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]
EDO seeks injunction to protect Great Barrier Reef from gas project
The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is seeking an injunction from the Federal Court against Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project, over “climate harms” to the world’s ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 22 Jun 2022
Australian Family Lawyers expands to Wollongong
Listed national law firm Australian Family Lawyers (ASX: AFL) is opening its 18th office across the country, extending its reach into the coastal city of Wollongong in ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 21 Jun 2022
For lawyers, stamp duty reform ‘makes entering the property market even more attainable’
Reforms to stamp duty, as announced in yesterday’s (21 June) NSW budget for 2022-23, are exciting for lawyers looking to buy their first home, further reducing barriers ...
POLITICS • Tue, 21 Jun 2022
Qld commits $1.57bn to justice system in 2022-23
The Palaszczuk government has handed down its budget for 2022-23, with over one and a half billion dollars pledged to ensure that Queenslanders have access to justice and ...
POLITICS • Tue, 21 Jun 2022
How to succeed as a business’ inaugural in-house lawyer: Part 2
In the second half of this two-part story, award-nominated GC Michael Guilday discusses having autonomy as the first legal counsel in a business, figuring out how to ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 21 Jun 2022
Compliance reporting has dropped 30% since onset of COVID-19, says Gartner
According to Gartner, the rate of compliance reporting has dropped by 30 per cent from its pre-pandemic levels, meaning that employees are both less likely to observe ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 21 Jun 2022
NSW’s justice system to get $2bn investment
Australia’s largest state is set to inject $2 billion into its justice system so as to increase access to justice and further strengthen courts and frontline services
THE BAR • Tue, 21 Jun 2022
Mills Oakley promotes 48
National law firm Mills Oakley has named seven new partners and elevated 41 other lawyers.
BIG LAW • Tue, 21 Jun 2022
1st female president of Victorian Court of Appeal named
The Victorian government has appointed a new president of the state’s Court of Appeal, who will be the third judge, and first female, to assume the role in the court’s ...
THE BAR • Tue, 21 Jun 2022