Thomson Geer has raided yet another Big Law global firm by taking three partners and eight others from DLA Piper, hard on the heels of the Adelaide-based law firm’s Brisbane raid on Dentons. Thomson Geer raided 20 fee earners from Dentons in July. The raid on DLA Piper focused on M&A lawyers. The DLA Piper […]
An Australian case involving one of the Big Four accounting firms has raised the issue of retirement age for lawyers as well as accountants. Given that most large law firms have a mandatory retirement age provision, the case involving Deloittes will have firms thinking. According to many, the rules relating to professional service partnerships with
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The man found guilty of the murder of Grace Millane is having his appeal against conviction and sentence, arguing that the manner in which the trial was heard was miscarried. The man, who has name suppression, has life sentence with a minimum sentence of 17 years for the ‘rough sex’ murder case that transfixed both
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Former Big Firm lawyer and law lecturer Rose Carlyle has morphed from opinion-writing to penning a first-time thriller that has already excited the international publishing world – with a movie deal already signed. In a Stuff interview, Carlyle, a former lawyer at Kensington Swan and Chapman Tripp before working as a barrister and law lecturer
[adrotate group=”14″] A LawFuel Power Law Feature Davey Salmon Former Lee Salmon Long partner Davey Salmon made the move recently to the newly formed Mills Lane Chambers formed with former Minter Ellison partner Zane Kennedy and family law specialist Zara Matheson, which LawFuel reported about last year. Salmon has been involved in a range of
The law relating to family trusts is changing and lawyers, settlors, trustees and beneficiaries need to be aware of the new obligations due to take effect next year – and whether the family trust is actually the best device any more. Henry Stokes* The lack of a national database or any requirement to report trust
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The need to ensure you are insured properly is something that is more important than ever, for lawyers and clients alike. Yet for many people the ‘she’ll be right’ attitude continues, as MAS consultant Dane Boswell knows from personal experience. Dane Boswell’s mother died when he was 20, following an accident on the family property
‘Power Law’ QC Jack Hodder has described to the Court of Appeal how the Mainzeal High Court ruling affecting his client Jenny Shipley and two other director-clients, was “the stuff of nightmares” that would deter people from taking a director’s role in companies. The Court of Appeal is hearing appeals from the former directors of
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National Party MP Chris Bishop is introducing a bill designed to make it easier for lawyers wot handle legal workout outside of their existing employment, which is currently regarded as misconduct under current Law Society rules. “My Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services) Amendment Bill makes a small change to allow a
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We reported on the incident involving Nelson lawyer Anjela Sharma earlier this year when Justice Davison rejected her plea for Air New Zealand to lift her travel ban after bad behaviour in the Koru Lounge. Now her’s order her to pay the airline $30,114 for costs and $3,657.21 in disbursements after her failed bid to
