[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A harassment claim brought by a legal secretary of a Sydney law firm who alleged she had been called a “chook” and “thick” among other things, has been dismissed by the Australian Fair Works Tribunal in what the Deputy President of the Tribunal said was a case where the applicant was foolish and been […]
Another large Australian class action is on the way with a claim relating to bank mortgage finance agreements. Reports indicate that Chamberlains law firm is planning a class action, instructed by MortgageDeception.com in a claim that is intended to represent bank customers who incurred losses since 2012 after entering mortgage loan contracts. The law firm
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The law can take us many places. To court, to jail and in some cases to the stage. Exercising their comedic genius could also give one group of fresh-faced lawyers and law students a less sleepy alternative career path to corporate law. President of The Law Society of NSW Doug Humphreys said a select group
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Australian-based litigation lawyers Shine Lawyers are making a splashy entrance to the New Zealand legal scene, taking naming rights over a downtown Auckland building and providing a presence in Christchurch, with an eye on the insurance claims in the south. SHine is listed on the ASX and has over 850 lawyers in Australia in a
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Ever wondered quite how those Facebook ads featuring famous faces can be legit? We do too. And now Australian media personality Eddie McGuire, whose face was used to market an erectile dysfunction ‘solution’, is taking legal action against Facebook to challenge the practice. The ad, like so many, was a spoof and using a high
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Australian Sex discrimination expert Dr Karen O’Connell believes gender-hostile workplaces are not being dealt with properly. The issue of sexual discrimination and harassment has been reaching a crescendo recently with the global #Metoo campaign, with a range of harassment issues in the United States, Australia, the UK, New Zealand and elsewhere. Dr O’Connell, speaking to
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Wu family, founders of Nature’s Care, on one of the largest private equity investments so far in 2018 to a Chinese consortium. The consortium, made up of China Jianyin Investment Ltd. (JIC) and Tamar Alliance Partners Fund I, L.P. (Tamar), has entered into a binding agreement
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The ‘Best Lawyers in Australia’ list shows the intensity of the competition for legal talent in Australia, with some of the largest offshore firms having heavily indulged in talent poaching over the past year. The AFR annual survey, compiled with the assistance of the US-based ‘Best Lawyers’ group, this year saw those specialist lawyers reached
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King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised DBS on its first Tier 2 capital offer denominated in Australian dollars, with the Singapore-based bank offering A$750 million of subordinated notes due 2028. The issue is under the bank’s global medium-term notes program valued at US$30bn, with to be used for the finance and treasury activities of
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Allens and UNSW have officially launched the Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation, unveiling 10 new research streams to tackle legal issues surrounding data, artificial intelligence, privacy, online social collaboration, intellectual property and digital platforms. The Allens Hub’s research streams, led by UNSW academics and supported by real-world experience at Allens, will investigate wide-ranging
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