He was the “the old guy in the hat”, but for over 20 years Australian lawyer Jack Grahame was the man who could see redemption in just about anyone. The Sydney lawyer was with the Prisoners Legal Service of Legal Aid NSW and struck a chord both with prisoners and a great many others with […]
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In a legal first, a former High School student in Australia faces a $105,000 damages award over comments made about his music teacher on Twitter. It is the country’s first defamation by tweet and Fairfax Media reports that Andrew Farley was ordered to pay $85,000 in compensatory damages, plus a further $20,000 in aggravated damages
International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has advised Australian private equity house Pacific Road Capital on the English law aspects of its disposal of portfolio company Mantle Diamonds Limited (Mantle). Mantle is a private UK-based diamond mining and exploration company with projects at varying levels of exploration and development in Botswana, Canada and
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A new law in Australia may permit transgender people to remain married and still retain the ability to have their sex-change recognized. The current law in New South Wales requires transgender people to divorce their spouse if they want to ensure legal recognition of their new status, before a birth certificate can be issued that
Sydney multimillionaire John Symond, the founder of Aussie Home Loans, has succeeded in a court application to have his former lawyers pay him for advice that landed him in difficulties with the Australian tax authorities. Symond took legal action against Australian law firm Gadens after he had been forced to pay tax, penalties and interest
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Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its Latin America practice with the opening of a new office in Brazil. To be based initially in Rio de Janeiro, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Brazil practice will be its 55th office worldwide and its third office in Latin America, complementing existing offices in Venezuela (Caracas) and Colombia
Washington, DC — The global law firm Jones Day has announced that it will open an office in Perth, the mining and energy center of Australia, in April of this year. The Perth Office will initially focus on projects and project-related disputes, with an emphasis in the energy sector. The Perth Office will be Jones
Slater & Gordon, the first public listed law firm, has announced significant profits for its UK branch in reports published on its home stock exchange in Australia, reports LawFuel.co.nz Slater & Gordon’s UK arm made £35m (A$61.4m) in the first half of its 2013/14 financial year (from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013) The
The NSA spied on an American law firm working on a trade dispute issue with the US, according to a report that emerged from the New York Times. A top-secret document obtained by the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden showed the law firm was monitored “while representing a foreign government in trade disputes with the
