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]
Mills Oakley adds NFP partner
National law firm Mills Oakley has bolstered its not-for-profit group ranks with the appointment of a partner who brings 20 years of litigation and dispute resolution ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 May 2022
Clayton Utz adds partner from HWL Ebsworth
BigLaw firm Clayton Utz has welcomed back alumnus Lucy Shea as a partner in its national environment and planning practice.
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 May 2022
Laguna Bay food and agriculture investment fund set up
BigLaw firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has advised Laguna Bay Pastoral Company on the establishment of Laguna Bay Fund 2, a food and agriculture investment fund set to ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 May 2022
Wotton + Kearney opens in Adelaide
International law firm Wotton + Kearney has expanded into the South Australian capital, opening its seventh office across Australia and New Zealand.
BIG LAW • Tue, 24 May 2022
The need to get more value out of a lawyer’s hour
The way our system is set up, legal services providers are disincentivised from investing in productivity improvements. If corporate counsel are to extract greater value, ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 24 May 2022
Class action investigation announced into Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority
National plaintiff firm Slater and Gordon is undertaking an investigation into Victoria’s Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) in relation to failures ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 23 May 2022
Lawyers sensed electorate’s mood better than other professions
Both in terms of preferred Prime Minister and identification of important election issues, lawyers’ voting intentions clearly resonated much more with the broader public ...
POLITICS • Mon, 23 May 2022
Katy Gallagher sworn in as Attorney-General
ACT Senator Katy Gallagher has this morning been sworn in as Australia’s new Attorney-General as part of Labor’s interim ministry, alongside Australia’s 31st Prime ...
POLITICS • Sun, 22 May 2022
What we learned from the Dutton defamation case
Last week, the Full Court of the Federal Court overturned the finding that a refugee activist had defamed Peter Dutton MP in a tweet early last year. The decision ...
THE BAR • Sun, 22 May 2022