News

June 2011

A former Perth barrister and senior AusAID lawyer has been kicked out of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu after being accused of espionage.
Students at Nottingham Trent University's law school are facing a fraught revision season as they work to the sound of builders drilling, swearing and
The Victorian government is planning to introduce new laws which will allow the police to levy fines of up to $240 for people caught using "indece

May 2011

Professor Nigel Savage, head of the College of Law, has been paid the thick end of half a million pounds for the second year in a row.
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Nearly 30 partners at Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst were told this week that they were going to lose their jobs.
Salaries for newly qualified solicitors at mid-tier regional firm Co
A man was jailed for nine months by Townsville District Court this week after he admitted putting his finger up a policewoman's backside.
Former Clayton Utz partner, Grant Fuzi, has agreed to give back the $700,000 retirement handout paid to him as a goodwill gesture when he left the fir
For her 9 to 5, Lyndal Yaqub toils away as an associate at Auckland firm Law & Associates, specialising in litigation and employment law.
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Addleshaw Goddard has announced a redundancy consultation - with up to
Rumours are circulating that one of Linklaters' top partners has been a
There were red faces at recruitment firm First Counsel, chosen by Slaught
The training principal at Berwin Leighton Paisner has sent a furious mis
RollOnFriday can reveal that a Senior Partner of a top City firm has been rumbled by his own staff after engaging in an extra-marital romp with anothe
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Muslim leaders in Australia have made a renewed push to introduce limited chunks of Sharia law into the legal system.
Freshfields has just announced pay rises for all its associates.
Ty Hobson-Powell is 15. And is soon to be heading off to law school.
Cambridge University has topped The Guardian's law faculty rankings for British universities.