News

July 2012

Newly formed King & Wood Mallesons has committed itself to raising the percentage of women in the firm's partnership to 30% in the next two years.
Before the ink has even dried on Allens'
    The Magic Circle.
Judith Petho, Chief Operating Officer at Manches, is leaving the fir
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Pub snack Nuckin' Futs will be launched in Australia after a total of, err, no one at all filed complaints against the registration of the trademark.<
A survey of 41 leading law firms in Australia has revealed that mid-tier firms are increasing their work forces at a much higher rate than their top t
The legal community was shocked this week when a solicitor in a sleepy English town was shot in the head at work.
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There are two new entries from the archive into the RollOnFriday Dodgy Solicitor Top Trumps pack this week.

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It took him nine months months to walk from shining sea to shining sea.
Clyde & Co has entered the Australian market by pilfering an ei
Four of the five Magic Circle firms announced their financial results this week, releasing - under the current economic conditions - pretty decent fig
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June 2012

    Frank@RoF continues his obses
Notorious Kiwi barrister Sacha Beacham was discovered shouting in the streets last week after being convicted of resisting and obstructing police duri
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The UK government has announced it will be pouring £1m into a new apprenticeship programme which will allow wannabe lawyers to train as paralegals wit
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Georgina Blackwell, who hit the headlines a few years ago after defeating a major property developer in court, has achieved a first class law degree f
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Two impressive stories of dodgy solicitor-dom this week, one rather graphic and nasty, the other the usual fare of fraud, theft and imprisonment.
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RollOnFriday is proud to bring the profile of Argentinian lawyer Carlos M Rot
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The partnerships of Herbert Smith and Freehills have voted to press
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