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]
Shadow A-G resigns over Libs’ Voice position
Julian Leeser has quit his roles as the opposition’s spokesperson for Indigenous Australians and as shadow attorney-general over the Liberal Party’s stated position ...
POLITICS • Tue, 11 Apr 2023
Prioritise purpose over profit, says BigLaw managing partner
Hamilton Locke managing partner Nick Humphrey is uninterested in what he calls the “very short-term perspective” of thinking that a BigLaw firm’s purpose is ultimately to ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 10 Apr 2023
Independent Reserve acquires ‘bitcoin.com.au’ domain
Australian bitcoin and crypto exchange platform Independent Reserve has been advised on its acquisition of the “bitcoin.com.au” domain.
BIG LAW • Mon, 10 Apr 2023
Downsizer completes $3.75m cap raise
Proptech company Downsizer has been advised on its $3.75 million seed capital raise to enable it to continue to grow in the Australian market.
BIG LAW • Mon, 10 Apr 2023
Fabricated allegations by ChatGPT raise defamation questions
ChatGPT recently invented a sexual harassment allegation against a prominent American law professor. Now, with an Australian mayor suing the chatbot for false allegations ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 06 Apr 2023
Digital Trace Australia expands to Sydney
Adelaide-founded law firm Digital Trace Australia has established a Sydney office, on the back of “increasing demand” for digital forensics and e-discovery services ...
SME LAW • Thu, 06 Apr 2023
Law professor named UN special rapporteur
A professor from Sydney-based Macquarie Law School has been appointed the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to development.
CAREERS • Thu, 06 Apr 2023
Lessons from the ‘mercy killing’ of the AAT
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal is set to be abolished. While such bodies are “critical” to Australia’s legal system, they are also open to consequential political ...
POLITICS • Wed, 05 Apr 2023
Keypoint adds 4th consulting principal in 2 months
Emerging BigLaw firm Keypoint Law has hit 20 consulting principals in its litigation team, with the appointment of a new commercial litigation professional in Sydney.
BIG LAW • Wed, 05 Apr 2023