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Firm Spy Case Summary: Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 3)

11 December 2010

Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 3) In March 2010, Magistrate Hennessy of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal considered an application filed by Mr Mitchell to amend his complaint under s 10...

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Mallesons Merger Mania; Take a Chance, Take a Chance, Take a Chance on Me!

17 May 2010

On Friday, the AFR published yet another article speculating on an imminent announcement of a merger between Mallesons & Clifford Chance. This follows articles we published in mid and late Octo...

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More Details on Collapse of WA Law Society Articled Clerk Recruitment Scheme

10 August 2009

Thanks to the anonymous spy who emailed us the following tip on the weekend: Dudley Stow's President's Report from this month's 'Brief' (Law Society Journal): "At the time of writing the Articled ...

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AAR Situation Room at Code Red as Investigations Continue into Alleged Conflicts

13 May 2011

Since we last wrote about AllensGate, we've had earthquakes, meltdowns, and the world's most wanted man has been discovered, shot and killed.  A covert outfit apparently named Rainbow SEAL Team 6 ...

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‘Hostile Approach to Technology’; Minter Ellison Lawyer Fury

25 November 2009

We found the following comments penned by an anonymous Minter Ellison spy in the Lawyer Remuneration Survey to be so comical that we decided to dedicate an entire post to it. A tirade of the very h...

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Minter Condition? Allegation Barrister “Confirmed” Simon Alroe Committed Fraud

26 May 2010

In April, we published the following question on notice (15/4) asked of Mr Paul Lucas, the Queensland Deputy Premier & Health Minister: “Is the Deputy Premier aware of allegations that solic...

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Corrs HR Manager Alexis Navie, Retention & the Dodgey MoS Cafe EoFY Party

27 July 2010

Corrs Chambers Wesgarth HR manager Alexis Navie has made a bit of a habit of using media to broadcast her peculiar views on a variety of matters over the years. For example, despite having no ap...

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Clutzy Love-Fest; “Trench” Loses Against A&O Mastermind Defector Grant Fuzi

4 May 2010

The "Trench" v Clayton Utz sexual harassment/bullying/victimisation saga shows no sign of ending. However, it has now reached the offices of A&O matermind defector Grant Fuzi, who is simultaneo...

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EXCLUSIVE: PwC Pulls Jobs Trigger With Shock Graduate DeTerring Campaign

23 November 2011

What's the value of changing plans? It's a simple enough question. If plans are changed, what do you get out of it? Where is the value? It's a question several PwC grads asked themselves earlier th...

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‘Fail 3 CA Subjects & You’re Fired’; Deloitte CA Policy

1 December 2009

In response to our articles profiling the CA policies of Big4 accounting firms, first at PwC and then at Ernst & Young, we received the following anonymous tip from a Deloitte spy: Look Deloitte is not too far behind. Experienced analysts only earn $2k more a year than grads. Also, if you fail 1 subject you get a warning, 2 subjects a written warning and 3… you’re fired! You'll recall that at Ernst & Young, the following was sent to us: I’d like to mention that Ernst & Young also has the same policy to PwC in terms of failing 2 CA subjects and you’re out. But on top of that, if we fail a subject we owe E&Y $1k (per subject) for study assistance /time off etc. Can you believe it? We already work ridiculous hours to get through the piles of work AND we also hav...

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