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]
In-house lawyers must ‘seize opportunities when they come’
There are numerous challenges on the horizon for in-house counsel, and as such, there are numerous steps they must take in order to ensure success, says the newly crowned ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 06 Sep 2022
RBA reveals September 2022 cash rate
The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised interest rates for four consecutive months. Find out – in this special announcement brought to you by Legal Home Loans – if rates ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 06 Sep 2022
Partners billing more post-pandemic
New research shows that not only are law firm partners bearing a markedly greater load in billable hours, but their job satisfaction is depleting as a result.
BIG LAW • Mon, 05 Sep 2022
Embracing creativity as a lawyer
In the third instalment of Legal Fireside, Jerome Doraisamy speaks with lawyer, podcast host and cartoonist Sarah-Elke Kraal about her journey as a creative (including ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 05 Sep 2022
Mediation an ‘emerging profession’ in Australia
A review of Australia’s National Mediator Accreditation System has highlighted the positive role that the NMAS has played in the mediator community, adding credibility ...
SME LAW • Mon, 05 Sep 2022
Barristers should be ‘enormously proud’ of how they’ve managed the pandemic years
Australian barristers have seen a “generation’s worth” of evolution in the space of two years, Dr Matt Collins QC muses. That they have adapted so smoothly, and without ...
THE BAR • Mon, 05 Sep 2022
Shorter working weeks can ‘rebalance’ domestic responsibilities
Women in law are likely to be the main beneficiaries of truncated working schedules, argues one professional.
BIG LAW • Sun, 04 Sep 2022
PPAs agreed to for Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm
Two of Australia’s biggest law firms have advised on an “innovative” power purchase agreement to help meet the Victorian government’s renewable energy and emissions ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 04 Sep 2022
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions appointed as Supreme Court judge
One of Australia’s leading criminal prosecutors, who currently serves as the director for CDPP, is set to be a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW.
THE BAR • Sun, 04 Sep 2022