Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of professional services (including Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times). He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation. You can email Jerome at: [email protected]
JWS appoints special counsel for tax team
National law firm Johnson Winter Slattery continues to add to its senior ranks, this time with the hiring of a senior tax specialist as a special counsel in its Melbourne ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 12 Jun 2023
Gilchrist Connell promotes financial lines special counsel to principal
National law firm Gilchrist Connell has elevated a special counsel in its financial lines team to principal, bringing the firm’s partnership to a 40-60 split between men ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 11 Jun 2023
BRS verdict, a pardon and more promotions: What’s hot in law this week (5-9 June)
From Folbigg to Roberts-Smith, the past week has seen some groundbreaking court updates, while BigLaw promotions rounds are now in full swing. Here is your weekly ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 09 Jun 2023
Personal injury: An ‘ever-growing area of law’
From insurance sector updates to the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), there has perhaps never been a greater volume of challenging work for personal injury lawyers ...
PODCAST • Fri, 09 Jun 2023
EV subscriptions, home loan support: BigLaw employee incentives expand
Amid a cost-of-living crisis and a probability that pay bumps will not be as generous in the looming cycle, some of Australia’s biggest law firms are offering new ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 08 Jun 2023
Styling for lawyers in a hybrid working world
The days of suits, ties and heels as the expectation for a “nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday” existence is gone, as is the time of “cosplaying as Harvey Specter”
CAREERS • Thu, 08 Jun 2023
KCL’s estate group adds 3
Melbourne-based firm KCL Law has welcomed a senior associate, head of estate administration and lawyer to its estate group.
SME LAW • Thu, 08 Jun 2023
Lawyers buy property younger and pay more than other Australians
New research shows that legal professionals are more inclined to get onto the property ladder at an earlier stage of life and also buy more expensive homes than their ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 07 Jun 2023
WA firm promotes ‘star’ 29-year-old to director
Western Australia-based firm Pragma Lawyers has elevated Nick Malone to its directorship, who steps into the role before his 30th birthday.
SME LAW • Wed, 07 Jun 2023