When you’re looking for a lawyer, I think one of the key things to be thinking about is value for what you’re paying for. Some people when they’re in our firm, they want to know what our hourly rates are, and look, that’s a really important question to ask, but remember that it’s not...
When you’re effectively interviewing for a lawyer and perhaps you’re visiting different websites and talking to different lawyers, the key thing is to have a sense that they understand that area of the law, ask them questions about other cases perhaps, that they’ve had recently. Some of the stories that they can share with you....
It’s a question that we get asked all the time and the reason of course is that most people don’t use lawyers regularly. They don’t know how much they charge. They just hear stories about how expensive they are. So what I want to do just briefly is to give you a good sense of...
We are pleased to announce the appointments of Caitilin Watson and Janelle Boutros to the position of Partner of the firm. These promotions follow a trend at our firm in recent time in bolstering our ranks of senior lawyers, with a total now of four Partners, six Special Counsel and a Management Team of eleven....
The High Income Threshold (HIT) and minimum wage increased from 1 July 2018. The HIT will be $145,400 (previously $142,000) and the minimum wage will be $18.93 per hour. These changes may have the effect of bringing some employees under the coverage of an award, and will also make available the jurisdiction of the unfair...
Consider the scenario: It’s been a long and tiring day at work and it’s been made all the more difficult by the unhelpful attitude and actions of your colleagues. You suspect they may be aggrieved by your recent promotion to a managerial role. You arrive home, take out your phone and begin scrolling through Facebook....
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