News

March 2012

The former captain of New Zealand's cricket team, Chris Cairns, has won his UK libel case over match fixing allegations made against him by the former
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority has published a dire warning on its website, telling wannabe solicitors that they may be paid just £2.60 an hour d
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A poem slating the practices of Ince & Co is doing the email round
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US firm Squire Sanders is looking to spread itself further in Austra
Lawyers at Allen & Overy's London office have complained bitterly af
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Derbyshire based firm Banner Jones has made a terrific contribution to the tradition of ma
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The College of Law has cancelled a talk after being accused of giving a platform to an Islamic extremist.
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Fourteen ex-employees of a Florida law firm are suing for wrongful dismissal after they were fired for wearing orange shirts on payday.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland has claimed in a report that nearly 6,000 jobs may go in the legal profession, such is the oversupply of lawyers.
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The annual Superbrands survey results are out, and this year it's Linklater
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Former swimsuit model Simone Farrow has been arrested in a Gold Coast hotel, accused of masterminding an international drugs ring.
Minter Ellison Adelaide's ex financial officer, Craig Raneberg, has confessed to stealing $2.7m from his former firm over a period of eight years.
A New Zealand man has been sentenced to community detention for trying to strangle a pet goat in his frustration after losing his house keys.
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Melbourne law firm Goddard Elliott has avoided paying $675k to a former client which the firm negligently advised, thanks to an old law which offers l
A sometime consultant for Minter Ellison has made himself popular by offering up Australia as a site for contaminated waste from the destroyed Fukushi
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An American attorney is suing 14 law schools on behalf of unemployed law graduates for allegedly misrepresenting graduate employment statistics.
A company looking for an in-house lawyer in Denver, Colorado has posted a b
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The Times has published its countdown of the most influential lawyers in the country, for the first time including a rundown of the top ten City lawye
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