News

February 2011

Joydeep Hor, the ex-Managing Partner of Harmers Workplace Lawyers, is being sued by the firm for allegedly making "misleading and deceptive and di
Anthony Scott Wood, a 50-year-old former Brisbane lawyer, has been sentenced to 10 years' jail time after admitting to aggravated fraud and forgery.
Addleshaw Goddard has announced that it is rolling out a new fir
There was much excitement amongst young people this week, as a new CD (remember them?) was released by no less than the Head of Real Estate Dispute Re
Newly published accounts reveal that Clarke Wilmott's operating profit in 2009/10 fell by 78% from £13.3m to just £2.9m.
An associate at Allen & Overy's London office was taken to hospital
Olswang has deferred all its new trainees for a year - appa
Sydney law firm People Culture & Strategies (for real...) is to abandon billable hours and timesheets.
 
In an attempt to increase the profile of their family law practice promote harmony in the wider community, a Melbourne firm is encouraging clie
Personal injury firm Keddies has copped a severe pasting from a District Court Judge for running a case where there were “serious departures from
High profile footballer Brendan Fevola is expected to plead guilty to public nuisance charges arising from his New Year’s Eve escapade.
    Law is pretty sexy, right?
John Lewis shop assistant Konstantinos Kalomoiris is claiming damages against his former employer for sex discrimination after a female colleague alle
Kaplan Law School has had its proposed aptitude test for the LPC squashed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Maria Abramova, a paralegal at Gates & Partners, is suing the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (OXILP) for £100,000 after she failed the LPC.
A former Clifford Chance secretary has been jailed for 15 months for
Allen & Overy is moving a chunk of its London support j
Nazril Ariel, the 29 year old front man of rock band Peterpan, has been sentenced to three and a half years in the slammer after his steamy sex tapes