters degree for professionals working in the legal services industry. The flagship will be the Master of Legal Business (MLB)1, a 12-subject … [Read more...]