TWO of Perth's mid-sized law firms are heading in different directions, with Hammond Worthington Lawyers planning to split up after 17 years and Christensen Vaughan joining national firm Gadens Lawyers.
REBECCA Collins is a regular face at the Genesis Legal Clinic, where she offers pro bono family and criminal law advice to some of Perth's least fortunate people.
The resources sector in Australia and New Zealand may now be exposed to higher levels of fraudulent incidents involving the theft of funds and physical assets, according to a KPMG survey.
Perth firm Christensen Vaughan will merge with the Perth operations of national legal firm Gadens Lawyers to form an expanded commercial legal practice in Western Australia.
THE long-awaited opening of the new Bishops See office building at 235 St Georges Terrace could set the tone for the move towards greener, more sustainable office buildings in Perth.
Integrated Legal Holdings, a firm originating from Perth, has expanded its presence on the east coast after it reached a deal to acquire the legal business of Sydney-based mda lawyers.
DESPITE the doom and gloom coming from the state's mining sector, the January Deloitte WA Index revealed stock values of miners rose more than 3 per cent, bucking the overall trend.
Some 68 employees at CopperCo's Lady Annie mine have been stood down today as record rainfall and significant flooding in Queensland bring operations to a halt.
Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has imposed further conditions on the rock lobster industry after his initial raft of measures failed to achieve the necessary results.
THE revolving door of accountants in Perth's insolvency world continues to spin with Chris Munday joining his former Pitcher Partners colleague Vince Smith in Ernst & Young's corporate restructuring practice.
Perth #1 in radio advertising spend PERTH has come out top of the pops in radio advertising revenue as the medium proves to be the most resilient of the traditional media in tough economic times, The
Perth #1 in radio advertising spend PERTH has come out top of the pops in radio advertising revenue as the medium proves to be the most resilient of the traditional media in tough economic times, The
A DISASTER or a strong recovery - that's Martin Place Securities managing director Barry Dawes's each-way bet for what's likely to pan out in equity markets in 2009.
Perth #1 in radio advertising spend PERTH has come out top of the pops in radio advertising revenue as the medium proves to be the most resilient of the traditional media in tough economic times, The
UK company Cape plc's acquisition spree in Australia in 2007 has continued to have extraordinary fallout, with three new competitors emerging in the scaffolding and formwork sector in Western Australia.
The acquisition of Coles has boosted Wesfarmers' ranking in the top 250 retailers in the world, according to the Deloitte 2009 Global Power of Retailing report.
