LAWYERS – AUSTRALIA

Shake-up as accountants beef up law

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Original article by Katherine Towers
The Australian – Page: 27 : 22-Aug-14

Major accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young (EY) and KPMG are increasingly diversifying into the legal services market, including in Australia. The local arm of the global PwC firm has appointed former King & Wood Mallesons managing partners Tony O’Malley and Tim Blue. The Australian tax dispute management practice leader at KPMG, Jeremy Geale, says its legal division will grow 100%-plus in the coming years, while EY Asia Pacific law leader Howard Adams says it will have recruited 200 new lawyers by mid-2015

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PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, KPMG AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, ERNST AND YOUNG, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS, HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS PTY LTD, McCULLOUGH ROBERTSON, DELOITTE LAWYERS PTY LTD, DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. BOARD OF TAXATION, ENRON CORPORATION

Expert says painting looked ‘odd’

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Original article by Anne Davies
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 12 : 25-Jul-14

Supreme Court of New South Wales judge Patricia Bergin is hearing a suit launched over an allegedly fake Albert Tucker painting by barrister Louise McBride. The respondents are auctioneer Christie’s, art dealer Alex Holland and Vivienne Sharpe, who had acted as adviser to McBride on the purchase of the work. The court on 24 July heard the testimony of Tucker expert Lauraine Diggins, who said she had doubts at the time about the authenticity of "Faun and Parrot"

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CHRISTIE’S AUSTRALIA PTY LTD|DEUTSCHER AND HACKETT PTY LTD|SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES