Jerome Doraisamy

Results Legal promotes special counsel to principal

Commercial litigation, insolvency, and debt recovery firm Results Legal has added a new principal to its ranks, with a special counsel being elevated.

SME LAW • Sun, 14 Jan 2024

An alleged court hack and discovering one’s niche: What’s hot in law this week (8–12 Jan)

While lawyers across the country are slowly coming back to the office (including home offices), the wheels of the market keep spinning. Here is your weekly round-up of ...

BIG LAW • Fri, 12 Jan 2024

Shine Lawyers promotes 35

BigLaw plaintiff firm Shine Lawyers has started 2024 with a promotion round across six jurisdictions, elevating 13 to associate, 11 to senior associate, and 11 to special ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 11 Jan 2024

‘Finfluencer’ infringed trademark, court finds

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia has determined that a financial adviser and finfluencer infringed the trademark of a fellow adviser.

THE BAR • Thu, 11 Jan 2024

FAL Lawyers hires new senior associate

A senior associate specialising in general commercial litigation, insolvency, and commercial law has joined FAL Lawyers in its Melbourne office.

SME LAW • Thu, 11 Jan 2024

Cost of living, competition, and other challenges for SME law firms in 2024

The year ahead will bring myriad hurdles for boutique firm owners and leaders to grapple with. Here, we unpack the headline challenges for such practitioners in the next ...

SME LAW • Thu, 11 Jan 2024

Common mistakes in mediation

While mediation has grown exponentially within the last decade, new challenges have also arisen in the practice area. Here, one award-winning mediator reflects on the ...

SME LAW • Thu, 11 Jan 2024

Gender pay data of Australia’s biggest employers soon to be made public

Named and shamed: On 27 February, the Workforce Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) will publish the first set of private sector employer gender pay gap data, potentially ...

POLITICS • Wed, 10 Jan 2024

Making the leap into legal software is ‘easier than it’s ever been’

Although there have been a lot of new developments in emerging technology over the course of the last year, this founder said that in 2024, “AI will fade into the ...

SME LAW • Tue, 09 Jan 2024