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]
NSW Sentencing Council gains 2 new members
NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has appointed two new members to the state’s Sentencing Council.
THE BAR • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Children’s law specialist appointed as magistrate in WA
A specialist in children’s law has been appointed as a magistrate of the Children’s Court of Western Australia, as well as to the Magistrates Court of Western Australia, ...
THE BAR • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Will the release of gender pay gap data impact legal recruitment activity?
Ahead of the publication of the gender pay gaps of Australian employers with more than 100 workers later this week, Lawyers Weekly spoke with numerous legal recruiters ...
CAREERS • Sun, 25 Feb 2024
The law and our acceleration towards net zero
Here, we unpack the role of legislation in driving decarbonisation and the critical minerals economy in Australia and globally, write Dr Rahman Daiyan, Dr Josh Leverett, ...
POLITICS • Sun, 25 Feb 2024
The most sought-after BigLaw firms, OAIC investigations, and more: What’s hot in law this week (19–23 Feb)
This week, Lawyers Weekly unveiled its annual Attraction Firms ranking, detailing which firms lawyers most want to move to. Elsewhere, another global practice has entered ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
How to avoid a media ‘train wreck’
The disastrous interview of Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci on the ABC current affairs program Four Corners earlier this week, in which he stormed out while ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
The ‘Big Stay’: The next workplace trend?
There have been plenty of trends affecting retention and attrition over the last few years. The Great Resignation, “quiet quitting”, and “quiet firing” are just a few of ...
CAREERS • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Maddocks appoints IP special counsel from Ashurst
National law firm Maddocks has moved to grow its national trademarks and brand protection practice by hiring a special counsel from BigLaw rival Ashurst.
BIG LAW • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Landers senior associate joins CE Family Law as special counsel
A Melbourne-based boutique practice has hired a new special counsel, who comes across from BigLaw practice Lander & Rogers and brings a “wealth of experience and ...
SME LAW • Thu, 22 Feb 2024