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Victorian Government panel spending on the rise

GOVERNMENT SPENDING in Victoria by users of legal services under panel arrangements has risen in 2005–06 by over 21 per cent, as compared to the previous financial year. In 2004–05, total expenditure was $34.94 million, only marginally more than the ...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: government legal services annual report victoria
Linklaters profits to exceed £1bn

Linklaters profits are set to exceed the £1 ($2.42) billion mark for the first time, according to UK legal newspaper The Lawyer . With growth of 15 per cent, Linklaters is pursuing Clifford Chance for the title of world’s biggest law firm. Clifford Chance...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: uk legal
Panel report not so rosy for Victoria’s female barristers

ALTHOUGH THE Victorian Government claims that female barristers are winning a proportionately higher amount of its legal work, the Victorian Bar Association expressed reservations about the devil in the detail. Figures released in the Victorian Department...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: hulls
Australian Bar to out muscle Brits in Hong Kong

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Australian Bar Association (ABA) will embark on a trade mission to Hong Kong in October to promote Australians as a genuine alternative to more entrenched local and British barristers. The ABA is in the process of appealing to its...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: australian bar association
Clayton Utz clerk wins pro bono prize

PROVING THAT inexperience is no impediment to providing quality pro bono advice, a clerk from Clayton Utz was awarded a medal by the Victorian Law Foundation. In an acknowledgement of a strong academic performance and commitment to the community, Daniel...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: clerk
Law of the wetlands

NSW ’ s Gwydir wetlands have, for the third time, been severely damaged by clearing. Are calls to overhaul state and federal environmental protection laws justified? Kate Gibbs investigates ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE describing it as one of the worst illegal...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: Gwydir
IAMA embarks toward new ADR horizons

THE LATEST in developments and initiatives in arbitration, mediation and adjudication will be discussed at a national conference on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in South Australia in June. Dubbed New Horizons in ADR by the Institute of Arbitrators...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: arbitration commission
Protection for journalists, not for sources

THE ATTORNEY-General Philip Ruddock has introduced a Bill to parliament allowing judges to excuse journalists from naming sources in court. The Bill to amend the Commonwealth Evidence Act is based on similar provisions already in existence in NSW. It...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: evidence law
Justice failing rape victims

Experts argue that specialist courts would improve the conviction rate in sexual assault matters and lessen the trauma suffered by victims when giving evidence. Clare Buttner reports THE FATHER of a young gang rape victim recently warned other victims...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: defence lawyer
ACT opposed to mandatory CPD

THE ACT Law Society says it can see little benefit in making continuing professional development (CPD) mandatory for lawyers. Despite moves by most jurisdictions to impose a minimum number of hours of further education as part of practising certificate...

Published Tue, May 29 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: MCPD
Minter Ellison alone on CSR

MINTER ELLISON , as the only law firm involved in the Australian Corporate Responsibility Index, has been awarded a silver ranking in the fourth annual results. And along with the silver ranking, the firm was also presented with a Best Progress Award...

Published Wed, May 23 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: minters corporate responsibility CSR guy templeton
Raising the profile of pro bono

THE NATIONAL Pro Bono Resource Centre (NPBRC) has launched the National Pro Bono Aspirational Target, and is seeking signatories from individual lawyers as well as law firms and barristers’ chambers. The target is a voluntary commitment to aspire to 35...

Published Wed, May 23 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: barristers chambers
Ruddock blames states for national profession delay

WHILE THE Federal Attorney-General believes the states and territories have taken too long to agree on laws to facilitate a national profession, two state-based observers were more optimistic about the progress made. But there was no argument among those...

Published Wed, May 23 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: national profession project
QSIS free to Qld criminal law barristers

AS PART of Law Week in Queensland, the state Attorney-General has announced free access for criminal lawyers to the online sentencing database from their own chambers as of 1 July this year. The Queensland Sentencing Information Service (QSIS) would be...

Published Wed, May 23 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: state attorney-general
WA on the contamination trail

INDIVIDUALS AND companies in Western Australia will have to disclose sites they suspect are contaminated as of 1 June or risk substantial fines from the Department of Environment and Conservation. These laws may refer to contamination which occurred as...

Published Wed, May 23 2007 12:00 AM by Lawyers Weekly

Filed under: individuals

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