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Australian Law Firms See Demand Grow Amid the Pandemic – 2021

Australia, Law Firms, Press Releases / August 30, 2021

Australia: State of the Legal Market Report by Thomson Reuters Institute “Law firms responded to market conditions with strategic approaches, and reimagining client experiences,” continued Rhodes. “Firms are taking the opportunity to serve clients better, which is helping to strengthen their relationships. The appetite for digital transformation has never been stronger, creating greater efficiency and […]

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Australia Association of Women Judges Statement on Women Judges in Afghanistan

Australia, Press Releases / August 18, 2021

The Australian Association of Women Judges (AAWJ) joins with the manyinternational and national associations expressing their grave concerns about theunfolding situation in Afghanistan, particularly for women and girls.The AAWJ supports the efforts to evacuate Australian personnel and Afghan citizenswho worked alongside them. In addition, we urge the Australian Government toconsider the plight of women leaders,

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Why So Few Female Barristers?

Australia, NZ Featured Posts / August 12, 2021

Travis Schultz* Earlier this year, one of my team members relayed a conversation he’d had with a well-intentioned colleague who was grappling with issues around his client’s equal opportunity briefing policy. He wanted to expand the number of female barristers on their firm’s panel and was looking for names of female barristers that could be

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National Australian Law Firm Kennedys Expands to Perth

Australia, Press Releases / August 12, 2021

Kennedys in Australia is pleased to announce the latest phase of its expansion with the launch of a Perth office to cater to the firm’s strong national growth throughout 2020. The opening of the new office, to be led by new partner Jonathan Wyatt with a starting team of nine, reflects Kennedys’ focus on expanding

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NSW Law Society Guide Models Best Workplace Practice for Legal Profession

Australia, Press Releases / August 1, 2021

The Law Society of NSW has released a guide to help NSW law firms and legal practices identify and eliminate discrimination and harassment in recruitment and employment practices in the workplace. President of the NSW Law Society, Juliana Warner, said the Workplace Guide provides a series of checklists to guide legal practices through good decision-making

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Controversial Australian Law Firm Proposes Anti-Jab Fight In $10 Million Fundraise

Australia, Headlining, Law Firms / July 31, 2021

Australian law firm proposes class action lawsuit over anti-vax order

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One Of Largest-Ever Law Claims Reopened With UK Court of Appeal Decision

Australia, UK Law / July 28, 2021

Australian mining giant BHP is facing the revival of a $7 billion claim over a dam disaster in Brazil, triggering that country’s worst-ever environmental crisis, following a decision from the UK Court of Appeal. The Court decided to reopen the lawsuit brought by 200,000 claimants after a lower court struck out the lawsuit as an

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Sparke Helmore Joined By Consultant in Government Law Team

Australia, Press Releases / July 27, 2021

Sparke Helmore Lawyers is pleased to announce Alexandra Wedutenko has joined the firm’s Government team as a Consultant. Alexandra is a leading Government, IT and telecommunications lawyer, known in the market for her skilful management of significant Commonwealth and state government procurement projects. Specialising in select sourcing and business process sourcing in a regulated environment,

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Jones Day partner Shannon Finch recognized among Australasian Lawyer’s inaugural “Most Influential Lawyers”

Australia, Press Releases / July 27, 2021

Jones Day partner Shannon Finch has been named to Australasian Lawyer’s first “Most Influential Lawyers” list. Ms. Finch, who is based in Jones Day’s Sydney Office, and is part of the Firm’s M&A Practice, was recognized in the “Changemakers” category for the inaugural list. The lawyers named in this category were chosen for being “leaders, innovators

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More Departures From MinterEllison As Tax Lawyer Leaves

Australia / July 21, 2021

More senior lawyers have departed MinterEllison as Holding Redlich announce the recruitment of tax partner Chris Kinsella, along with former Minters tax litigator Stephen Jones. This follows a number of departures recently for Corrs, as LawFuel reported last week. The release from Holding Redlich is below – Holding Redlich attracts leading tax controversy partner

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