Australian Parliamentary Committee Strongly Supports Suspension of Extradition Treat with Hong Kong

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A federal parliamentary committee today strongly supported the Australian Government’s actions to suspend Australia’s Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance treaties with Hong Kong. Report 190, released today by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties follows an inquiry undertaken at the request of the Attorney-General, The Hon Christian Porter MP. “The evidence gathered by the Committee establishes a strong public foundation for […]

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Chinese Owned Company To Pay More Than $1 Million In ‘Pay to Play’ Bribery Scheme

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Chinese Company’s SoCal Subsidiary Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Criminal Investigation into Bribe Payments to Jose Huizar and Illegal Contributions to Other Political Figures             LOS ANGELES – A Chinese company’s Arcadia subsidiary, established to redevelop a downtown Los Angeles hotel, has agreed to pay $1,050,000 to resolve an investigation into the company’s

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Universities given a vital boost but must restructure funding models

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The Australian Government’s allocation of $1 billion towards research funding will assist to offset the loss of revenue from international students, but universities must also experiment with more sustainable revenue models. Stoic Venture Capital Partner Dr Geoff Waring said while the $1B will boost the flow of innovative technology, the government’s additional $5.8M commitment to

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FAQs – Personal Injury Law

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How Much Do Personal Injury Attorneys Cost? Personal Injury Lawyer questions: How much do personal injury lawyers cost? How do personal injury lawyers get paid? How do personal injury lawyers charge? These are questions many personal injury law clients ask and the answer is that in the United States the general contingency (fee-splitting) agreement is

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The Gender & Ethnic Diversity Issue With New Zealand’s Law Profession

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Diversity on the New Zealand bench was delivered a hammer blow in a beatup story from Stuff with a piece in the weekend, although the highest court in the land has a 50/50 split of men to women. And the Employment and Family courts also have more female than male judges. It seems something of

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The Cardinal, The Vatican Scandal And The Lawyer Who Posed In Skimpy Swimsuit

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The Vatican scandal over a gone-wrong London property investment has proved difficult for one of the Vatican’s senior Cardinals, but in a bizarre twist it has also lead to a sun-bathing lawyer representing the Cardinal to lose his job too. Cardinal Angelo Becciu is at the center of a dispute over a luxury Chelsea property,

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Donald Trump COVID Test: Statement on President Trump’s Positive COVID Test Result

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October 2, 2020 – The Lincoln Project today released the following statement in response to President Trump testing positive for COVID-19: “The Lincoln Project wishes the President, First Lady, and the many White House, campaign staff, and those exposed to COVID-19 a swift recovery. “We encourage anyone who traveled with the Presidential party, attended a

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Bob Jones – Adina Thorn Class Action ‘Pissing in the Wind’

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Auckland lawyer Adina Thorn is planning a class action against the Christchurch promoters of the Penrich Investment Fund, currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office. What staggered me was that Adina herself was an investor in the fund. I say that as she’s quoted by the Herald saying Penrich “billed itself as making bets on interest

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Barristers’ Online Services Benefit From Government-Funded Multimillion Dollar Scheme

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Online dispute resolution company CODR, founded by Michael Heron QC, has scored a major win with the newly announced $40 million fund to assist tenants facing rent relief issues in the wake of the pandemic. CODR was founded by Michael Heron, the former Solicitor General, to provide an efficient and inexpensive way to resolve disputes

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