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]
Tax cuts may mean lower salary increases for lawyers in FY24–25
The revised stage-three tax cuts, together with other market factors, may well provide justification for employers not to give up-and-coming lawyers a larger salary bump ...
POLITICS • Mon, 13 May 2024
Lessons senior lawyers can learn from the next generation
Embracing change: as the younger generation makes its mark, it offers valuable lessons in self-awareness and setting boundaries, writes Amanda Little.
SME LAW • Mon, 13 May 2024
Spencer West enters Australian market
Global law firm Spencer West, which has over 300 partners worldwide and operates under a fee-sharing model, is launching an Australian practice.
BIG LAW • Sun, 12 May 2024
High corporate salaries, BigLaw expansions, and takeover bids: What’s hot in law this week (6–10 May)
While a listed firm has been debating competing acquisition offers, Australia’s courts saw some significant procedural outcomes, and legal salaries are once again front ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 10 May 2024
Thomson Geer merges with Perth boutique, adding 4 partners and team of 19 to its ranks
Perth-based boutique firm Tottle Partners is joining Thomson Geer, with the former bringing across four partners and a 19-person team, including 11 lawyers, bolstering ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 10 May 2024
Maddocks promotes 4 to partner
National law firm Maddocks has elevated four lawyers in Sydney and Melbourne to its partnership, bringing the BigLaw player’s total number of partners to 92.
BIG LAW • Thu, 09 May 2024
‘Certainly feels’ like we’re in a Cold War with China, says Morrison
In a new podcast episode with Lawyers Weekly’s sister brand, Defence Connect, former prime minister Scott Morrison argues that the People’s Republic of China and the ...
POLITICS • Thu, 09 May 2024
7 new magistrates appointed in Victoria
Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes has named seven new magistrates for the state’s magistrates and children’s courts.
THE BAR • Thu, 09 May 2024
5 reasons why starting a law firm is a lot like internet dating
Launching my own firm has proven to be quite the adventure, reminiscent of another journey I’ve embarked upon at various points in my life: the wild ride that is internet ...
SME LAW • Thu, 09 May 2024