News

June 2012

The Australian government has identified its streamlined new legal panel which includes the Australian office or alliance partner of every single UK f
A judge trying the horrifying case of Anders Breivik has been caught on camera using his court computer for strictly non-legal purposes.
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A divorce lawyer who previously appeared semi-naked on Chicago billboards has gone one better and revealed all in Playboy.
 
There was much learned worrying this week when a big cheese at the Bar noticed the huge number of students paying expensive law schools fees with prec
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Clyde & Co has found itself plastered all over the national pres
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An American lawyer has been criticised for a lewd ad campaign that seems to encourage people to separate.
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There was embarrassment at BPP this week when LPC exams were delayed by an hour and a half because, err, there weren't enough desks.
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An inebriated grandmother has been slapped with a $21.5k fine after her violent drunken outburst on a plane forced the pilot to re-route back to Austr
Freshfields was left reeling this week after Matthew Courtney, a 27-year-old IP associate, fell to his death.
 

May 2012

The last few major firms to announce their trainee retention figures limped over the line this week, with both Norton Rose and Herbert Smith announcin
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The long running Julian Assange extradition saga has been given another 14 days to run as, whilst the Australian lost his appeal this week, his on-the
Law makers in Singapore are preparing to hand out another round of licences to firms wishing to practice local law in the city state.
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This week saw publication of the government's
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A male defendant was barred from a Magistrates Court when he turned up in shorts and a vest, but then allowed entry after returning in a blouse and sk
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An email sent by a senior associate at Clifford Chance accusing a collea
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Clifford Chance has upped the salaries for most of its London associates
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Law firms have started to reveal their annual results, and they're generally looking surprisingly good.
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Pittsburgh-headquartered K&L Gates is reported to be on the hunt for an Australian merger partner, with mid-tier Middletons rumoured to be in the
It is being claimed that Wilsons, one of the UK's leading private client firms, has been in court twice in two weeks after partner departures.
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