News
March 2012
Kim Dotcom, the New Zealand man dubbed the "piracy king", has claimed that charges brought by the US against him and his file-sharing company are akin
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Linklaters and top tier Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson have joined the growing list of firms trying to forge Anglo-Aussie partnerships, with r
A man who pretended to be a barrister to defend a friend against drug charges is appearing before Bristol Crown Court this week to face charges of "wi
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A survey has shown that six of the UK's biggest law firms would make the FTSE100 if they became listed companies.
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The March 2012 trainee retention results have so far painted a r
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February 2012
A Brisbane woman has been fined and faces jail after she conned a group of Nigerian scammers into handing over more than $30k.
1 March 2012 was a significant day for both Blake Dawson and Mallesons Stephen Jacques, both of which formally merged with their international partner
The sale of the College of Law is continuing apace, amid widely-reported news that the exclusive bidder is a private equity buyer.
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A barrister who had previously supported the abolition of the QC system and said he would never apply for silk has, errr, been appointed Queen's Couns
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Allens Arthur Robinson and Linklaters have joined the growing roster of firms keen to forge Anglo-Aussie partnerships, with rumours that pre-merger di
A furious email was sent to all staff in Clifford Chance's Dubai office
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Further to last week's story about the partner cull at Linklater
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A new website has emerged which claims to assist desperate trainee contract hunters by turning their average applications into successful ones and off
Australian Sean Truman has lost control of the web address richardbranson.xxx after proceedings in the National Arbitration Forum (NAF).
Lord Neuberger, Master of the Rolls, has waded into a minor personal injury case after it was revealed that the claimant's firm, Irwin Mitchell, had b
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Former Macfarlanes partner, Francis Bridgeman, who was jailed for 12 months for perverting the course of justice will be released after serving one mo
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UK firm Russell Jones & Walker, recently bought out by top Australian firm Slater & Gordon for £54 million, has rejected a candidate in no unc
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As firms continue to release their trainee retention figures (some rather more reluctantly than others) the picture continues to look positive, on the
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