In a career of high publicity and renown, Melbourne barrister Bret Walker SC has the case of his career on his hands with the attempt to free former Cardinal George Pell from prison. But the Court are listening, along with the rest of Australia and legal world. Walker’s attempts to persuade the Appeal Court that […]
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A Sydney man suffering terminal asbestos cancer mesothelioma has won a significant legal victory after arguing that asbestos producer James Hardie should pay for his medical care in the community, rather than forcing him to spend his final months living in a nursing home. The Dust Diseases Tribunal of NSW on Friday awarded Ron Phillips,
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Moray & Agnew About Moray & Agnew – The firm has a strong insurance practice and has tripled in size in the past decade and now, with over 90 partners and a strong national presence it is set to continue its growth as a major player in the Australian legal market, as well as providing
Employee retention strategies a priority as 53 percent of Australian legal firms plan for growth in 2019 The 2019 ALPMA Australian Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Survey reveals that, in addition to employment projections remaining positive (53% of law firms expecting to grow employment at their firms in 2019, compared with 42% in 2018),
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The younger sister of actress Nicole Kidman has recently qualified as a lawyer, interning for two law firms and raising six children at the same time. The Singapore-based Kidman, 48, was talking on a Sydney television show when she said she was also making one day’s appearance a week in court with a criminal lawyer
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Christchurch-based class action lawyer Grant Cameron has reportedly secured the backing of Australian class action firm Maurice Blackburn to take an action against Southern Response on behalf of over 3000 clients. Maurice Blackburn are Australia’s largest class action lawyers and would have taken a hard-nosed approach to their due diligence in a claim that evidently
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A Brisbane-based law firm has raised issues over class action supremos Slater + Gordon adopting the trademark tag: ‘Slater + Gordon. We win cases like yours.’ The lawyer, Nicole Murdoch of Eaglegate Lawyers, is exhorting Australian lawyers to resist the application’s acceptance by IP Australia “I don’t think IP Australia is going to accept it
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Organisation for World Peace – Today, a group of women who claim to have been enslaved, raped, and abused by one of Australia’s most infamous terrorists are seeking a landmark legal case to be brought before a New South Wales (NSW) Civil and Administrative tribunal in order to receive compensation. These hearings begin the week
Source: Pixabay Invasion of Privacy – A Marital Misconduct Jenny Harrison* Ethically, it is illegal to break into someone’s personal devices as it violates their privacy. Spying means that you are snooping into someone’s tech device and reading all the data and conversation without their consent. When it’s a stranger spying on you, the rules
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Law firm DWF has been valued at the largest amount of any law firm in Britain’s law firm IPO history with a value of almost $US500m (£366m), the firm announced this week. The legal firm intends offering over 78 million shares to provide £95.2 million, according to a Financial Times report. DWF’s offering is the
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