A top Australian Queens Counsel, particularly one who charges up to $10,000 a day, can charge for many things, but snoring in Court is not one of them. David Tait QC fell asleep during an inquest into a race car driver’s death yesterday, resulting in his apology to the Court when he explained that a […]
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised Amdipharm Mercury (AMCo) on its acquisition of Australian pharmaceutical company, Boucher and Muir (BNM). The acquisition of BNM is in line with AMCo’s strategy of international expansion into key territories. In addition to owning rights to a portfolio of specialty and niche medicines, B&M is one of AMCo’s
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Australian lawyers are in the money big time over a Corruption Inquiry that will see them taking in around $25 million in legal fees, with most of that going to Minter Ellison. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that barristers and solicitors are raking in about $25 million of taxpayer cash for their work on the
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The Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA) today announced a new brand identity as it officially joins forces with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). The alliance expands global benefits and connectivity to members while also retaining local focus and content in programming. Originally announced in December, the alliance between ACLA, the preeminent Australian in-house
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An intricate neo-Nazi plot has involved a Jewish Melbourne lawyer in a nasty ISIL threat and a swirling controversy over his alleged claims for genocide for Palestinians has been revealed. The odd twist of events involved Australian neo-Nazis who wrote in an online forum about “all out war” against ISIL and the lawyer, Josh Bornstein,
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Shakeup and mergers in the Australian legal market have been a consistent pattern in recent years. Now UK-based Hogan Lovells is to set up in Australia, taking two Allens partners to commence Aussie operations in July. The two former Allens parters are Nicky Lester and Tim Lester. The firm says that rather than trying to
The growth in cyber attacks upon companies, highlighted by the problems Sony Pictures recently experienced, has also heightened the need for more education about what companies need to do in order to keep themselves ‘cyberattack-safe’. Australian law firm Wootton & Kearney has indicated that 2015 could provide a boom year for hackers and those who
LawFuel – LDM Global is breaking the trend to offer predictable and simplified eDiscovery pricing for projects both large and small along with a true end-to-end solution. Sydney, Australia, 17 February 2015 – LDM Global announces a new eDiscovery pricing model that is simplified and predictable with fixed fees across the board, for cases of
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DLA Piper, Australia – By James Morse – In the recent decision of Le v Magistrate Barbara Lane [2014] WASC 494, the Supreme Court of Western Australia was called upon to consider whether to prohibit a magistrate from continuing to hear a trial on the basis she had ‘Googled‘ some matters relevant to the trial
Blind Australian lawyer Darren Fittler has overcome his disability to achieve professional success and now to win a presitigious Human Rights Law Award in Sydney. The annual Human Rights Awards, hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission, recognises individuals and organisations that make a significant contribution to advancing human rights in Australia. “I am truly
