| ACMA fines Telstra for telemarketing breach TELSTRA has been fined over $100,000 for breaching the Do Not Call Register Act for the first time. australianit.news.com.au |
Times Law panel: do they approve of the new Supreme Court? * "The House of Lords seemed to me to work well enough and there was no need to spend 拢35 million plus on a new building and a new administrative system when government is awash with property . . . " John Davidson, general counsel, SAB Miller feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Whatever happened to the radical lawyers? Michael Mansfield鈥檚 autobiography is called Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer. For many, the juxtaposition of the two words 鈥渞adical鈥 and 鈥渓awyer鈥 is a contradiction in terms, possibly, even a bit of a joke. But if anyone can carry off that tricky 1960s label, then Mansfield can. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Dickensian 鈥榣ogbook loans鈥 to be banned High-interest loans secured on cars are to be outlawed under government proposals tabled yesterday. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Advice for 2010? Love your clients and taking nothing for granted Last year was traumatic for many law firms. Few avoided staff cutbacks or shorter time working. In many cases partners took home significantly less than they had earned in recent years and managing partners have had to take tough decisions to deal with the downturn. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |